D
New York Giants
Quarterback settled, Maye in the fold, and a D for the Giants.
by jkase ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 26 picks
· 14 steals
· 7 reaches
The Giants torched the value chart for Caedan Wallace, taking him 60 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. So much rides on Drake Maye that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. Landing Latu that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.
The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 13 they get a difference-maker at receiver, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
In the 19th overall pick they get their quarterback of the future, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
In pick 26 they get a problem off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter.
In the 27th pick they get the face of the franchise at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Fair-plus on Tyler Nubin, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They read the board right and Adonai Mitchell was the payoff at the Round 2 slot. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A edge rusher of that caliber at pick 51 is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
No edge and no loss on Renardo Green in Round 3, Pick 6; it is a wash and a sensible one. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Cade Stover at the Round 3 slot is money in the bank, a tight end taken below his worth. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Max Melton at the 99th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Circle this one: Dadrion Taylor-Demerson at pick No. 107 is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Steal is underselling it; Michael Hall Jr. at the 108th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Zak Zinter in No. 109 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They liked Blake Fisher enough to skip the value, taking him in slot 110. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A conviction pick on Isaac Guerendo at the 111th overall pick that the board grades a round light. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
The board had Brenden Rice higher than No. 112, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A straight-up fair deal on Cedric Gray at slot 113, value and slot in agreement. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Javon Solomon in pick 125 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The roster logic is harder to follow.
Anthony Gould at pick No. 126 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Kitan Oladapo at the 135th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They reached into another round for Steele Chambers, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Caedan Wallace in the Round 5 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A reach for Kamal Hadden in pick No. 154; a little patience would have been rewarded. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
The board fumbled Tyrone Tracy Jr. all the way to the Round 6 slot, and they scooped it up. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
AJ Barner at the 183rd pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Value with a capital V on Fabien Lovett in slot 192, a genuine coup. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.