What went wrong with the Giants' deep-threat wide receiver Jalin Hyatt? Discover the challenges of their talent acquisition approach.
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More shade thrown at the Giants franchise.
Maybe he just would be best served to be cut altogether. Get picked up by another team that'd use him in the slot.
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"A Speed Weapon Used Like a Possession Receiver
Hyatt’s defining trait has always been speed. Not good speed — game-altering speed. When he played at Tennessee, he thrived primarily out of the slot (87% of snaps as a senior), where free releases and open space allowed him to burn safeties vertically and horizontally.
Rather than building packages that mirrored Hyatt’s collegiate success, New York consistently deployed him outside against press coverage — asking a lean, speed-based receiver to win physically at the line of scrimmage. After playing 88.3% of snaps out wide in 2023, that number rose to 89.6% in 2024, and remains at 81.4% of snaps this season.
The result was predictable: stalled routes, disrupted timing, and a receiver who looked increasingly uncomfortable within the structure of the offense. Hyatt has looked sloppy running his routes and has been known to drop many of the limited passes that now come in his direction.
Instead of accentuating Hyatt’s strengths, the Giants neutralized them. His yards per reception have dropped dramatically, his target share has shrunk, and his role has devolved into situational snaps rather than designed opportunities. For a player whose value is tied to defensive fear, that’s football malpractice.
This isn’t simply a matter of Hyatt “not developing.” It’s a case of development being misdirected from the start. Joe Schoen has seen several of his draft picks turn into busts, including Evan Neal and Deonte Banks, largely through mismanagement. Hyatt has next-level speed, but is hardly even on the field for the Giants, even with Malik Nabers tearing his ACL early in the season."
