Mr. Pancake, Eric Herman


Eric Herman racked up a whopping 335 pancake blocks over his career at Ohio University.

PLAYER: Eric Herman
SCHOOL: Ohio
POSITION: Guard
HEIGHT: 6-4
WEIGHT: 320

The Giants continued to build in the trenches by adding Herman in the seventh round. The Giants clearly are making a concerted effort to get bigger and stronger on the front lines after drafting their fourth lineman (offense and defense) of the draft.

THE 411: Call him Mr. Pancake. Herman is credited with an amazing total of 335.5 pancakes in his career at Ohio. He started 13 games at right tackle and helped Ohio average 203.3 yards rushing in 2012. He started at right guard in 2011 and 2010.

HOW HE FITS IN: Herman will try to give the Giants depth at guard. Chris Snee and Kevin Boothe are the starting guards. David Diehl and James Brewer both can play guard and Jim Cordle can probably play guard as well if needed. The team has Stephen Goodin, Chris DeGeare and Bryant Browning also on the roster at the position.

PROJECTED IMPACT: If Herman does not make the roster out of camp, he likely will end up on the practice squad. But in 2014, the Giants may not have Boothe, Diehl and Cordle so Herman could find his way into the mix. The Giants, though, have hit with some of their seventh-round picks in the past. Last year, they drafted DT Markus Kuhn and of course, they struck it big with Ahmad Bradshaw in 2007.

New York Giants (Last Year: 9-7)

2013 NFL Draft Grade: B

Please note that the overall grade is not an average of all the individual grades. Other things are taken into account like team needs and goals.

Goals Entering the 2013 NFL Draft: The Giants, like the Steelers, are a smart organization that catches falling prospects. Look for them to take the best players available to bolster their roster. They don't need to do anything specific, outside of finding help for their linebacking corps.

2013 NFL Draft Accomplishments: Like the Pittsburgh, Green Bay and Baltimore general managers, Jerry Reese is usually patient and lets top prospects fall to him. He changed his plans in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft, however, reaching for Justin Pugh at No. 19 overall. It wasn't nearly as egregious of a reach as Dallas with Travis Frederick, but the Syracuse lineman was selected too early nonetheless.

Reese seemed to snap out of it after that, as his next three selections, Johnathan Hankins, Damontre Moore and Ryan Nassib, were all picked later than they were projected to go. The middle choice is especially interesting, as Moore was once projected to go No. 2 overall to the Jaguars. His stock plummeted because of a terribly slow 40 and some character concerns, but the Giants will get the most out of his natural ability.

Outside of taking Pugh, the one thing I'd change about this solid draft class is the Giants' refusal to take a linebacker. Instead of Hankins at No. 49, I would have opted for Arthur Brown. He would have been a tremendous boost in a weak linebacking corps.




2013 NFL Draft Individual Grades:

19. Justin Pugh, OT/G: C+ Grade
The good news is that Justin Pugh can pretty much play anywhere on the offensive line. The bad news is that Justin Pugh is a reach at No. 19. It's unlike the Giants to make a pick like this. It'd be one thing if they were desperate for a left tackle, but they just re-signed William Beatty to a long-term deal. Pugh can play right tackle, and he would probably be an upgrade over David Diehl. Still, there were better options available.

49. Johnathan Hankins, NT, Ohio State: B Grade
The Giants signed Cullen Jenkins and Mike Patterson in free agency, but they apparently wanted a larger body. Johnathan Hankins was once projected in the first round, but this is the right range for him. This is a decent choice that makes sense.

81. Damontre Moore, DE, Texas A&M: A+ Grade
Wow. I never would have imagined Damontre Moore falling this far back in January when nearly everyone had him going in the top five. Moore struggled terribly at the Combine, running a 4.9 40, and then some character issues surfaced. It's understandable why he maybe dropped out of the first round, but there's no reason why he should have been available near the end of the second day. He's just too talented.

110. Ryan Nassib, QB, Syracuse: A- Grade
When Doug Marrone passed on Ryan Nassib, the other 31 teams in the league had to think, "WTF is wrong with this guy?" But I'm sure the Giants looked hard at his tape Friday night and decided that they wanted to draft him as a developmental quarterback whom they could either use as Eli Manning's replacement down the road or trade to a team that needs a signal-caller in the future (think Ryan Mallett with the Patriots). I like this move a lot.

152. Cooper Taylor, S, Richmond: B- Grade
Cooper Taylor drew a ton of attention in pre-draft visits, so it's not surprising to see him get drafted in the fifth round. I feel like this is a bit early for him, but he does fill a need for safety depth with Kenny Phillips gone.

225. Eric Herman, G, Ohio: B Grade
If Justin Pugh plays right tackle, Eric Herman could eventually compete for a guard spot. This is a solid pick.

253. Michael Cox, RB, UMass: B- Grade
Andre Brown will be hitting free agency next year, so the Giants will need someone to step up behind David Wilson if he's not retained.




http://walterfootball.com/offseason2013nyg.php

This post was edited by xnozx. on Apr 28 2013 09:14pm

Can't sleep.....

highlights are useless bro, anybody can look good in a highlight film. should watch some of his full game cut ups.

Do you have any you can post?

Thanks Hako will watch them now.

Much appreciated.

This post was edited by xnozx. on Apr 29 2013 02:03am

Those are just 3 of them (there's 6 more). If you go to this great, great site below, it will give you a whole shit load of prospects/players. Some may not have any videos, other may have a lot. But whenever I'm curious about somebody this is the first site I go to. Here's Moore's link...

http://draftbreakdown.com/players/damontre-moore