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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NYG)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NYG)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (NYG)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NYG)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (NYG)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (NYG)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (NYG)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NYG)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (NYG)
Josaiah Stewart
DE Michigan
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (NYG)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Draft Picks Received
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (DAL)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Draft Picks Traded
Jared Brown Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jared Brown
WR South Carolina
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Giants cashed the board's mistake on Ward: B.

The Giants did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Cam Ward fell into the 209th pick. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The roster is better shaped than it was, with interior defensive lineman chief among the fixes.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In Round 1, Pick 3 they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick34 Rnd2 Jahdae Barron
A cornerback of that caliber at the Round 2 slot is the definition of value, full stop. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick65 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
They robbed the room for Tate Ratledge here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick104 Rnd4 Ashton Jeanty
You do not let a running back like Ashton Jeanty reach slot 104 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick134 Rnd4 Walter Nolen
The board fumbled Walter Nolen all the way to No. 134, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick169 Rnd5 Wyatt Milum
Wyatt Milum at pick No. 169 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick209 Rnd6 Cam Ward
Cam Ward in the 209th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick219 Rnd7 Xavier Restrepo
Taking Xavier Restrepo in pick 219 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick246 Rnd7 Josaiah Stewart
Josaiah Stewart in slot 246 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick256 Rnd7 Deontae Lawson
They barely believed it either: Deontae Lawson still on the board at Round 7, Pick 42. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.