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MyOpinionCounts'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 1, 2026

March 1 2026

  • MyOpinionCounts DRAFTING FOR THE
    Giants
Draft Selections
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (NYG)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Monroe Freeling Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (NYG)
Monroe Freeling
OT Georgia
Ja'Kobi Lane Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NYG)
Ja'Kobi Lane
WR USC
Ar'maj Reed-Adams Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NYG)
Ar'maj Reed-Adams
OG Texas A&M
Seth McGowan Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (NYG)
Seth McGowan
RB Kentucky
Marlin Klein Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (NYG)
Marlin Klein
TE Michigan
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (NYG)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Giants did enough to get by: C+.

Every other box got a look, but interior defensive lineman did not. The Giants will head to camp with the same hole they walked in with. The final tally is a middling C+.

The Klein pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The Styles reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

So much rides on Sonny Styles that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
In Round 1, Pick 5 they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker, though the board says they badly overpaid. More want than need.
Pick37 Rnd2 Monroe Freeling
They jumped the gun on Monroe Freeling, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick105 Rnd4 Ja'Kobi Lane
Ja'Kobi Lane slipping to the Round 4 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick143 Rnd5 Ar'maj Reed-Adams
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Ar'maj Reed-Adams at the 143rd pick is the proof. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick184 Rnd6 Seth McGowan
A slide stopped in No. 184, with Seth McGowan worth more than the price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick190 Rnd6 Marlin Klein
They read the board right and Marlin Klein was the payoff at the 190th overall pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick191 Rnd6 Xavier Nwankpa
A tidy bit of business in slot 191, where Xavier Nwankpa graded well above the range. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.