Giants Draft Review, Pt. 2

We looked at the Giants first three picks yesterday and, thanks to the tradeup for Bisnowaty, we can look at their last three, instead of four, today.  If picking Davis Webb in round three made you think the Giants had come unglued, day three showed you that the same heads who've been on a hot streak over the last few drafts, are still in charge.

In round four, the Giants took Clemson RB Wayne Gallman. Wayne didn't run a good 40 at the combine, but has good tape from Clemson.  He not huge, but is a very physical guy, who runs hard.  Sort of like Ahmad Bradshaw, in that sense.  And also - and I think this is going to be huge - can catch the football, like Perkins and Vereen. No more guys who can't catch. Gallman is also tough in short yardage and murder at the the goal line. Coach Fassel used to say, you have to be able to run in the redzone, to have consistent success there. The Giants should be able to do that again.  Solid, Giant-type pick.

Meanwhile, one of the differences between Jerry Reese stacking the board to Marc Ross stacking the board, is that Marc has tended to pick almost exclusively fom major colleges.  Jerry used to hit the small school's like SIU or Morgan State with some frequency.  So, when round five started, it was reasonable to expect the Giants to pick someone from a major program.  They didn't.

In the fifth, the Giants reached down to Youngstown St. to take Giants-type DE Avery Moss.  This guy had actually started at Nebraska then left after an "incident" and was brought to Youngstown St. by his Nebraska coach Bo Pellini.  I think it's pretty clear that Justin Tuck was Spags' favorite player first time around, and Moss is very, very similar in terms of being able to rush the passer and foil the run.  This is a great examble of the Giants finding just what they like and not taking a 3-4 OLB and trying to convert him. This could end up being the pick that makes this a great and not just good draft.

In the sixth, the Giants used their seventh to move up and get Pittsburgh OT Adam Bisnowaty.  This was a terrible draft for finding OL's, and because of the spread offenses in college football, most drafts are now.  The Giants didn't reach early and kept their powder dry, then took the kind of blue collar guy they have always won with.  Bisnnowaty had been highly regarded going into his senior season, but got hurt - thought kept playing - halfway through. I have no doubt that moved him from day 2 to day 3. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this guy turns out to be a 10 year OL in the league. Also, and we'll get to this in part 3, this wasn't the only thing the Giants did for their OL.

So in all, the Giants found 3 Giant-type guys to finish off the their draft.  We'll talk about their impressive UDFA class tomorrow.