D
New York Giants
Daniels is the Giants' new face under center. Grade: D.
by jkase ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 29 picks
· 14 steals
· 5 reaches
The Caedan Wallace pick is the one that will follow the Giants into the fall. They took him 56 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so.
The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. Jayden Daniels gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. On value alone, Cooper makes the weekend a net positive.
In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 16 they get a passer to set the clock by, and a steal at that. A clean fit for the roster.
In No. 17 they get a difference-maker at receiver at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
In the Round 1 slot they get juice off the edge at fair value.
In Round 1, Pick 28 they get a press-man option on the boundary, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
T'Vondre Sweat at the 47th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
No drama and no debate, Xavier Worthy went about where he belonged in pick No. 48. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
No edge and no loss on Christian Haynes in the 61st overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cade Stover. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They paid sticker price for Renardo Green in slot 75, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They robbed the room for Edgerrin Cooper here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Taking Edgerrin Cooper in Round 3, Pick 25 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
They will replay Edgerrin Cooper at No. 89 for years; that is how good the value is. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
A linebacker of that caliber at pick 90 is the definition of value, full stop. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Steal is underselling it; Jermaine Burton at pick No. 91 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Calen Bullock at slot 106 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson in pick 107 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Dadrion Taylor-Demerson in No. 108, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Circle this one: Blake Corum at Round 4, Pick 14 is a fall that decides a draft. The roster fit checks out.
They liked Isaac Guerendo enough to skip the value, taking him in the 119th pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Theo Johnson at the 120th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Somehow Brenden Rice was still sitting there in pick No. 122, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A big swing on Kitan Oladapo at the Round 4 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They paid a round early for Nehemiah Pritchett in pick No. 134, more than the board wanted. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
By-the-book stuff, Justin Eboigbe at the Round 5 slot squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
The board had cheaper options than Isaiah Davis at the 144th pick, and it noticed. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A clean, defensible pick in slot 146 with a little surplus value in Anthony Gould. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Sataoa Laumea in No. 149 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They took Tyrone Tracy Jr. at par in pick 150, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They reached into another round for Caedan Wallace, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.