ARLINGTON, Texas — This was Tom Coughlin after Jerry Reese made Ereck Flowers the ninth pick of the 2015 draft:
“He is a battleship, an aircraft carrier or however you want to describe him at 6-foot-6, 329 pounds. Strongest guy in the draft. Outstanding feet.”
Of course, because Eli Manning too often wound up running for his life from sea to shining sea on those occasions when the battleship or aircraft carrier capsized, GM Dave Gettleman temporarily made new left tackle Nate Solder the highest-paid offensive lineman (four years, $62 million) in the NFL.
And this was Jerry Reese:
“Highest guy on the board.