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New York Giants
The Giants cashed the board's mistake on Coleman: D-.
by jkase ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 20 picks
· 8 steals
· 4 reaches
It is the swing that defines the weekend: Trey Knox in slot 226, a good 61 spots before the room expected him.
The Coleman value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down.
That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.
Pick-by-Pick
Marvin Harrison Jr. at No. 6 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
No drama and no debate, Xavier Worthy went about where he belonged in the 47th overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Edgerrin Cooper. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Somehow Kris Jenkins was still sitting there in Round 3, Pick 6, and they pounced on premier edge rusher value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
No edge and no loss on Renardo Green in the 71st overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They paid sticker price for Cole Bishop in slot 94, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kris Abrams-Draine at No. 104 is the proof. It fills a real need, too.
Zak Zinter at the Round 4 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Keon Coleman in the 120th pick, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They will replay Caedan Wallace at Round 5, Pick 25 for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Isaac Guerendo in pick No. 166 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
AJ Barner at pick 171 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the tight end. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Value said wait; Joe Milton III in the 185th overall pick says they were not listening. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A slide stopped in pick No. 196, with Kamal Hadden worth more than the price. A need, and now a little less of one.
Trente Jones at Round 6, Pick 38 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They reached into another round for Trey Knox, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Value with a capital V on Jaylen Harrell in slot 230, a genuine coup. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Trey Taylor in pick 232 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Bub Means in No. 238. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Kedon Slovis in the Round 7 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.