New York Giants wide receiver Golden Tate appears to be past his prime, but that does not mean he doesn't think he can still produce at a high level while being versatile in the process.
Widely viewed as a slot receiver, Tate pointed out that he did more than that during his early days with the Seattle Seahawks.
“I know since my third year in Detroit I’ve kind of been put in a box that I’m only a slot receiver,” Tate said, according to Pat Leonard of The New York Daily News. “But I played outside my entire college career. When I was in Seattle my last three years, my first two years in Detroit in two-receiver sets I was the X or the Z, and when we got three-receiver sets I would move into the slot.”
He added that he still thinks he can do big things from any spot.
“I think that’s the unique thing about me,” Tate said. “I can kind of be put anywhere and I can be efficient. I understand the whole route tree. So hopefully I get a chance to show that.”
The Giants signed Tate to a four-year, $37.5 million deal earlier this offseason, a move that raised some eyebrows after New York traded fellow wide out Odell Beckham Jr. to the Cleveland Browns.
The Tate signing seemed odd for the Giants, given that he is 30 years old and New York is rebuilding, but with the trade of Beckham, the Giants needed another wide out to put alongside of Sterling Shepard, and they felt Tate was that guy.
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