Giants Draft: DB's

Alright, the Giants have already replenished safeties, by adding Peppers and Bethea, and have Sam Beal debuting at corner and Janori Jenkins still able to cover, but they are in a bit of trouble depth wise and might have to spend 2 or even 3 of their 12 picks to get this straightened out.

First, with corners, Beal is virtually a rookie and they'll probably bring in a veteran or trade for one in the next few weeks.  That said, there are some good corners at the top of the draft like Washington Byron Murphy (6'1" 185) and LSU's Greedy Williams (6'1" 185), but the Giants might not use 6 or 17 on one.  In fact, the Giants have indicated that the DB's are deep, and have been associated with Temple's  Rock Ya Sin (5'11" 192) , which, cool name and all, I can't see happening beccause of an abysmal 3-cone and a pedestrian 40, he could be in the mix at 37 if they don't care about quickness anymore.

There's another group of DB's I want to talk about and those are the CB/S types who are sort of hybrids between the two positions.  And, perhaps played more than one at college like Florida's Chauncey Gardner-Johnson (5'10" 210 and pictured above).  He ran a sub 4.5 and did the cones right around 7, but he's a playmaker and the Giants with their 3-4 might want to have guys who can play ZONE like they used to when Belichick was running the D.  Kentucky's Lonnie Johnson (6'2" 213) might be another target. One more is Isaiah Johnsone (6'2" 208 ) from Houston.  Michigan's David Long (5'11" 196) blew the doors off the combine, surprising those who thought he came out a year too early, but he too could be in the mix with his speed, thump and quicks.

Safety is a pretty average class and we might a draft where no safeties go in the first round.  They should start coming off the board in 2 or three, but I'd prefer the Giants take hybrids like those listed and teach them zone.