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UberAlias : 4/25/2015 10:56 am
I recall Charlie Casserly saying he would only start looking at mock drafts the week before because anything prior to that is so unreliable. So here we are a week away and this is when things often start to come into focus.

That said, it's also a time where a lot of misinformation comes out, so take things with a grain of salt.

Doesn't have to be Giants... so what are we hearing?
Poorly kept secrets  
UberAlias : 4/25/2015 10:57 am : link
Jets and Eagles trying to figure out how to move up for Mariota.
A Mariota trade  
UberAlias : 4/25/2015 10:58 am : link
Could take place after the draft.
Dante Fowler recently talked  
UberAlias : 4/25/2015 10:59 am : link
to Giants.
Cowboys, Raiders 'front-runners' for Adrian Peterson trade  
UberAlias : 4/25/2015 11:00 am : link
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#InMacWeTrust þ@GATORlifer Apr 16  
UberAlias : 4/25/2015 11:02 am : link
Report: Dolphins Doing 'A Lot of Research' on RB Gurley
Not a rumor  
YANKEE28 : 4/25/2015 3:19 pm : link
but a fact.

In each of the past 2 years, there have been 5 trades involving 1st round picks.

Over the past 10 years, there have been an average of 5.9 trades involving 1st round picks.

So I think it is reasonable for football fans to expect about 6 trades involving 1st round picks this Thursday. Perhaps more considering the overall sense that these draft has a limited number of blue goose picks.

Jaien Collins had failed drug tests in college  
jeff57 : 4/25/2015 3:22 pm : link
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Giants may trade up if Williams or Fowler are not taken by 4  
jeff57 : 4/25/2015 3:24 pm : link
Dan Graziano.
RE: Giants may trade up if Williams or Fowler are not taken by 4  
section125 : 4/25/2015 3:42 pm : link
In comment 12248938 jeff57 said:
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Dan Graziano.


I'm going out on a limb - bullshit. They need a bevy of quality players and cannot afford to give a 2nd and 3rd to move to #4.
Agree It's BS  
Samiam : 4/25/2015 3:50 pm : link
Graziano, or whoever, is making this stuff up. Maybe Reese would trade a 7th round pick but he's not giving up a high pick, especially in this draft, with the multiple team needs. This is BS
Giants value pass-rushing linemen right under Qb  
Coach Mason : 4/25/2015 4:11 pm : link
I wouldn't assume it's a B.S rumor automatically. Giants could have a few OL they are high on in the third or maybe even fourth round. Daryl Williams, Ali Marpet, Laken Tomlinson as examples. A couple of those might go earlier but who knows what else they have on the list.
The problem is who's at 5 and 6  
jeff57 : 4/25/2015 4:25 pm : link
Can't see Washington wanting to make a deal with a team in the division. And then you have the Jets. Who would take Fowler anyway if he were there.
Mock drafts  
djm : 4/25/2015 5:22 pm : link
Two weeks or two days before the draft are meaningless. No one knows jack shit. And even if someone does know it's mixed in with so much misinformation that it's impossible to discern.
RE: Mock drafts  
UberAlias : 4/25/2015 5:53 pm : link
In comment 12249115 djm said:
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Two weeks or two days before the draft are meaningless. No one knows jack shit.
I would disagree with that. There aren't certainties, but I think the teams generally have a pretty good idead.
Fortunately or unfortunately, our team is kind of transparent  
AcesUp : 4/26/2015 3:25 am : link
When it comes to the draft. I'm fairly confident in my guess that we'll take one of the top two pass rushers (fowler or Beasley) or top two wrs if they fall. However, the pick will probably be OL...Scherff then Flowers.
You can definitely handicap this pick  
AcesUp : 4/26/2015 3:31 am : link
Even the "surprise" picks like Pugh, Jpp and Wilson were leaked around this time prior to the draft by the beat guys. This years guy is Flowers, he's probably a likely option. Only pick I can remember in last 10 years which was a total surprise was Prince, and that's only bc it was a total shock that he was there at our pick.
Graziano:  
UberAlias : 4/26/2015 8:18 am : link
"Trading up for a player like that (Williams or Fowler) makes sense, as long as the price is reasonable, and my information indicates that the Giants are thinking about it."
I don't see Fowler as worth it...  
Dunedin81 : 4/26/2015 8:32 am : link
Williams might be. Williams is a rare DT talent and maybe the best or at least a Top 3 talent in this draft. But Fowler is a decent DE prospect whose athleticism and tape seem like in a better year for conventional 4-3 DE prospects he'd be mid-round.
RE: I don't see Fowler as worth it...  
Dunedin81 : 4/26/2015 8:33 am : link
In comment 12249682 Dunedin81 said:
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Williams might be. Williams is a rare DT talent and maybe the best or at least a Top 3 talent in this draft. But Fowler is a decent DE prospect whose athleticism and tape seem like in a better year for conventional 4-3 DE prospects he'd be mid-round.


Mid-first round that is.
RE: RE: Giants may trade up if Williams or Fowler are not taken by 4  
mrvax : 4/26/2015 8:51 am : link
In comment 12248960 section125 said:
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I'm going out on a limb - bullshit. They need a bevy of quality players and cannot afford to give a 2nd and 3rd to move to #4.


Section: It's a damn shame when it's pretty obvious that many posters on this board know more about the Giants tendencies & needs than sports reporters. This little "rumor" is just a very stupid guess by a reporter that is in the dark about the team he covers.

For the Giants to trade up this year and lose a pick, the player would have to have All-Pro written on him.
Miami "covets" Gurley  
jeff57 : 4/26/2015 3:59 pm : link
http://www.profootballrumors.com/dolphins-targeting-todd-gurley-draft/
Mariotta will go #2 overall...but not to TT  
Torrag : 4/26/2015 4:01 pm : link
They will be trading the pick.
Gurley's stock sky rocketing post medical re-check...  
Torrag : 4/26/2015 4:04 pm : link
He could crack the Top 10...Atlanta and NY are possibilities. He almost certainly won't get past Miami.
wonder what it would take  
bc4life : 4/26/2015 5:22 pm : link
if they wanted to get to a sliding Williams or Fowler?
think both will go  
bc4life : 4/26/2015 5:36 pm : link
in top 5, unless a team prefers Shelton over Williams.
More rumors  
jeff57 : 4/27/2015 11:21 am : link
Falcons thinking of trading up for Fowler. Browns like Gurley and Perriman.
Link - ( New Window )
Titans  
jeff57 : 4/27/2015 12:53 pm : link
"Titans top 3 scenarios 3 days before draft: 1. Trade for Rivers. 2. Pick Mariota/Winston. 3. Get haul n trade (and stick with Mettenberger). Most likely: 2."

- Jim Wyatt, the Tennessean
Heard This Morning On NFL That  
pa_giant_fan : 4/27/2015 3:01 pm : link
The Bears covet Cooper if not there, then Scherff. Could be that Scherff could be gone before our pick. Which makes all the Flowers pick more logical.
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