A little help

"checking a player out"

They will have access to just about every first rounder at the combine

you see all you want

going to his pro day, setting up meeting or bringing him in for a visit

it's pretty regular, or at least pretty recent. Can't give you who off the top of my head, but I recall drafting those that they appeared not to care to further investigate.

In comment 12210225 Victor in CT said:

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you see all you want

Classic! :)

that is what I was thinking. The player they draft number one is a player they feel sure of. The ones you hear about them bring in for visit or going to visit are the ones they still have questions about. Does not mean they will not draft them number one. It just means they still had questions about them. It just seems the guy you did not hear about them being in contact with, is the guy they draft at one

That doesn't happen for the top picks.

There may be cases where the Giants don't interview a player at the Senior Bowl, Pro Day or the combine and still pick him high. Certainly, there are a lot of players who aren't invited to New Jersey for an interview (although they like to bring in local players) because they have a limited number of chances and want to interview the more dubious candidates.

Somewhere along the line, the Giants probably talk to most of the draft picks.

"checking out a player" probably means they have interest.

However, maybe when they visited, the player didn't pan out as expected.

Or that they had player X pegged for a round 4 value but he was gone in the 3rd. Or that a player with a higher value was available as well so they went in that direction.

Relax your brain a little?