B+
New York Giants
The Giants let Mustapha fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.
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2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 2 steals
· 1 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Malik Mustapha, the No. 153 name on the board, stolen at slot 183.
They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
They are betting Milton III proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The Giants clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a matchup problem out wide. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Circle this one: Payton Wilson at No. 70 is a fall that decides a draft. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
No edge and no loss on Braelon Allen in Round 4, Pick 7; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
No drama and no debate, Kamal Hadden went about where he belonged in the 168th overall pick. The roster fit checks out.
They will replay Malik Mustapha at pick 183 for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Joe Milton III at the 190th pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It fills a real need, too.
A market-rate DT-EDGE, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jowon Briggs. A pick in search of a role on this roster.