B
New York Giants
The Giants won the night they stopped Jones from sliding. Grade: B.
by JBHANCOCK94 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 5 steals
· 0 reaches
Call it larceny. Logan Jones sat on the board until pick No. 111, and the Giants did not need to be asked twice. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.
A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. They went 6 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a rangy last line of defense at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Max Iheanachor at pick No. 47 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A quiet steal in slot 86: Elijah Sarratt for less than the market said. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Circle this one: Logan Jones at pick 111 is a fall that decides a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Emmett Johnson in No. 123 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A straight-up fair deal on Dametrious Crownover at the 145th pick, value and slot in agreement. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Zane Durant at Round 6, Pick 5 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They read the board right and Keagen Trost was the payoff at the 192nd overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Red Murdock in No. 193 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Taylen Green at Round 6, Pick 23 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The roster fit checks out.
