HondoHillis'S MOCK DRAFT

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Draft Selections
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (NYG)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (NYG)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NYG)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (NYG)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (NYG)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (NYG)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Draft Picks Received
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (CHI)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (DAL)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (DET)
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Draft Picks Traded
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (CHI)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Jaden Crumedy Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (DET)
Jaden Crumedy
DT-EDGE Mississippi State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Cole Beasley
WR
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Daniel Jones
QB
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Evan Neal
OT
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Sterling Shepard
WR
Head Shot
Tommy DeVito
QB
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall D-
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Giants found their guy under center in Williams: D-.

Somebody took the Giants to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. Put together, it is a D-.

So much rides on Caleb Williams that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

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
Pick1 Rnd1 Caleb Williams
They paid sticker price for Caleb Williams in the 1st overall pick, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.
Pick47 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Value with a capital V on Xavier Legette in pick 47, a genuine coup. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick70 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson at Round 3, Pick 6 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick108 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
The board had Blake Fisher higher than the 108th pick, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick140 Rnd5 James Williams
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 140 with a little surplus value in James Williams. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick242 Rnd7 Brevyn Spann-Ford
Brevyn Spann-Ford at No. 242 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the tight end. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.