It was fun yesterday to learn that many BBIers follow the Draft, as I do, largely through the prism of Sy's grades. As the Draft enters its final day, thanks go out once again to Sy, Dave Te, JonC, EA, HitDog and others who make BBI such a fantastic resource at this time of year... and also to Eric and his team for keeping the hamster fed.
For simplicity, I'll just post the list first, then add comments separately. Here are the graded players still available at the start of Round 4, sorted first by grade and then by position:
83 S Desmond King
80 DT Caleb Brantley
80 G/C Isaac Asiata
80 OT Conor McDermott
79 WR Chad Hansen
78 G/C Dorian Johnson
78 LB Samson Ebukam
78 OT Will Holden
78 RB Marlon Mack
78 TE Jordan Leggett
78 WR Dede Westbrook
77 CB Corn Elder
77 LB Brooks Ellis
77 RB Samaje Perine
77 RB Jeremy McNichols
77 S Rayshawn Jenkins
77 S Xavier Woods
77 WR Josh Reynolds
76 CB Brian Allen
76 CB Channing Stribling
76 DE Ifeadi Odenigbo
76 DT Carlos Watkins
76 LB Ben Boulware
76 OT Andreas Knappe
76 QB Nathan Peterman
76 RB Tarik Cohen
76 TE Jeremy Sprinkle
75 CB Jalen Myrick
75 CB Damontae Kazee
75 G/C JJ Dielman
75 LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin
75 OT Justin Senior
75 S Nate Gerry
75 TE Bucky Hodges
75 TE Eric Saubert
75 WR Isaiah Ford
74 CB Ryan Lewis
74 CB Nate Hairston
74 DT Ryan Glasgow
74 G/C Danny Isidora
74 LB Jordan Evans
74 OT Adam Bisnowaty
74 OT David Sharpe
74 QB Brad Kaaya
74 S Tedric Thompson
74 TE Jake Butt
74 WR Austin Carr
74 WR Malachi Dupre
73 CB Aarion Penton
73 CB JR Nelson
73 CB Howard Wilson
73 CB William Likely
73 DE Ejuan Price
73 DT Jaleel Johnson
73 DT Charles Walker
73 DT Tanzel Smart
73 G/C Kent Perkins
73 G/C Jordan Morgan
73 G/C Nico Siragusa
73 G/C Chase Roullier
73 LB Connor Harris
73 LB Vince Biegel
73 LB Cole Langer
73 LB Jayon Brown
73 OT Joseph Dieugot
73 RB Wayne Gallman
73 RB Deveon Smith
73 RB Brian Hill
73 WR Stacy Coley
73 WR Ryan Switzer
72 CB Jeremy Clark
72 DE Hunter Dimick
72 DE Carl Lawson
72 DT Isaac Rochell
72 LB Anthony Walker
72 OT Roderick Johnson
72 RB Corey Clement
72 RB Christopher Carson
72 RB Donnell Pumphrey
72 RB Elijah McGuire
72 RB Anthony Wales
72 S Randall Goforth
72 S Jonathan Ford
72 WR Trent Taylor
71 CB Treston Decoud
71 DT Deangelo Brown
71 DT Ralph Green III
71 DT Jarron Jones
71 G/C Ben Braden
71 G/C Jon Toth
71 G/C Max Halpin
71 G/C Travis Averill
71 G/C Collin Buchanan
71 LB Brandon Bell
71 LB Ukeme Eligwe
71 OT Dan Skipper
71 OT Nick Callender
71 QB Jerod Evans
71 S David Jones
71 S Eddie Jackson
71 TE Michael Roberts
71 TE Cole Hikutini
71 TE George Kittle
71 WR Michael Rector
71 WR Keevan Lucas
70 DT Grover Stewart
70 DT Josh Tupou
70 G/C Kareem Are
70 LB Carroll Phillips
70 LB Steven Taylor
70 RB Jamaal Williams
70 RB Matt Breida
70 RB Justin Davis
70 RB Matthew Dayes
70 S Lorenzo Jerome
70 S Jamal Carter
70 S Derek Barnett
70 S Donald Payne
70 S Montae Nicholson
70 WR Rodney Adams
70 WR Josh Malone
69 DE Deatrich Wise Jr
69 DT Vincent Taylor
69 G/C Geoff Gray
69 G/C Sean Harlow
69 G/C Tyler Orlosky
69 LB Riley Bullough
69 LB Charmeachealle Moore
69 LB Ben Gedeon
69 LB Marquel Lee
69 LB Tanner Vallejo
69 OT Zach Banner
69 OT Sam Tevi
69 RB Elijah Hood
69 S Ahmad Thomas
69 TE Phazahn Odom
69 WR Kendrick Bourne
69 WR Fred Ross
68 DE Fadol Brown
68 DE Josh Carraway
68 DE Keionta Davis
68 DE Al-Quadin Muhammed
68 DE Bryan Cox
68 DT Davon Godchaux
68 DT Phil Ivie
68 G/C Jermaine Eluemunor
68 G/C Adam Pankey
68 OT Javarius Leamon
68 OT Chad Wheeler
68 OT Jerry Ugokwe
68 QB Seth Russell
68 S Shalom Luani
68 TE Anthony Auclair
68 WR Speedy Noil
68 WR Travis Rudolph
68 WR Kermit Whitfield
67 DE Collin Bevins
67 DE Garret Sickels
67 DT Nick James
67 G/C Erik Magnuson
67 G/C Zack Johnson
67 G/C Nate Theaker
67 QB Josh Dobbs
67 QB Chad Kelly
67 S Josh Harvey-Clemons
67 S Orion Stewart
67 TE Hayden Pinke
66 DE Ken Ekanem
66 DE Tashawn Bower
66 DE Avery Moss
66 DT Stevie Tu’ikolovatu
66 G/C Kyle Fuller
66 OT Julie’n Davenport
66 TE Blake Jarwin
66 TE Pharoah Brown
66 TE Cethan Carter
65 DT Cole Langer
65 G/C Damien Mama
65 OT Jylan Ware
65 OT Jon Heck
65 QB Alek Torgersen
64 OT Brad Seaton
64 OT Jonah Pirsig
63 OT Daniel Brunskill
63 QB Wes Lunt
63 QB Antonio Pimpkin
63 QB Gunner Kiel
61 QB Cooper Rush
61 QB Zach Terrell
59 QB Sefo Liufau
59 QB Mitch Lender
I think I removed all 107 players who are off the board, including three (WR Kenny Golladay, WR Chad Williams, and CB Brendan Langley) for whom I did not see a grade from Sy.
Developmental OT
LB
Corner
We have had success with late round RB, LB and OT.....not so much with Corners.
Grade / Position / Player Pick Team
69 WR Carlos Henderson 82 DEN
70 DT Eddie Vanderdoes 88 OAK
70 QB CJ Beathard 104 SFO
70 RB James Conner 105 PIT
71 CB Rasul Douglas 99 PHI
71 TE Jonnu Smith 100 TEN
72 DE Charles Harris 22 MIA
72 LB Ryan Anderson 49 WAS
72 LB Alex Anzalone 76 NOR
72 DE Trey Hendrickson 103 NOR
73 DT Malik McDowell 35 SEA
73 WR Curtis Samuel 40 CAR
73 DE Dawuane Smoot 68 JAC
73 G/C Pat Elflein 70 MIN
73 WR Taywan Taylor 72 TEN
73 DE Tarrell Basham 80 IND
73 WR Chris Godwin 84 TAM
73 OT Antonio Garcia 85 NWE
73 LB Kendell Beckwith 107 TAM
Plus three players with no grade:
NR WR Kenny Golladay 96 DET
NR WR Chad Williams 98 ARI
NR CB Brendan Langley 101 DEN
With football players - as with big-thumbed supermodels - beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For example, Davis Webb narrowly escaped this list, with a grade of 74; but in the QB class of 2017, the tall, strong-armed coach's son probably bears the closest resemblance to Eli Manning - though he's obviously a very raw version.
I hope the Conner pick works out for the Steelers. What a great local-hero-triumphs over adversity" story that would be. It was still a weird pick, though.
and maybe nico saragusa and round out with de'veon smith look for another DE in the UDFA pool to help the depth there
O-linemen will come off quickly now. Giants will have to wait patiently or trade up for OL, RB, LB, DB.
I'm glad the Giants didn't have gaping holes but they sure had plenty of depth needs.
4 OT
4 OG
2 C
Plenty of talent left, especially when compared to some of the other positions:
11 S
15 LB
14 WR
18 CB
19 DL
4 OT
4 OG
2 C
Plenty of talent left, especially when compared to some of the other positions:
11 S
15 LB
14 WR
18 CB
19 DL
Wow it was a record low of 7 OL taken after 3 rounds after that they must
Have taken 3 more from the compensatory picks so I agree plenty of OL left Burly man.
Value wise, 4 remaining picks = 68
Offer that to CAR for their round 4 pick at 115, value = 64.
Even the Giants can't be blamed for passing, though they never had much of a chance save for Rd 1 to draft one..