Jul 25, 2019; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants wide receiver Golden Tate (15) throws a ball to fans after the first day of training camp at Quest Diagnostics Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports
Golden Tate is one of the most intriguing players for the New York Giants this season, and made his regular season debut with the team on Sunday when the Giants took on Minnesota in their first loss in the past few weeks – interestingly enough, while it would have been easy to predict that the Giants offense would get a boost from Tate showing up, the actual performance was worse on that end of the ball as Tate finished the game with a quiet performance.
The Giants only managed 10 points compared to 24 during their previous game, a victory over the Redskins. Coincidentally, the last victory was also the last game before Tate’s four game suspension for a substance violation would be up. After coming back and immediately experiencing a slow day on offense, Tate had something about the matter to say following the loss.
“It felt good to get back out there. Obviously, I wish I had a few more opportunities to help us win, but I’ll watch film very critically. I’ll get with DJ, my coach, the OC and see what I can do better to help us win and help us move the chains a little bit more,” Tate stated, before elaborating more and bringing up a supposedly low usage. Tate only had 13 yards in the game, after being targeted six times and bringing in half of those passes as receptions.
“Obviously, I want to be out there as much as possible, but we’ll see. It’s the first week back for me. I hope my role increases, but we’ll see,” Tate continued.
But more recently, Tate clarified his comments and seemed to have a change of heart when it comes to complaining about his role, instead saying he and the other players simply want to win. “Honestly, whatever it takes to win, that’s the goal here for everybody in this locker room. That’s what I want my part to be, just help us win, so if that means I run more plays, so be it.”
“Less plays, whatever, just win. Coming into this locker room after last week’s win was fun and today wasn’t as fun, we want to get back to winning,” Tate clarified.
One can hope that Tate will have more than 13 yards on Thursday Night Football against the Patriots – with Saquon Barkley and Sterling Shepard potentially out as well as Evan Engram, the Giants definitely need the help.
This post was published on 2019-10-09 00:11
