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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (NYG)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (NYG)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (NYG)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (NYG)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NYG)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (NYG)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (NYG)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (NYG)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (NYG)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Elijah Jones Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (NYG)
Elijah Jones
CB Boston College
Jordan Whittington Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (NYG)
Jordan Whittington
WR Texas
Draft Picks Received
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (PHI)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (PHI)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (PHI)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (DEN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (PHI)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Jordan Whittington Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (DEN)
Jordan Whittington
WR Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (PHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (DEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (DEN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (PHI)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (DEN)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Brandon Graham
EDGE
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesB+ FutureA
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Giants a B+.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Giants did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to interior defensive lineman, which was the need that mattered most. They moved the roster forward and banked a B+ for it.

The Sinnott value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. The Brandon Graham pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In slot 22 they get a ballhawk on the outside. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick39 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Payton Wilson. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick47 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy at pick No. 47 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick53 Rnd2 Malachi Corley
Malachi Corley in the 53rd overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick70 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
A tidy bit of business in pick 70, where Kingsley Suamataia graded well above the range. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick97 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
They paid sticker price for Brenden Rice in Round 3, Pick 34, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick140 Rnd5 Johnny Wilson
Johnny Wilson at the 140th pick is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick146 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott slid further than he should have, and No. 146 is lovely value for the tight end. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick160 Rnd5 Justin Eboigbe
Value with a capital V on Justin Eboigbe in slot 160, a genuine coup. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick185 Rnd6 Elijah Jones
A reach on Elijah Jones in No. 185; the board had better options right there. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick237 Rnd7 Jordan Whittington
They liked Jordan Whittington enough to skip the value, taking him in pick 237. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.