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Players Gained
Orlando
Brown Jr.
OT
Azizi
Hearn
CB
DJ
James
CB
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Evan
Neal
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Hyatt
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Timmy
Horne
DT
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall
B
ValueB-
NeedB
TradesA+
FutureC-
The Giants bet the future on Ward. The board says B. The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Demetrius Knight Jr., slot 134, roughly 69 picks past where he belonged.
Reaching for Griffith left real value on the table behind him. Cam Ward gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.
With tight end unsolved, spending premium capital on linebacker is the choice that costs them. Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Pick Analysis
Pick3
Rnd1
Cam Ward
Cam Ward at the 3rd overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Pick39
Rnd2
Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker in No. 39 is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick49
Rnd2
Shemar Stewart
No drama and no debate, Shemar Stewart went about where he belonged in the 49th overall pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick66
Rnd3
Jihaad Campbell
They robbed the room for Jihaad Campbell here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick109
Rnd4
Elic Ayomanor
Elic Ayomanor slid further than he should have, and pick No. 109 is lovely value for the wide receiver. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick112
Rnd4
Kyren Lacy
Kyren Lacy in the Round 4 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick134
Rnd4
Demetrius Knight Jr.
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went linebacker with Demetrius Knight Jr. while clear needs at tight end sat open.
Pick143
Rnd5
Cam Skattebo
Cam Skattebo at the 143rd pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick153
Rnd5
Dorian Strong
They went early on Dorian Strong in Round 5, Pick 16, and the value did not follow. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick219
Rnd7
Shilo Sanders
They reached a country mile for Shilo Sanders at slot 219, and the board is aghast. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick220
Rnd7
Thor Griffith
Value said wait; Thor Griffith in slot 220 says they were not listening. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick227
Rnd7
Miles Frazier
They read the board right and Miles Frazier was the payoff at the 227th pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick238
Rnd7
Jaishawn Barham
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jaishawn Barham in the 238th overall pick, plain and simple. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick246
Rnd7
Deion Burks
Deion Burks at pick 246 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.