Before the combine it was pretty obvious the Giants needed a linebacker. They really need a smart instinctive linebacker like Colin McCarthy out of Miami.
McCarthy is a better football player than the player the Giants will take, but Martez Wilson is so superior as a physical specimen it doesn’t really matter.
Had it been close the Giants may have done the smart thing and taken the football player.
Wilson is very much like Aaron Curry. He could even end up sneaking up draft boards based on that comparison; after all, there were those that thought Curry should be the number one pick when he came out.
Wilson played the outside and the inside in his two years on the field in college. He performed better in the middle, but he still doesn’t seem purely instinctive in his reads or drops but can mask that with great athleticism.
After his workout there is no doubt he’s the number two linebacker in this draft.
Now that the early entry is making money, will he work to develop the habits and hone his skills like a Ray Lewis did and Colin McCarthy has? If Wilson works – really applies himself to his trade and goes to a 4-3 -- there is no reason he can’t become a truly great linebacker.
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