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New York Giants
The Giants won the night they stopped Orange from sliding. Grade: A-.
by Natergater24 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Giants came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close.
That is an interior defensive lineman worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. Leaving safety unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
The Gusta reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.
The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 18 they get the heartbeat of the defense. More want than need.
A slide stopped in Round 2, Pick 5, with Olaivavega Ioane worth more than the price. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
The board fumbled Domonique Orange all the way to No. 105, and they scooped it up. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Hezekiah Masses at slot 145. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Good price on Matt Gulbin in pick No. 186, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Aaron Anderson in the 192nd overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
David Gusta at No. 193 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.