B-
New York Giants
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Giants.
by 4everbigblue ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 3 steals
· 1 reaches
Every other box got a look, but interior defensive lineman did not. The Giants will head to camp with the same hole they walked in with.
The Williams pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The cost of the Polk reach is exactly the players who went right after him.
Job largely done: safety settled and 4 of 9 of the wish list covered.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 6th pick they get a building block for the line. The biggest hole, addressed.
A clean, defensible pick in slot 39 with a little surplus value in Chris Braswell. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A reach for Ja'Lynn Polk in pick No. 47; a little patience would have been rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They read the board right and Edgerrin Cooper was the payoff at No. 70. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Cooper Beebe in Round 4, Pick 7 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
James Williams slipping to the 143rd overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
The board had Josh Proctor higher than the Round 6 slot, and the safety fell to them anyway. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.