Guys-
The opportunity all have been waiting for!! You get to knock me for some of my past work scouting!!
In all seriousness...the evaluation of who grades well throughout the scouting process is years after the actual draft weekend. As you know, I watch a lot of tape and project future performance based on my own system. I have a lot of grades that are different than what you see out there, but I have always been that way. Some hits, some misses.
With that in mind, I like to make selections for the Giants in real time when they are actually on the clock every round, every year. Please note, I do not make these picks after the draft is completed. They are made the second that the Giants go on the clock based on my own scouting takes and needs for the team. I'll leave out a full analysis on each pick...I'm sure we can have some discussion afterward.
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Giants Pick - - - (Sy'56 Pick)
2010
1 - Jason Pierre-Paul - DE/South Florida - - - (Dez Bryant - WR/Oklahoma State)
2 - Linval Jospeh - DT/East Carolina - - - (Sean Lee - LB/Penn State)
3 - Chad Jones - S/LSU - - - (Everson Griffen - DE/USC)
4 - Phillip Dillard - LB/Nebraska - - - (Al Woods - DT/LSU)
5 - Mitch Petrus - G/Arkansas - - - (Matt Tennant - C/Boston College)
6 - Adrian Tracy - DE/William & Mary - - - (Kyle Calloway - OT/Iowa)
7 - Matt Dodge - P/East Carolina - - - (Logan Paulson - TE/UCLA)
2011
1 - Prince Amukamara - CB/Nebraska - - - {Jimmy Williams - CB/Colorado)
2 - Marvin Austin - DT/North Carolina - - - (Mason Foster - LB/Washington)
3 - Jerrel Jernigan - WR/Troy - - - (Delone Carter - RB/Syracuse)
4 - James Brewer - OT/Indiana - - - (Marcus Cannon - OT/TCU)
6 - Greg Jones - LB/Michigan State - - - (Bill Nagy - C/Wisconsin)
6 - Tyler Sash - S/Iowa - - - (Eric Hagg - S/Nebraska)
7 - Da'Rell Scott - RB/Maryland - - - (Ian Williams - DT/Notre Dame)
2012
1 - David Wilson - RB/Virginia Tech - - - {Courtney Upshaw - DE/Alabama)
2 - Rueben Randle - WR/LSU - - - (Mohamed Sanu - WR/Rutgers)
3 - Jayron Hosely - CB/Virginia Tech - - - (Zerbie Sanders - OT/Florida State)
4 - Adrien Robinson - TE/Cincinnati - - - (Mark Harris - CB/Florida State)
5 - Garrett Mosley - OT/Auburn - - - (Cyrus Gray - RB/Texas A& M)
6 - Sean McCants - OT/UAB - - - (Travis Lewis - LB/Oklahoma)
7 - Markus Kuhn - DT/NC State - - - (Jerrell Harris - LB/Alabama)
2011 - The one draft class I will hang my hat on. Foster is one of the game's top young LBs. Williams is better than Prince at this point. Cannon is a better version of Boothe. Carter is still one of my favorite unknown backs in the league.
2012 - Reese does a better job at the top, I think my class offers more depth. Wilson might be a superstar...nobody on my list will be one.
Couldn't believe either of those guys were available.
I think I've already said it but I'll say it again, thank you VERY MUCH for your contributions to this site every year around this time. I'm asking you all of these questions because I really respect the amount of time and work you put into it every year.
With that said, I do not consider myself any better or worse than anyone with draft opinions. I spend an obscene amount of time and effort watching and re-watching tape from August-April. I think it is important to share that I am wrong on a lot of players...and have no issues taking criticism and admitting where I went wrong.
I think he was much like Bryant in that regard although he seems to have ben no trouble thus far in his career.
Beside that; there isn't a poster here that doesn't enjoy and look forward to reading your evaluations.
Keep up the great work!!
What I think will happen does not exactly line up with what I think should happen.