When a board-topper like Jordan Morgan slides to the 107th pick, you do not overthink it, and the Giants did not. Add it all up and it grades out a clean A.
The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it.
The veteran additions, Marquise Brown chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.
Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.27
· Pick 27
· Brock Bowers
· TE
· rank 6
In pick 27 they get a mismatch in the passing game, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
R2.7
· Pick 39
· Rome Odunze
· WR
· rank 11
Rome Odunze in slot 39 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.11
· Pick 43
· Olumuyiwa Fashanu
· OT
· rank 10
Olumuyiwa Fashanu in the 43rd overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.15
· Pick 47
· Jer'Zhan Newton
· DL
· rank 12
Taking Jer'Zhan Newton in pick No. 47 is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.6
· Pick 70
· Keon Coleman
· WR
· rank 24
Keon Coleman at the Round 3 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.7
· Pick 71
· Quinyon Mitchell
· CB
· rank 31
They robbed the room for Quinyon Mitchell here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
R3.17
· Pick 81
· Ja'Tavion Sanders
· TE
· rank 54
Ja'Tavion Sanders at No. 81 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.7
· Pick 107
· Jordan Morgan
· OT
· rank 26
They will replay Jordan Morgan at Round 4, Pick 7 for years; that is how good the value is. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.18
· Pick 118
· Dillon Johnson
· RB
· rank 118
Dillon Johnson in No. 118 is fair value, right on his grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.7
· Pick 143
· Sataoa Laumea
· OT
· rank 122
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Sataoa Laumea in Round 5, Pick 7, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.18
· Pick 154
· Austin Booker
· DE-EDGE
· rank 159
Austin Booker at the 154th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.10
· Pick 185
· Cedric Gray
· LB
· rank 135
Cedric Gray at slot 185 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.