Giants Draft Day 1 Review

What seemed like silly speculation turned out to be true. The Giants stood pat at #6 and with DE Josh Allen still on the board instead selected Duke QB Daniel Jones. This created shock and constrenation all around the Giant Universe.  But if you had been glued to draft talk all week, you knew the Redskins were trying to trade up. The NFL Media assumed it was to jump the Giants for OSU QB Dwayne Haskins, but their actions tell us that was not the case, in fact they stopped trying to trade up right after the Giants drafted Jones, and Denver then also traded down as soon as Jones came off the board. Haskins ended up falling to the Redskins at 15.  Now, if he were viewed as being better than Jones or even as good, then the Redskins would have traded up after the Giants were out of the way, and Denver might have held onto their pick knowing they could still get Haskins.  Anyway, the behavior of the market augers well for the Giants selection.

Jones was particularly hard to scout because he was diamon in the rough of garbage at Duke. He could launch a 45 yard bomb only to - time after time - have it dropped.  Also his OL was a bunch of weak pylons and we realize, from watching the bad OL segment of Eli's prime - that that can bury a QB's value.  But, at the Senior Bowl, like Webb and Lauletta before him, Daniel won the MVP.  Further, at his Duke Pro Day, he improved on all of his Combine numbers including busting out a 4.68 40, which explains why he made so many good runs in college - and was driving the ball down the field.

People can say, well everybody looks good at their pro day, and while that's true, since everyone has them you can then compare pro days to pro days. And suddenly, freed from bad teammates, Jones looked like a Franchise QB.  We'll see if he is, but there are alll sorts of issues over how hard it was to fix his value. The league finally did tonight.

The Giants believe he is a Franchise QB.  If he turns out to be - and the Giants get to win SB's again, then not have to look for another starting QB for 10-15 years - then is an incredible value.  We'll have to see what happens.

With their next two first rounders, the huge NT Dexter Lawrence and CB DeAnfdre Baker, the Giants added two more crucial pieces for their D. Lawrence super fortifies the middle of the DL, and Baker comebines with Sam Beal (picked with a 3rd from this draft) to give the Giants their first exciting pair of CB's since Will Allen and Will Peterson.  Good stuff, and much needed.  Jackrabbit isn't getting any younger.

And since they had 3 first for the first time ever, the pressure on 6 is reduced.  Like a free throw rather than a trey attempt to beat the buzzer which it might have seemed like had they not had the extra picks.  

As of now, they don't have a pick until 95, which they might try to address tomorrow.  We'll see.