enefel'S MOCK DRAFT

Giants wish list

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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (NYG)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Tyler Nubin Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (NYG)
Tyler Nubin
S Minnesota
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (NYG)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NYG)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (NYG)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Jaden Hicks Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (NYG)
Jaden Hicks
S Washington State
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (NYG)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NYG)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Javon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (NYG)
Javon Baker
WR UCF
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NYG)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (SEA)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Tyler Nubin Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (IND)
Tyler Nubin
S Minnesota
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (SEA)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (IND)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (SEA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (SEA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (SEA)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (SEA)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (IND)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesD FutureA+
Larceny in the 143rd overall pick lands the Giants a B, Abrams-Draine and all.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Kris Abrams-Draine tumbling to the Giants in pick No. 143 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend.

They left with safety solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In pick 16 they get a building block for the line at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick46 Rnd2 Tyler Nubin
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Tyler Nubin at Round 2, Pick 14. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick49 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
Fair-plus on J.J. McCarthy, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick70 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. is a better player than the Round 3 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick78 Rnd3 Christian Haynes
Christian Haynes in No. 78 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick107 Rnd4 Jaden Hicks
Jaden Hicks at the 107th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick115 Rnd4 Dillon Johnson
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Dillon Johnson. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick143 Rnd5 Kris Abrams-Draine
They barely believed it either: Kris Abrams-Draine still on the board at slot 143. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick185 Rnd6 Javon Baker
Good price on Javon Baker in slot 185, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick193 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Michael Barrett at pick No. 193 is the proof. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.