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. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

They will need Payton to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game. The dealing tilted against them, just enough to notice.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with safety chief among the fixes.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.