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Draft Selections
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (NYG)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NYG)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (NYG)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NYG)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (NYG)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NYG)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (NYG)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NYG)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (NYG)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Benjamin Yurosek Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (NYG)
Benjamin Yurosek
TE Stanford
Draft Picks Received
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (DEN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (DEN)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (ARI)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Benjamin Yurosek Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (DEN)
Benjamin Yurosek
TE Stanford
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (DEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (DEN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (DEN)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (ARI)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Players Gained
Head Shot
Courtland Sutton
WR
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall A-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureA
The Giants won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: A-.

Whoever sat across the table from the Giants should ask for a receipt. They cleaned the room out, prying loose far more value than they gave up, and it was the quiet MVP of their weekend. The sum of the weekend is a deserved A-.

They banked enough surplus on Fuaga to cover a lot of smaller sins. Every board in the league had Alexander lower, and that gap is the story. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.

Adding Courtland Sutton by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies.

In short, they turned a good board into a better roster, and it shows.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette in the 14th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick38 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on T.J. Tampa. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick47 Rnd2 Taliese Fuaga
Taliese Fuaga in Round 2, Pick 15 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick73 Rnd3 Jack Sawyer
Jack Sawyer at pick No. 73 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick78 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
They paid up for Zak Zinter at the Round 3 slot when waiting would have done the job. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick106 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
They did well to land Braelon Allen in the 106th pick, just ahead of his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick133 Rnd4 Zy Alexander
Zy Alexander at slot 133 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick143 Rnd5 Jack Nelson
A real head-scratcher, Jack Nelson in pick 143 is miles ahead of his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick184 Rnd6 Ricky Pearsall
Ricky Pearsall at pick No. 184 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick235 Rnd7 Benjamin Yurosek
Benjamin Yurosek in Round 7, Pick 15 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.