(My first 5 picks)
With the 23rd pick, the New York Giants select ... Christian McCaffrey, running back, Stanford.
Sure, we have Paul Perkins, who looks like he'll pan out to some degree. But when the Giants were at their "recent" best running the football, they had a two-headed attack (Jacobs/Bradshaw).
McCaffrey helps with blocking ... he can catch the ball out of the backfield ... and he could be that "next" weapon that really spurs this offense.
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With the 55th pick, the New York Giants select ... Dion Dawkins, left tackle, Temple. Maybe a slight reach, but he could be NFL-ready, from what I'm reading. He also has some flexibility (could play guard).
My best-case is that the Giants are active in FA and sign a vet LT, allowing a kid like this to work into the mix.
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With the 87th pick, the New York Giants select ... tight end Bucky Hodges, Virginia Tech. Here's a kid who potentially poses serious match-up problems for defenses. He's said to be a decent blocker, and he's a huge target at 6-foot-7, 245 pounds.
(If he happens to be gone, there's a chance Jake Butt (Michigan) is there ... so you take him at 6-foot-6, 248.
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With the 140th pick, the New York Giants select ... defensive end Hunter Dimick from Utah. By most accounts, this kid is an old-school football player. Unless there's a much more attractive option at 140, this would be a solid pick, imo.
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And with the 168th pick, the New York Giants select ... Brad Seaton, offensive tackle, Utah. Decent prospect, and gives us another option.
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Anyone else getting too excited for the draft way too early? Yeahhhh ...
Happy Friday, all!
With all due respect, and hopefully a touch of reality, it is unlikely that a guy starting for Temple is "NFL ready." The level of competition jump is immense and makes ready to start unlikely.
Fair point about the Temple lineman, as well. If the Giants are active in FA, then the "NFL ready" aspect becomes moot, and you have what many believe is a very good prospect.
I guess it's good for cap management so long as the guy doesn't get injured. As of now it's kinda crazy paying Jennings and Vereen while Rainey and Perkins are getting carries and some still like Darkwa.
I am by NO means a draft guru nor do I partake in mock drafts just my 2 cent’s but thanks for sharing and the time you spent.
The only thing I'd say about "drafting a prospect at 2" is this: you just never know. Some of these "sure thing" picks fizzle quickly. Many, in fact. So often it tends to be the "lesser knowns" who emerge after a couple years.
My contingency for that Temple OL at 2 is predicated on what the Giants do/don't do wrt the O-line through FA. (And I hope they are active there.)
I tend to think probably not, but maybe I havent seen him enough.
He has similar speed to Julian Edelman, and similar size. He also has better-than-Wes Welker speed, and that same shiftiness.
Could most certainly see him returning punts and kicks in blue next fall, and working into the offense in certain sets.
A potentially great weapon, in combo with an upgraded OL, OBJ, Perkins out of the backfield, Sheperd with a year under his belt, maybe a workmanlike TE.
I see Reese's approach this offseason similar to last year, but this time fixing the offense with 3 big signings and supplementing the defense through the draft. OL, WR, TE in free agency, re-sign JPP and Robinson then head to the draft. Just my opinion.
2) Best TE or OL available, whichever grades out higher.
3) Best CB or S available, whichever grades out higher.
4) Dan Skipper OT Arkansas, 6'10" 325 lb. road grader, projected to play RT
5) Daniel Carlson. PK. The premier PK in this draft. 10+ year career choice here.
4.50 40 speed ... good hands ... burst ... smart.
Tell me you can't see him in an Edelman role with the NYG.
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4.50 40 speed ... good hands ... burst ... smart.
Tell me you can't see him in an Edelman role with the NYG. Link - ( New Window )
He's a good player. Just don't think he's value at 23.
Dawkins seems to have the tools but also reminds me of Flowers a little too much. Big, strong, nasty but needs technique work, loses focus at times, and is a waist-bender. He might be the best OT option in rd 2.
Hodges could be the best TE in the draft. He has a ton of upside but (like many other college TEs) wasn't utilized very much. He reminds me of a more polished Visanthe Shiancoe.
I'm not very familiar with the other two guys.
I'm not sure he'd be worth a #1.
4.50 40 speed ... good hands ... burst ... smart.
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lol, com'on. How well would an Edelman be in the a Giants offense?
This kid has New England written all over him. The rest, our Giants included, won't maximize his talents.
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4.50 40 speed ... good hands ... burst ... smart.
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lol, com'on. How well would an Edelman be in the a Giants offense?
This kid has New England written all over him. The rest, our Giants included, won't maximize his talents.
I can definitely see New England taking him at the end of the first round.
A great OL can make a mediocre running back into a great running back.
The opposite is never true.
I've had enough Butch Woolfolk, Jarrod Bunch, George Adams, Tyrone Wheatley, Ron Dayne, David Wilson for one lifetime.
Rodney Hampton aside, Giants have proven that it's never worth blowing a first rounder on a position that can easily be manned by later round picks.
Giants Career Rushing Leaders:
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1. Tiki Barber (2nd Rd)
2. Rodney Hampton (1st rd)
3. Joe Morris (2nd Rd)
4. Brandon Jacobs (4th rd)
5. Alex Webster (11th rd)
6. Ahmad Bradshaw (7th rd)
Seems like every play in that video he had about 5-8 yards of freedom ahead of him when he touches the ball. What's he going to do in the NFL when that almost never happens...
I am so anti HB in Round 1 yet, for the first time ever, i would go HB and really enjoy watching Fournette in Giants blue. Love his style and hard to believe Jacobs was 30+lbs heavier.
I'm a big fan of Davin Cook, and much prefer him to Fournette.
Isn't Hodges basically a tall receiver though? Has he ever had to block at VT?
Projected as 2-3 ... never know when things shift and guys fall.
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2nd rounder???
Isn't Hodges basically a tall receiver though? Has he ever had to block at VT?
Yes. I want him as a WR, not a TE. 6' 7" huge wingspan, great red zone target.
I would say his height has to do more with his weight than his actual build. He basically looks like Mike Evans.
With all due respect, and hopefully a touch of reality, it is unlikely that a guy starting for Temple is "NFL ready." The level of competition jump is immense and makes ready to start unlikely.
Exactly, a 3rd down back...don't be so sure to judge on
the kid from Temple. I was cynical about a kid like
Ali Marpet? coming out from Div II or III, and he has proved
me wrong so far.
what the fuck does that have to do with it? He is a WR. Buress was 6'5" 226lbs, should he have been a TE too?
He is a 200 lb. back., not going to be a bellcow at the next
level. You get him 10-15 touches a game.
That is absurd to play a race card, grow up!
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with the Vereen/McCaffrey comparisons. McCaffrey basically does everything better than Vereen, and is a much better athlete. Vereen was a third down back coming out, and pretty much has stayed that.
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He is a 200 lb. back., not going to be a bellcow at the next
level. You get him 10-15 touches a game.
Got it. So...LeSean McCoy? Melvin Gordon? Devonta Freeman? How those guys doing?
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people just think McCaffrey is a change of pace/third down back because he's white. If he were black, people would be talking about him being better than Fournette and Cook. He's that good.
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That is absurd to play a race card, grow up!
I'm not playing the "race card" i'm literally just saying it's true. There's a stigma about white NFL backs. You seriously think there isn't? McCaffrey is an amazing running back.
Fourth year junior. Many are calling him a tight end but I am keeping him at WR because I haven’t seen him line up with his hands in the dirt once. He plays a WR role completely for the Hokies. I see a Kelvin Benjamin type with this kid. Moves well enough to be a WR and his size alone strikes fear in to anyone who covers him, and I mean anyone. Hodges is a little limited when it comes to the route tree but his impact will be felt early and often in the NFL if he comes out. Potential 1st rounder. 2nd rounder at worst.
Corey Davis, WR, Western Michigan
DeMarcus Walker, DE, Florida State
Jordan Leggett, TE, Clemson
Chad Wheeler, OT, USC
Akhello Witherspoon, CB, Colorado
Jamaal Williams, RB, BYU
Greg Pyke, OG, Georgia
Edelman's replacement(dings accumulating) out of the Vereen mold.
I do not understand how people want to pick a RB (maybe) WR (maybe) with the 1st pick that will never be more than a role player in any capacity.
At least with Peppers you get a projected starter.