Round 1 Draft review - 2/3 Preview

Almost as good as it gets. It’s hard to be too praiseworthy as the board just came to the Giants.   However, Gettleman would have found a way to mess it up. When you make trades to get your players, you get even more credit, but this draft went as well as it could have. 
 
The triple whammy is the best players available happening to coincide with greatest needs, and also coincide with players with high positional values. 
 
The giants two biggest issues last year were lack of a pass rush on defense and a turn style at right tackle.
 
These two weaknesses just became strengths. I would’ve been similarly happy if we got Sauce Gardener along with one of the two top tackles. The only reason this might’ve been slightly better is that there are several solid pass rushers that will be available early in the second round and it’s not clear if a CB will be, and certainly not a shut-down corner like Gardener. 
 
That’s nitpicking. This was basically best case.  
 
As we think about round 2, if we can get LB Nakobe Dean (an excellent player who slid at a position of need, but not a position with a ton of positional value) or CB Andrew Booth (a high positional value at a position of need - or what will become need when they move on from Bradberry). Even on the small chance that Bradberry sticks around the Giants this year, it’s the last year of his contract and he will be gone by the time the Giants will be competitive. 
 
Two top safety targets, Hill and Cine, went at the end of round 1 and 36 is a bit high for Pitre or Cross.  If neither Dean or Booth are available (or possibly Kyler Gordon), I’d like to see the giants trade down as a number of very good players at positions I don’t think would draft, (Edge, WR) will be available early in the second. 
 
With the two round 3 picks, I still think a safety, LB (unless they take one in round 2) and interior lineman should be priorities. 
 
The Giants won’t be competitive this year, but they will be improved and seem to be heading in the right direction.

​-Ari Glass