“I showed up, they told me to put my hand down, they told me to stand here, step on the scale, and that’s what I did,’’ Murray said. He sounded bemused by the obsession with how tall and heavy he turned out to be. Getting that one-eighth of an inch, Murray said, “is not a big difference. Much was made of measurement day on Thursday, when Murray edged past the 5-foot-10 barrier and weighted in at 207 pounds - 12 pounds heavier than his playing weight at Oklahoma last season. Everybody’s trying to make it out to be something, but at the same time, I just go out there and play the game I love.’’ That’s just the confidence I have in myself and my teammates have in me. “I’ve said it multiple times: I feel I’m the most impactful guy on the field and the best player on the field at all time. “I’ve never been the biggest guy on the field, I’m always the smallest guy on the field,’’ Murray said. For it to be Murray, the Giants will have to discard decades of data and evaluations and embrace new-age thinking that a quarterback standing 5-foot-10¹/₈ can make it big in the league. Dwayne Haskins of Ohio State fits the physical profile of what the Giants are looking for. Given Eli Manning’s age (38) and recent performance level, it certainly could be a quarterback taken up that high. General manager Dave Gettleman gets final say on whom the Giants select with the No. At the end of the day, I don’t pick myself.’’ If that was the case, I would love to be in that situation. “At the same time, I don’t get to choose where I go. “I think me in that system, with those guys, can be very dangerous,’’ Murray said Friday at the NFL Scouting Combine. split wide, Sterling Shepard in the slot, Evan Engram lined up on the other side at tight end.Īnd behind center, at quarterback, diminutive and dynamic Kyler Murray. INDIANAPOLIS - You have Saquon Barkley in the backfield, Odell Beckham Jr. Giants sign well-traveled former XFL defensive lineman Giants should have stiff competition at this positionįormer Giant running back pulling for 'dynamic' Saquon Barkley to get big payday Sportsbooks expecting DeAndre Hopkins to sign in the AFC East
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