The NFL is preparing for its first ever virtual draft. No big deal for Fantasy Football owners who have been doing this for decades. The question for all Giant fans is who will the team pick for with their first round fourth overall pick. There are big names out there. none bigger then Chase Young who is the top rated player this year. Unfortunately the Giants handed him to the Redskins when they came back from behind to defeat them on overtime on Dec 22. If the Gmen lost that game they would have secured the #2 pick which will likely be Chase Young. But as my Grandmother used to say "Ifs don't help you out in life after all If your Aunt had balls she'd be your Uncle or Bruce Jenner" So barring some crazy QB crazed, draft pick trading spree the Giants ain't getting Chase Young. So then who....
It will be interesting if not kind of dull this year during the draft without the fans present. There is nothing more entertaining then watching the faces of Giant Fans go from excitement to WTF expression instantly upon the Giants pick announcement. See the Giants are notorious for picking players nobody else sees. Look no further then last year when the Giants selected Daniel Jones with the 6th overall pick. Experts and fans both were shocked thinking the Duke QB would be available when they selected again in the first with their 16th overall pick. But the Gmen march to the tune of a different punter. The wanted Danny Dimes and felt he would not have been available when they selected again. Phil Simms agreed with that assessment and there have been some after the fact rumors other teams like Denver would have selected him before the Giants were back up on the podium again. Daniel Jones appears after his first season to indeed be the 5th Manning and has the perfect Eli personality for NY.
Chances are when the Giants are up the best rated player will be Isaiah Simmons from Clemson. The 6' 3" 238 pound is an extremely gifted atletic talent who can be placed just about anywhere on the field. He would be the Giants first linebacker with the ability to cover a TE in over a decade. Fans only have to remember both Eagle games from last season to recall what a joke this position has become. The Eagles pounded the Giants with simple screens and passes to TE and RB. Eagle fans and the rest of the nation were laughing at how miserable the Giants looked. Simmons speed and abiltiy to cover would put an end to that debacle. Coach Judge during his first interview as Giants head coach was asked if he would change the defense from its current 3-4 back to a 4-3.
Coach Judge stated “.. “We’re going to look at the best path, and that could change week by week. So, we want to build in versatility with our players and be able to use multiples on all sides of the ball,”
With that quote in mind Isaiah Simmons is his man and combined with Safety Jabrill Peppers the schemes a creative and open minded coach could create would be legendary.
The Giants have used their last two first round picks on Sauqion Barkley,number 2 overall in 2018 and Daniel Jones number 6 overall -2019. Now they must protect these investments therefore they select one of the highly rated OT's. They can trade down pick up more picks and still grab one of the top rated tackles. I fear Giants GM David Gettlemen negotiating a deal would be like Barney Fife playing poker.
Monitoring the experts mock drafts
50% of them have the Giants selecting OL Tristan Wirf from Iowa another very athletic beast.
15% say Mekhi Becton from Louisville. A big man at 6'7" and weighing in at 364 pounds. He has a lot of work to do but of the top OT's he is considered to have the highest ceiling.
15% say Isiah Simmons
15% say the Giants will trade down then select Wirfs
1 person predicted a scenario where Redksins trade their pick QB's go leaving Giants with Chase Young ...IF
A classic Giants move would be to select DT Derrick Brown from Auburn who has been making a late run up the charts. Brown is one of the top interior linemen a worthy pick but the Giants traded their stud DT Damoin 'Snacks' Harrison then selected Dexter Lawrence a younger faster version of Snacks last year in the first round. To pick et another would be redundant and with the glaring holes on both sides of the ball this would not b a productive move.
Two other OT have been being discussed quite a bit especially if a trade down is negotiated.
Andrew Thomas from Georgia who is considered the most pro ready of the group
Jedrick Wills from Alabama. Wills played for Joe Judges mentor Nick Saban and also Giants current RB coach Burton Burns who was on Saban's Alabama staff last year. In the year when personal visits can not happen because of Corona virus Wills might be the pick especially in a trade down situation.
This covers the field and I would bet a dollar the Giants who march to the beat of a different drummer at drat time will pick someone not even mentioned. We will find out in a few more hours.
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