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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NYG)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (NYG)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (NYG)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (NYG)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NYG)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 96 RND: 3 (NYG)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (NYG)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (NYG)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Daijun Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (NYG)
Daijun Edwards
RB Georgia
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (NYG)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (NYG)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (NYG)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Draft Picks Received
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (JAX)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 96 RND: 3 (JAX)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (MIN)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Daijun Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (ATL)
Daijun Edwards
RB Georgia
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (ATL)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (MIN)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (JAX)
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Draft Picks Traded
Michael Penix Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (ATL)
Michael Penix Jr.
QB Washington
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Players Gained
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Cam Akers
RB
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Kaden Elliss
LB
Draft Grade — Giants
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Giants fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.

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. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B+.

The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Spending an early pick on DT-EDGE with interior defensive lineman and safety open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

On value alone, Morgan makes the weekend a net positive. The Giants clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In pick No. 8 they get juice off the edge at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick39 Rnd2 Jordan Morgan
Jordan Morgan is a better player than the 39th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick47 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and T.J. Tampa at Round 2, Pick 15 is the proof. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick48 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy at the 48th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick70 Rnd3 Johnny Wilson
Johnny Wilson at No. 70 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick96 Rnd3 Maason Smith
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE and leaves interior defensive lineman and safety untouched.
Pick109 Rnd4 Jacob Cowing
Jacob Cowing at pick 109 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick140 Rnd5 Tommy Eichenberg
The board had Tommy Eichenberg higher than slot 140, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick142 Rnd5 Daijun Edwards
Daijun Edwards in the Round 5 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick185 Rnd6 Roger Rosengarten
A quiet steal in No. 185: Roger Rosengarten for less than the market said. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick201 Rnd6 Jordan Magee
By-the-book stuff, Jordan Magee at the 201st pick squarely in line with his ranking. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick227 Rnd7 Brevyn Spann-Ford
Good price on Brevyn Spann-Ford in Round 7, Pick 7, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.