D
New York Giants
Daniels is the plan now, and the Giants grade out a D.
by jkase ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 31 picks
· 12 steals
· 8 reaches
Boards are made to be trusted, and the Giants shredded theirs for Steele Chambers. He came off 36 spots early, and the room will hear about it.
The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. The whole projection now runs through Jayden Daniels; hit there and everything else looks smarter. Getting Fautanu where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.
A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 15 they get the arm they will build around at a price that makes it sweeter.
In the Round 1 slot they get a No. 1 receiver at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
In the 21st pick they get juice off the edge, and a steal at that. A clean fit for the roster.
You do not let a cornerback like Nate Wiggins reach slot 43 and blink. They did not. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
The board fumbled Kool-Aid McKinstry all the way to No. 47, and they scooped it up. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Troy Fautanu in pick 73 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A clean, defensible pick in No. 75 with a little surplus value in Jeremiah Trotter Jr.. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Nothing to complain about; Jaylen Wright went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A tidy little value on Cade Stover in slot 77, a step better than break-even. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A wide receiver of that caliber at the Round 3 slot is the definition of value, full stop. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Renardo Green at the 98th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cole Bishop. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They liked Blake Fisher enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 4, Pick 7. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A conviction pick on Theo Johnson at pick 112 that the board grades a round light. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Isaac Guerendo at Round 4, Pick 17 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The roster fit checks out.
They barely believed it either: Maason Smith still on the board at No. 136. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
The board had Sataoa Laumea higher than pick 141, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Anthony Gould in the 143rd overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A straight-up fair deal on Marcus Harris at slot 147, value and slot in agreement. A need, and now a little less of one.
A big swing on Fabien Lovett at pick No. 158, well ahead of any board in the building. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Value said wait; Steele Chambers in the 164th pick says they were not listening. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
No edge and no loss on Ty'Ron Hopper in the Round 5 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Caedan Wallace at pick 179 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A reach on Myles Cole in the 183rd overall pick; the board had better options right there. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
By-the-book stuff, Trente Jones at pick No. 191 squarely in line with his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A reach for Joe Milton III in the 192nd pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. It fills a real need, too.
They robbed the room for Walter Rouse here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They paid sticker price for Erick All in the Round 6 slot, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Javontae Jean-Baptiste at Round 6, Pick 37 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Jordan Magee slid further than he should have, and slot 235 is lovely value for the linebacker. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Nathaniel Watson at No. 236 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.