Masilo Tomai'S MOCK DRAFT

Masilo Tomai

  • Masilo Tomai DRAFTING FOR THE
    Giants
Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NYG)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Jaxson Dart Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NYG)
Jaxson Dart
QB Ole Miss
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NYG)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (NYG)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (NYG)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Luke Lachey Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (NYG)
Luke Lachey
TE Iowa
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NYG)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Tommy Mellott Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (NYG)
Tommy Mellott
QB Montana State
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall C+
ValueD+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Giants land in the muddy middle: C+.

The Giants did not so much draft Tommy Mellott as overpay for him, 102 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C+.

On value alone, Henderson makes the weekend a net positive. The wide receiver spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

On the needs board they went 6 of 9, with interior defensive lineman the one that mattered most.

The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Will Campbell
A conviction pick on Will Campbell at pick No. 9 that the board grades a round light. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick40 Rnd2 Jaxson Dart
Jaxson Dart at No. 40 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick71 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge in the 71st overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick107 Rnd4 Howard Cross III
Howard Cross III is a better player than pick 107 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick134 Rnd4 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson at Round 4, Pick 33 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick154 Rnd5 Luke Lachey
Value said wait; Luke Lachey in the Round 5 slot says they were not listening. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick219 Rnd7 Kevin Winston Jr.
They will replay Kevin Winston Jr. at pick No. 219 for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick242 Rnd7 Tommy Mellott
Tommy Mellott at No. 242 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.