B+
New York Giants
The Giants fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.
by Ng3434 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 1 steals
· 1 reaches
The real work happened on the phones. The Giants fleeced their trade partners, turning their picks into a noticeably bigger pile than they started with. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B+.
The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The Irving pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Johnson has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.
Michael Thomas gives the group a proven body among the projects.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 14 they get a problem off the edge. A real need, handled.
J.J. McCarthy at pick 39 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
No edge and no loss on Keon Coleman in the Round 2 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Kingsley Suamataia at the 47th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They paid sticker price for Christian Haynes in pick No. 70, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
The board had Bucky Irving higher than Round 4, Pick 8, and the running back fell to them anyway. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A reach for Theo Johnson in No. 140; a little patience would have been rewarded. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
No drama and no debate, Michael Barrett went about where he belonged in the 185th overall pick. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.