Giants WR Report Card: Week 3

Each Week, I’ll be breaking down the performance of the Giants many wide receivers. Here’s hoping this column does go on for too long and the Giants find a starting duo before too long. Another week, another win. It seems like the Giants are really getting lucky in terms of scheduling. While half this team is trying to get healthy, the Giants will get the wonderful triumvirate of teams that are the Bucs, Chiefs and Raiders. While the passing game looked good, it’s a little unnerving that only 5 receivers, 2 of them tight ends, were targeted by Eli Manning. Steve Smith – 7 targets, 7 receptions, 63 yards, 1 TD – Another solid performance from Steve Smith. As he continues to be Eli’s favorite target, The key number here is 7-of-7. Every ball that Eli threw Smith’s way, he caught. Jason’s early prediction of 80 catches and 100 targets may be a little low. Grade: A- Mario Manningham – 7 targets, 4 receptions, 55 yards – It doesn’t look all that gaudy compared to last week, but it’s another solid performance. Manningham drew coverage from Aqib Talib for part of the day, which if nothing else shows that the Bucs respected him enough to put their top corner on him. Grade: B Sinorice Moss – 1 target, 1 catch, 18 yards, 1 TD – Well, who knew? It was a fantastic catch, and I can admit that when I said that he should be cut, I didn’t imagine him catching touchdown passes. Don’t expect him to contribute on a week-to-week basis. Grade: B Ramses Barden and Derek Hagan were active but not targeted. Domenik Hixon and Hakeem Nicks were both injured and did not play. Tags: Aqib, ball, Barden, basis, bucs, Continue reading Giants WR Report Card: Week 3