Ethan'S MOCK DRAFT

Winning 2

  • Ethan DRAFTING FOR THE
    Giants
Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NYG)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (NYG)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (NYG)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (NYG)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NYG)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (NYG)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (NYG)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (NYG)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (NYG)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Draft Picks Received
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (ATL)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Draft Picks Traded
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (ATL)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Players Gained
Head Shot
Drew Dalman
C
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Giants won the night they stopped Nix from sliding. Grade: B+.

The trade table was a mismatch, and the Giants were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. Nix at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The cost of the Allen reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
No drama and no debate, Rome Odunze went about where he belonged in the 8th pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick39 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
A reasonable price with a little left over, Chop Robinson in the 39th overall pick. The roster fit checks out.
Pick43 Rnd2 Bo Nix
Bo Nix at pick No. 43 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick47 Rnd2 Kamren Kinchens
Kamren Kinchens at the Round 2 slot is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick70 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
A straight-up fair deal on Cooper Beebe at pick 70, value and slot in agreement. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick108 Rnd4 Max Melton
They took Max Melton at par in Round 4, Pick 8, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick140 Rnd5 Braelon Allen
A conviction pick on Braelon Allen at the Round 5 slot that the board grades a round light. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick142 Rnd5 Sataoa Laumea
Sataoa Laumea in the 142nd pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick185 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
Fair-plus on Jaylan Ford, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.