D
New York Giants
Williams is the plan now, and the Giants grade out a D.
by jkase ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 23 picks
· 11 steals
· 6 reaches
The Giants clearly saw something nobody else did in Taulia Tagovailoa, taking him 64 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. Landing Eboigbe that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. Whatever Caleb Williams becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 13 they get the arm they will build around, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Quinyon Mitchell. A need, and now a little less of one.
In Round 1, Pick 20 they get a wrecking ball inside at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Brian Thomas Jr. in pick No. 44, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Xavier Worthy in the Round 2 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A cornerback of that caliber at the 51st pick is the definition of value, full stop. It fills a real need, too.
Junior Colson at the 73rd pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
The board had Calen Bullock higher than No. 96, and the safety fell to them anyway. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They jumped the gun on Cole Bishop, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They robbed the room for Ricky Pearsall here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They paid sticker price for Zak Zinter in slot 107, and that is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Will Shipley in pick 115 lands just on the right side of the ledger. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
By-the-book stuff, Blake Fisher at the Round 4 slot squarely in line with his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A straight-up fair deal on Anthony Gould at pick No. 141, value and slot in agreement. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A wild overpay on AJ Barner in slot 150, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Caedan Wallace this early at the 164th overall pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They paid a round early for Joe Milton III in the Round 6 slot, more than the board wanted. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Marcus Harris at Round 6, Pick 30 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The roster fit checks out.
Circle this one: Justin Eboigbe at pick 206 is a fall that decides a draft. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They will replay Kamal Hadden at pick No. 207 for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Trey Knox at No. 208 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Taulia Tagovailoa at the 223rd pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Somehow Jordan Magee was still sitting there in Round 7, Pick 29, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.