There's no consensus top player. Evan Neal as the top pick? Wow. No QBs that you can get a haul for either. The best player in the draft might be a friggin safety or center. The draft is deep but not top heavy. If you're Jax, who the hell do you take.
Are there really any blue chips? IMV, maybe Cross, Neal, Lloyd. Maybe?
The draft is a means to an end, not an end in itself.
True.
But last year was considered very good - IMV - and it indeed looks like a bumper crop with two player as All Pro selections as rookies - Parsons & Slater. And toss in Chase, Jones, Pitts, Surtain, Harris, etc.
If the Giants are trading down and picking up a first, that is one thing. But the way that reads, you are proposing the Giants trade a top 7 pick this year for an unknown first round pick next year? That is insanity.
So much can change between now and draft day.
Lol, I was thinking the same thing. Remember, all of this is speculation. We see drafts all the time where all of these QB’s, etc. are supposed to be great and they flop (eg. Mayfield, Darnold, Rosen in 2018). Same with other positions. There’s so much speculation, luck, players being drafted into the right scheme, and other factors that any draft could end up great or terrible.
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and that draft produced the best player in the league, so...
True.
But last year was considered very good - IMV - and it indeed looks like a bumper crop with two player as All Pro selections as rookies - Parsons & Slater. And toss in Chase, Jones, Pitts, Surtain, Harris, etc.
And we got a bust.
No it isn't. Getting a haul of two blue chip players is never a bad thing. And if a team gets desperate to get a QB, you can trade down, still have two first round picks this year, and a first round pick next year as part of that trade.
True.
But last year was considered very good - IMV - and it indeed looks like a bumper crop with two player as All Pro selections as rookies - Parsons & Slater. And toss in Chase, Jones, Pitts, Surtain, Harris, etc.
And we got a bust.
So far, unfortunately, this looks true. When Toney did play, however, he was electric.
But I would trade that electricity for the All-Pro skills of pass protection and run blocking by Mr. Slater. Skills that we needed much more than the electricity.
There is really no reason for significant talent disparities to exist among draft classes unless you get funky one-off events like the Covid opt-outs.
deeper but not better.