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39. Jaden Hicks, S, Washington State (6-1, 215)
55. T.J. Tampa, CB, Iowa State (6-0, 194)
57. Ja'Tavion Sanders, TE, Texas (6-3, 245)
58. Troy Franklin, WR, Oregon (6-1, 176)
72. Spencer Rattler, QB, South Carolina (6-0, 211)
78. Austin Booker, Edge, Kansas (6-4, 253)
80. Theo Johnson, TE, Penn State (6-6, 259)
83. Jaylen Wright, RB, Tennessee (5-10, 210)
84. Malik Mustapha, S, Wake Forest (5-10, 206)
85. DJ James, CB, Auburn (5-11, 175)
89. Jared Wiley, TE, TCU (6-6, 249)
90. Malik Washington, WR, Virginia (5-8, 191)
92. Brandon Dorlus, DT, Oregon (6-3, 283)
93. Devontez Walker, WR, North Carolina (6-1, 193)
95. Mekhi Wingo, DT, LSU (6-0, 284)
96. Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, S, Texas Tech (5-10, 197)
97. Braelon Allen, RB, Wisconsin (6-1, 235)
98. Audric Estime, RB, Notre Dame (5-11, 222)
99. Christian Mahogany, G, Boston College (6-3, 314)
101. Cade Stover, TE, Ohio State (6-3, 247)

The NY Post's 10 Best Players Left

1) WR Troy Franklin, Oregon, 6-2, 176 (35)
2) CB T.J. Tampa, Iowa State, 6-1, 189 (54)
3) RB Jaylen Wright, Tennessee, 5-10, 210 (57)
4) S Jaden Hicks, Washington State, 6-2, 211 (58)
5) CB D.J. James, Auburn, 6-0, 175 (67)
6) TE Ja'Tavion Sanders, Texas, 6-4, 245 (69)
7) WR Devontez Walker, North Carolina, 6-1, 193 (75)
8) LB Jeremiah Trotter, Jr., Clemson, 6-0, 228 (80)
9) CB Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri, 5-11, 179 (81)
10) TE Jared Wiley, TCU, 6-6, 249 (82)

Personally, I'd be pretty happy with DT Mekki Wingo. He's undersized for DT3, but he's a ball of muscle who plays like the cartoon character, the Tasmanian Devil

Surprised CB TJ Tampa is still on the board...go figure 

Quote from: Philosophers on Today at 12:14:56 AMYeah that's a good point about DTs being picked clean.  Hope it's a very athletic TE so not Cade Stover.

Cade Stover had the highest pass block rating of any TE in college...basically an extra offensive lineman. But we picked up two "block only" type TEs in FA, so probably won't happen. I think they like Theo, but your guess is as good as mine. Personally, if there is a RB they really like, they probably ought to get him because he won't be there in round 5...most likely

Giants have 3 picks left (barring trades) 7 (107th overall), Pick 31 (166th overall), Pick 7 (183rd overall)

Courtesy of ESPN

Quote from: Philosophers on April 26, 2024, 10:48:40 PMI think we lost our shot at the best Day 1 starting Guards.  Zinter was the last.  My guess is they like their FA signings.

Looks like DT and RB are their holes they may focus on.

I think they might be looking at TEs. They brought in Theo Johnson (the only TE) for a visit. They also brought in RB Trey Benson (the only RB), but he's gone. DT's have been picked clean except for Gabe Hall. We're on the clock tomorrow with the 6th pick, I expect it could be TE Theo Johnson or TE Cade Stover, DT3 Gabe Hall, or maybe one of the RBs Jaylen Wright, Braelen Allen, or Ray Davis 

Quote from: andrew_nyGiants on April 25, 2024, 07:26:34 PMOh ye of little faith!

The Knicks are living rent free in Nurse and Embiid's head.

That combined with our NEVER SAY DIE mindset, I'm feeling VERY GOOD about tonight.


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I said it was going to be very physical, because that's what teams think it will take to stop NY. And boy was it ever - first flagrant foul within minutes of tip off with an elbow to Divi's eye - bleeding like a sieve. Then Embid got away with a flagrant foul by stiff arming Mitch and then grabbing his leg as Mitch came down, causing him to land on the back of his neck under the basket...got a foul call, but it wasn't called flagrant - and everyone could see it was flagrant. Mitch could not return to the game. Then later, Embid wrapped up Hartenstein again as he was coming down the court, and this time brought up his knee with a hard shot to the groin, laying out I-Hart. That was called "Flagrant 1" and announcers both said that both flagrant 1s should've been flagrant 2s, and the first hard foul delivered by Embid should've been flagrant

Rough game. Thought I was watching hockey for a bit. It's obvious Philly's game plan - hard fouls over and over and try to injure a Knick

https://dailyknicks.com/posts/joel-embiid-selfish-excuse-dirty-play-infuriate-knicks-fans-all-over-again-robinson?sc=be165671da3b347e2b57f31b3de62ada4335dd4eb041bc409f5188d150192a90

No-brainer, the Giants made the right pick in Nabers

The data is a little skewed as they've only been tested in practice sessions rather than real games. Practices see little violent collisions compared to Sunday gameday

I suspect that there will be some style changes, as they are ugly as hell. Football is a violent game, and what we have beats the old leather wrappings that kept your brain intact, very similar to a bean bag keeping beans from spilling all over the floor, but I do understand the need for safety. Still, those things look disgusting

During my life as an engineer, I worked specifically with shock absorbers for several months...nothing at all like you see on a car, as they were not based on springs, but rather miniature hydraulics . These were very small and very effective, that absorbed PC boards from breaking as chips were place on them at about 20 chips per second. I would think it would be possible to design a two layered helmet with a nicely designed shock absorber between the two layers. It would seem better than covering a players head with a quilted patterned pillow 

Today we're on the clock at

Rd 2: 15th pick
Rd 3: 6th pick

Had we not traded for Burns (a brilliant move BTW), we would have been picking 7th in the second round as teams with identical records rotate. Having the 15th pick tonight is better than getting poked in the eye with a sharp stick, but it's not ideal. A lot of studs will be picked like vultures taking meat from a kill. Hopefully, there's at least 16 studs

I completely agree (which means nothing in the grand scheme of things), and I believe he makes sense. The only QB I can see that needs a lot of polish, but seems to have the intangibles, comes from a small school... Michael Pratt (Tulane). He'd need a couple of years of top-notch coaching and high level seasoning to even know if he could cut it in the NFL. High risk, low reward??? I don't know. Not to mention (as pointed out in other threads), so many QB needy teams got one to try out for a couple of years that the competition in 2025 for QBs should be minimal if we so choose to go QB shopping

I like the idea of standing pat and taking BPA. We are not going for the Lombardi this year, so we need to stock up with high-quality players for when we are ready to make the run for the gold

The hated Eagles obviously caught a big break and "once again", can step in dog poop and come out smelling like a bouquet of flowers...like Dolly Parton stepping out of her make-up room

But the Giants did really well, and I agree with Bob. Getting the BPA, at a huge place of need, is all any fan could ever ask for. Nabers is going to change the face of the Giants. Hopefully he adjusts to the big lights of NYC without getting caught up in it. He's electric and fun to watch, something we haven't had since OBJ made so many highlight plays. Our opponents are going to have to change their game plans when facing us thanks to this addition to the team

How well this draft goes, though, will still depend on the next two days, but we are off to a fantastic start

Quote from: UKGiantsFan on April 26, 2024, 12:30:16 AMPeople that think Belichik is glib and short in the personality department really gonna need a re-think.

Great catch...I would have never guessed he could be so personable and interesting 

As a twice divorced guy, I can assure you that the following year is brutal and it's hard to concentrate on your career when dealing with it. I'd be quite surprised if he's been able to shake it off and return to the field, mentally prepared for battle. Might happen, but I'm leery 

Quote from: madbadger on April 26, 2024, 01:20:09 PMMaybe but none of us knows how the staff feel about Flott and Hawkins. If they really like the both of them than we don't really have a need do we?

Not to mention Adoree is still available as a FA and would probably settle for vet-min, and he already knows the team, and what he has to clean up. He had an off year last year, but has put together solid years before that

Or, they could take a look at CB Xavien Howard who's still available and only 29 years old with 8-years experience in Miami who took him in the second round

Adoree and/or Howard are vets who could mentor Flott and Hawkins. Flott is finally adding muscle and Hawkins has put in his time as a rookie and now knows what he has to do to become a starter, and I'm sure that's all he concentrated on during the off-season

Bottom line: we are not in CB hell and if we draft a rookie, he's in for a "rookie season" of lumps and duhs. We were fortunate that Banks was a quick study. That's rare in the CB world