5 Giants thoughts after NFL Draft: Dave Gettleman’s growth, players in danger of getting cut, more
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The NFL Draft is over, and so the two major offseason events that and free agency have come and gone, and the Giants roster looks wildly different.
This, clearly, is a team dead-set on getting over the hump, improving on their 6-10 record and making it back to the playoffs for the second time in a decade. There are still some major question marks, certainly, starting with Daniel Jones and the offensive line.
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Projecting Giants’ depth chart after NFL Draft: How Kadarius Toney, Azeez Ojulari, Aaron Robinson, others fit in
Posted May 02, 2021
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Between free agency and the NFL Draft, the Giants have completely overhauled their roster.
In free agency, they added likely contributors at wide receiver (Kenny Golladay, John Ross), tight end (Kyle Rudolph), running back (Devontae Booker), guard (Zach Fulton), defensive tackle (Danny Shelton), defensive end (Ifeadi Odenigbo), linebacker (Reggie Ragland), edge rusher (Ryan Anderson) and cornerback (Adoree’ Jackson), plus key backups at quarterback (Mike Glennon) and center (Jonotthan Harrison).
In the NFL Draft, they added another wide receiver (Kadarius Toney), two more cornerbacks (Aaron Robinson, Rodarius Williams), two edge rushers (Azeez Ojulari, Elerson Smith) and another running back (Gary Brightwell).
NFL Draft 2021: Predicting who Giants pick in Rounds 4-7, including a massive SEC offensive lineman
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Alabama offensive lineman Deonte Brown is an option for the Giants in the fourth round of the NFL Draft. Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics
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Before the NFL Draft, Giants general manager Dave Gettleman admitted that there is a greater unknown with Day 3 prospects this year due to limited access to them amid the pandemic.
So the Giants enter the final day of the draft with only three more picks fourth round, and two in the sixth round and there shouldn’t be an expectation that they’ll make any moves to add more draft picks.
Our O-Line
Bench: Nate Solder, Zach Fulton, Kyle Murphy
I hope that they stay healthy and learn to work together. Coaching does make a difference and we all know what happened last year. Health is huge. Look what happened when the KC Chiefs lost their tackles. And I believe that our last 2 SBowl teams had healthy lines all season.
Receivers: Solid
DLine: Bummed we didn t select Tyler Shelvin the 4th, but we re solid.
LB: Bummed we didn t get an ILB who can cover. Jabrill Cox went to the $%# Cowboys!
DB: Very Solid
ST: Should be good
So IMHO it comes down to the OLine.or as Gettleman (who loves his nicknames) says the Hog Mollies .although I d rather avoid the word Hog due to its connection to the WFT.
NFL Draft 2021: Predicting who Giants pick in Round 2, Round 3 Will they address EDGE or O-Line first?
Updated Apr 30, 10:56 AM;
Posted Apr 30, 10:45 AM
Oklahoma defensive end Ronnie Perkins could be a New York Giants target in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft. (Associated Press)
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The Giants were one of the more intriguing teams on the first night of the NFL Draft, making a blockbuster trade with the Chicago Bears to go back from No. 11 to No. 20 in the first round, and then drafting a player that comes with some risk.
The Giants picked Florida wide receiver Kadarius Toney at No. 20, an explosive and dynamic weapon for quarterback Daniel Jones that comes with some injury and off-field concerns. He’s also considered a bit raw as a wide receiver, but his ability to line up all over the field which should make him easier to use right away as a rookie, even in a deep wide receiver room.