It's still way too early in the season to know where the Giants will be selecting, but we all know where the gaping holes are. The first wide receiver on this list is Jaxon Smith-Njigba (Ohio State) at #4, followed by Jordan Addison (USC) at #8. And if the Giants passing game does not get out of kindergarten, there's a real good chance they'll be picking at either one of these spots. Fortunately, the wide receiver position is well represented in GBN's Top 50, as is QB and CB... two other positions Joe Schoen will be carefully studying:
QB 8
CB 7
WR 7
OT 6
LB 4
DE 3
FS 3
RB 3
DE/ER 2
DT 2
ER 2
NT 1
S 1
TE 1
20% of GBN's Big Board is comprised of two SEC power houses (Alabama and Georgia), and 9 college programs in all have placed multiple players on the list:
Alabama 6
Georgia 4
Clemson 3
Miami 3
Notre Dame 3
Ohio State 3
LSU 2
Oregon 2
Texas A&M 2
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Top 5? Certainly top 10.
Going to be an interesting QB draft this year.
Very good possibility. In the meantime, while the Giants have an unmitigated disaster on their hands at wide receiver, it sure looks like the dam is about to break in the middle of their offensive line, if it hasn’t broken already. Poor Joe Schoen… so many problems with the Giants roster and not nearly enough draft picks to fix them all. Feels like he’ll need 3 more Drafts.
Going to be an interesting QB draft this year.
Hendon Hooker is my guy! Assuming Schoen let’s Daniel Jones walk, would love to see Hooker in Blue!
Interesting question! I think he could play inside, and do the Giants need help at ILB!!! … but Will Anderson is such a terror on the edge that I would hesitate to move him.
I am thinking CB should line up value vs need. I don’t want to force anything.
We may need wr more( actually 2-3 WRs. Also another IOL, ILB
That’s without even talking qb. And realistically, there may be nothing that projects much better than DJ at this point
2023 is another yr of getting building blocks.
A lot of talent is needed
IMO watching Alabama and Ohio State QBs throw against air 95% of the time is worthless when it comes to projecting them into the NFL. Neither of those guys interests me at all. IMO because of injuries and free agency the NFL gets closer and closer to the college game schematically. It's almost as if NFL teams have the same 3/4/5 years to keep players that the colleges do now.
It's getting rare for a player to last more than 5 years with one NFL team except QBs. IMO WRs are going to soon be the new RBs. Easily replaced with a cheaper younger model from the draft class every year.
I have confidence/blind loyalty that the Giants FO will find their QB and WRs in the draft in the next few years. I'm more concerned about the interior of the OL and DL and ILBs. IMO good NFL level players are harder to find in those spots.
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Is the direction the Giants will go in the 1sr rd next year.
Very good possibility. In the meantime, while the Giants have an unmitigated disaster on their hands at wide receiver, it sure looks like the dam is about to break in the middle of their offensive line, if it hasn’t broken already. Poor Joe Schoen… so many problems with the Giants roster and not nearly enough draft picks to fix them all. Feels like he’ll need 3 more Drafts.
It was his choice. I was begging for them to allocate some of the money spent on one of the bona fide freeagent OCs instead of spreading it on a bunch of jags. It couldve been done.
Including Richardson is also kind of misleading imo. This will be his first full year starting and he is VERY raw. He has a lot to gain by staying one more year.