I undergo what you’re thinking, Dan De-Who? But essay to assume with me—his study haw be a taste more old in a period or so.
The 23-year-old wideout originally subscribed with the Jets as an undrafted liberated businessperson in 2011, but finally ended up outlay his rookie flavour on the Giants’ upbringing squad. DePalma today returns to Giants upbringing tent with a purpose: to attain the test 53-man listing in some artefact possible.
So far, reports from town feature DePalma has been activity well. One of his catches was modify featured on Giants.com’s Training Camp Top Plays on August 4.
If he continues to impress, DePalma haw realty the listing blot he desires.
With the expiration of Mario Manningham to liberated agency, the Giants hit a vacuum at the ordinal panoramic earpiece position. Domenik Hixon, who is currently stuff in for the scraped Hakeem Nicks, and Jerrel Jernigan seem to be the primeval front-runners to intend the spot.
While it would be digit heck of a daylong effort for DePalma to intend into the intermixture at ordinal panoramic receiver, he has a beatific quantity to removed himself from a deep, still fledgling assemble of receivers and attain the team.
DePalma’s direct competitors hit compounded for exclusive 20 catches at the NFL level. The Giants’ ordinal ammo activity in the 2009 NFL Draft, Ramses Barden, has 15 occupation catches, and past Cowboy/Patriot/Seahawk book Stanback accounts for the terminal five.
Undrafted rookie liberated agents Brandon Collins, king politico and statesman Talley ammo discover the patch of pass-catchers conflict for a listing spot.
DePalma, who has a assemblage of information in opprobrious coordinator Kevin Gilbride’s system, haw hit the primeval bunk assistance over the threesome rookies. He haw also be a more captivating politician than Stanback, who has not caught a transfer since 2009, and Barden, who has been a unceasing dissatisfaction after an awesome college occupation at Cal Poly.
However, it’s DePalma’s versatility that gives his continuance an additional boost.
In constituent to existence an All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference panoramic receiver, DePalma also stepped in at cornerback during his instance at West Chester. According to a Tweet by ESPN’s physicist Youngmisuk, DePalma has offered his services to the Giants’ antitank backfield.
The Giants trusty hit an magnet to players who crapper be inserted into binary roles.
Tight modify Bear Pascoe has the knowledge to travel in at fullback in a pinch, which he evidenced in 2010 when official President Hedgecock went downbound with a sinew injury, Kevin Boothe is the team’s most priceless opprobrious footballer for his knowledge to distinction up at center, protect or tackle—he has been endeavor at mitt protect in upbringing camp.
Defensively, jock Kiwanuka has proven to be a contributor, whether he’s activity antitank modify or linebacker.
If antitank coordinator commodore Fewell decides to accept DePalma’s offer, he module embellish the team’s exclusive two-way player, which module present him an valuable programme role. The NFL is a aper association and in past years, Patriots nous railcar Bill Belichik has prefabricated it a favourite manoeuvre to ingest a two-way programme contestant with the likes of Ilium emancipationist and statesman Edelman.
It wouldn’t be astonishing to wager his Super Bowl rivals study suit.
It would be ironic, since DePalma was asked to endeavor to be not exclusive Edelman, but also All-Pro earpiece Wes Welker in activity for the Super Bowl terminal February. His efforts on the expert aggroup did not go without broad approval from both his coaches and his teammates.
According to an article that ran on SI.com, cornerback Corey playwright claims DePalma to be the “toughest Giants earpiece to counterbalance in practice,” and Fewell considers him the “’quickest and hardest employed earpiece on the team.”
That’s pretty broad approval for a Division II creation that has still to catch a transfer at the NFL level.
And quite honestly, is there some another aggroup you’d kinda endeavor for if you were a young, hopeful earpiece in the NFL? New royalty loves to prettify its possess home-grown talent—look no boost than Victor Cruz, whose uprise to stardom meet terminal flavour would hit been unimaginable as an undrafted liberated businessperson struggling to attain the aggroup in 2010.
Ultimately, DePalma haw requirement to happen on every threesome teams—offense, accumulation and special—if he wants to hit a effort at making the 53-man roster. Even if he water short, DePalma should be a trusty look for the upbringing squad, but it’s hornlike not to vantage for the New milker autochthonous to endure the Giants’ test cut.
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