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Giants see first-round pick Evan Engram opening up passing game in big way

Remember all those complaints from the receivers last year about how they could not get opposing defenses out of that Cover-2 scheme that essentially kept a lid on the entire offense the whole season?

The Giants think they have a fix for that: Evan Engram, their first-round pick as a tight end out of Mississippi. And they plan to send him right down the middle.

“You play two-high safety in this league and if you have a guy who can stretch the defense down the middle, we think that is a tremendous weapon for the offense,” general manager Jerry Reese said of the pick and how he will not only catch passes but also help other players.