Giants’ Evan Engram facing make-or-break season

There was this feeling emanating outside the building that the Giants were going to trade Evan Engram before, during or immediately after the NFL draft. Cut bait, get whatever draft equity they could for their starting tight end and move on without him.

Inside the building, the thinking went something like this: We need to get more explosive on offense. We do not have enough talent to get it done. Why the heck would we get rid of one of the few guys who can actually do it? There has been a disconnect with Engram, from what fans think about him to how the front office and coaching staff — several coaching staffs, truthfully — views him. Sure, there is disappointment and some frustration inside the organization when he drops a pass he should catch, when he puts too much pressure on himself, rather than allow his considerable physical gifts to flow without interruption.