D
New York Giants
The Giants left with their quarterback, and a D to match.
by jkase ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 25 picks
· 17 steals
· 4 reaches
You can hear the double-takes from here. The Giants took Jordan Magee at Round 6, Pick 10, roughly 59 spots before his name belonged.
The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. The whole projection now runs through Caleb Williams; hit there and everything else looks smarter. Landing Nix 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 the 10th pick they get a franchise quarterback at a price that makes it sweeter. A clean fit for the roster.
In pick 20 they get a home-run threat at receiver, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
In No. 27 they get a premier pass rusher. A real need, handled.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Terrion Arnold at pick No. 35 is the proof. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Nothing to complain about; Ja'Tavion Sanders went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.
They let Jordan Morgan come to them and pounced at Round 2, Pick 15. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They barely believed it either: Bo Nix still on the board at the 70th overall pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Steal is underselling it; Braden Fiske at the 73rd pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They robbed the room for Malachi Corley here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Somehow Jaylen Wright was still sitting there in Round 4, Pick 8, and they pounced on premier running back value. It fills a real need, too.
Circle this one: Calen Bullock at pick 109 is a fall that decides a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Taking Kris Abrams-Draine in slot 110 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
You do not let a TE-EDGE like Cade Stover reach No. 111 and blink. They did not. The roster logic is harder to follow.
The board fumbled Marshawn Kneeland all the way to pick No. 112, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
No edge and no loss on Sataoa Laumea in the 114th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Dadrion Taylor-Demerson in slot 120, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Anthony Gould at Round 4, Pick 22 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Mohamed Kamara at pick 130 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
The board had cheaper options than Brennan Jackson at the 140th pick, and it noticed. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Value with a capital V on Nehemiah Pritchett in the Round 5 slot, a genuine coup. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 151, where Theo Johnson graded well above the range. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Andru Phillips in No. 153 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Walter Rouse in pick 154, miles early. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Value said wait; Jordan Magee in No. 185 says they were not listening. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Josh Proctor at slot 254 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.