August 24, 2009, at 5:57 pm
For two weeks, everyone has been talking about how terrible the Giants WRs have looked, and how no one is sure exactly how the depth chart will shake out. Well, according to Tom Rock of Newsday, Hakeem Nicks took a huge step towards being a starter today in practice.
For the first time, Hakeem Nicks looked like a first-round draft pick in today’s practice. He’d made a few plays before that, but today he really showed up. Here’s what he did:
On a deep pass down the left sideline he made a catch on an underthrown ball from Andre Woodson, stopping to elude the coverage of DeAndre Wright. He ran almost the same exact play with the same cast of characters later in practice on another ball that was underthrown.
On a deep pass down the right sideline he made a one-handed grab on a nice pass from Rhett Bomar with Bruce Johnson in coverage (more on that play later).
In a red zone drill he made a one-handed catch on a fade down the right sideline from Bomar. Couldn’t see who the defender was but it looked like it might have been Bruce Johnson again.
“It’s the right time for that to happen,” Tom Coughlin said. “I see a little bit every day, a little bit better every day.”
We all knew that Nicks wasn’t as bad as he had been playing, but I think every Giant fan had started to worry just a little bit. Nicks came into camp overweight and struggled in both pre-season games, although he did get a 55 yard catch on Saturday night.
Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come for the former Tar Heel.
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