D
New York Giants
A franchise passer in Daniels headlines a D weekend for the Giants.
by jkase ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 30 picks
· 19 steals
· 5 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Elijah Jones, the No. 193 name on the board, stolen at the Round 7 slot.
Whatever Jayden Daniels becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. The Guerendo pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong.
The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 9 they get the arm they will build around. A real need, handled.
In Round 1, Pick 15 they get a seam-stretching tight end, and a steal at that. A clean fit for the roster.
In pick 16 they get a premier pass rusher at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
They let Troy Franklin come to them and pounced at Round 2, Pick 7. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Tyler Guyton in the 47th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A top-tier quarterback at a bargain, J.J. McCarthy in No. 70, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Taking Edgerrin Cooper in the 71st pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kamren Kinchens in pick No. 72. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Austin Booker in the Round 3 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
The board had cheaper options than DJ James at slot 75, and it noticed. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Circle this one: Kris Abrams-Draine at pick 108 is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A tidy bit of business in Round 4, Pick 11, where Zak Zinter graded well above the range. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Matt Goncalves in slot 137 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson is a better player than the Round 5 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Isaac Guerendo in the 150th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A reach on Anthony Gould in No. 151; the board had better options right there. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They robbed the room for Mohamed Kamara here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
They read the board right and Walter Rouse was the payoff at pick No. 185. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They barely believed it either: AJ Barner still on the board at No. 186. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They will replay Kamal Hadden at slot 187 for years; that is how good the value is. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A offensive lineman of that caliber at Round 6, Pick 13 is the definition of value, full stop. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
The board fumbled Jordan Travis all the way to pick 189, and they scooped it up. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A premium they did not need to pay, Gabe Hall a notch or two before his time. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Jase McClellan at the 222nd overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A slide stopped in the 224th pick, with Josh Proctor worth more than the price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Jordan Magee at pick No. 239 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
No edge and no loss on Logan Lee in pick 240; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Good price on Trey Knox in slot 241, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A need, and now a little less of one.
Elijah Jones in pick No. 253 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The roster fit checks out.
A real head-scratcher, Anim Dankwah in Round 7, Pick 34 is miles ahead of his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.