52'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (NYG)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NYG)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NYG)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (NYG)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (NYG)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NYG)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (NYG)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (NYG)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (NYG)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Lander Barton Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (NYG)
Lander Barton
LB Utah
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (NYG)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Picks Received
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (IND)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (IND)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CAR)
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Draft Picks Traded
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jaylin Simpson
CB
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB TradesC+ FutureA+
The Giants bet the future on Sanders. The board says B+.

Thirty-one other rooms let Lander Barton slide, and the Giants were the ones holding the card at the 221st pick. Highway robbery. More right than wrong, and a B+ to match.

Reaching for Walker left real value on the table behind him. Everything downstream of Shedeur Sanders depends on Shedeur Sanders, and the building knows it. The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Shedeur Sanders
A reasonable price with a little left over, Shedeur Sanders in the Round 1 slot. It fills a real need, too.
Pick34 Rnd2 Luther Burden III
Luther Burden III in the 34th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick45 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
The board fumbled Tyler Warren all the way to Round 2, Pick 13, and they scooped it up. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick65 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson at No. 65 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick76 Rnd3 Deone Walker
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 76, where Deone Walker graded well above the range. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick104 Rnd4 David Walker
They talked themselves into David Walker at slot 104, and the board did not agree. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick134 Rnd4 Kyren Lacy
Kyren Lacy in the Round 4 slot is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick152 Rnd5 Dylan Fairchild
Dylan Fairchild in the 152nd pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick155 Rnd5 Cobee Bryant
They reached into another round for Cobee Bryant, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The roster fit checks out.
Pick221 Rnd7 Lander Barton
Lander Barton at pick 221 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick248 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Thor Griffith well ahead of where he belonged. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.