AceGhost'S MOCK DRAFT

5 Round

  • AceGhost DRAFTING FOR THE
    Giants
Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (NYG)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (NYG)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (NYG)
Kamari Lassiter
DB Georgia
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (NYG)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NYG)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Luke Lachey Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (NYG)
Luke Lachey
TE Iowa
Draft Picks Received
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (KC)
TO PICK
 
Draft Picks Traded
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (CIN)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players traded away
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Bryce Ford-Wheaton
WR
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Cole Beasley
WR
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Collin Johnson
WR
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Darius Slayton
WR
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Gary Brightwell
RB
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Lawrence Cager
TE
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Matt Breida
RB
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Parris Campbell
WR
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall D
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureD
A passer of the future in Daniels, and a D, for the Giants.

Nobody else had Tahj Brooks anywhere near slot 105. The Giants did, by 36 spots, and that gap is the whole story. Put together, it is a D.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. Everything downstream of Jayden Daniels depends on Jayden Daniels, and the building knows it.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. The Lassiter pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots.

Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and interior defensive lineman is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In the 5th overall pick they get their guy under center for the next decade. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick17 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In No. 17 they get a double-digit-sack hope at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick37 Rnd2 Kamari Lassiter
A curious use of Round 2, Pick 5. Interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots needed the pick; a defensive back in Kamari Lassiter did not.
Pick54 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
A tidy little value on Kingsley Suamataia in the 54th pick, a step better than break-even. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick105 Rnd4 Tahj Brooks
Tahj Brooks at pick 105 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick142 Rnd5 Luke Lachey
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Luke Lachey. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.