Sephiroth

I'd be very happy if we ended up with the last mock I posed, but that was before the draft and player positions have changed and whatnot. For this mock, I used PFF's Mock Draft builder for the first three rounds, then Pro Football Network's for the fourth round on. Round 1 Pick 25: Lukas Van Ness, EDGE - Dude is a flat out beast and I have no idea how he fell to pick 25. Only 21 years old and freakish strength and athleticism. Round 2 Pick 57 - Cody Mauch, T. Mauch is listed as a tackle, but can play literally any of the o-line positions. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmitz is gone, but this guy is great insurance if we need help at guard, center, or if Evan Neal needs to be kicked inside. Round 3 Pick 89 - Luke Schoonmaker, TE. For complete tight ends, I think he's the best in the draft... yes, better than the kid from Notre Dame. Big, strong, blocks really well... but also ran a 4.6 at the combine and has decent-to-good lateral agility. Round 4 Pick 128 - Jonathan Mingo, WR. Mingo isn't going to come in and set the world on fire right away, but I see a less refined Hakeem Nicks/AJ Brown here. Excellent adjusting to the ball, and with a year of NFL coaching and weights he's got a chance to be an absolute monster in a year. He's a devastating blocker as well. Round 5 Pick 160 - Tyjae Spears, RB. Good vision, amazing speed, and good hands as well. This would be a really exciting pick and I have no idea how he's still available in the 5th (he won't be in real life). Round 5 - pick 172 - Chandler Zavala, G. He has a bit of work to do, but this is the last of the interior O-linemen on my board with a "make it" grade. Good feet and understands angles well. Strong but could get a bit stronger. He's got a chance to be a day one starter or quality interior backup. Way fucking better than Marcus McKethan. Round 6 - PIck 209 - Nick Herbig, EDGE. I have no idea how he fell to here; I talked him up in my other mock before the combine. Dude is a flat-out beast. If he was actually still there in round six I'd shit my pants. Round 7 - Pick 240 - Dewayne McBride, RB - He's a straight power back that isn't going to outrun many people, but would be great on the goal line. Still needs to add 10-15 lbs of muscle I think, but is patient and powerful. Round 7 - Pick 243 - Anfernee Orji, LB. LOL. All joking aside, he's very athletic (4th highest rated athlete at the combine for linebackers) and could be a decent spot player if he's not asked to do too much. Too aggressive at times and needs to be more patient. Round 7 - PIck 254 - Bumper Pool, LB Undersized but scrappy, with a nose for the football. It's tough not to like this kid.

Also LB Johnathan Cox. Kuntz, Cox, and Orji. That sounds fun.

I knew he's a name but haven't really paid attention to his career. Sounds like a good signing though. Unfortunately however, this means I'm going to have to redo my mock that had us taking Calijah Kancey in the first...

Essentially for the Jets 2nd rounder andna possible 1st next year. Dude must be an even bigger asshole than we thought.

Derrick Henry is going to be traded to the Eagles.

Lol right? What's happened to this board...

TE Zach Kuntz LB Anfernee Orji

This is part of it. The other part is that Barkley is asking for top-tier money and has only been truly healthy for 2 of 5 seasons. If "the best ability is availability," how good are his abilities, really?

Oh yeah, by future I meant "next three years."

Nice to see human fecal Dan Snyder finally out.

Barkley has not proven that he can go through a full season uninjured. Yes, last year he played in 16 games but there were about six in the middle where he was significantly hampered and very ineffective. We need to come out of this draft with our RB of the future, preferably two, cuz sadly Barkley ain't it.

Got jumped for DeVonta smith by the Eagles too, and we ended up with Don'tKareous Phony. JR was infamous for this as well. Got jumped twice in the same draft by Tennessee and Chicago to nab Jack Conklin and Leonard Floyd respectively, and we got caught with our pants down and ended up with Eli Apple.

Didn't Schoen go full Tyrion Lannister last year too and leak fake players to some of the scouting department guys and then he fired those guys after the draft? I seem to remember hearing that the Giants were "in love" with Charles Cross and hearing that had been planted by Schoen.

Let's hope we don't lead the league in injuries for the twentieth year in a row.

I hear he's planning on blowing up running backs next year.

Dude led the team in receiving every year (I think) since he's been here. I'm ok with him coming back.

Probably better than Slayton, but another guy who's hurt all the time.

"Hey, wanna give up a first round pick for this first round pick who we already know sucks?"

"Time to cut Skinny Mike and see what we've got with Gerris Wilkinson!"

Not in love with this at all. Dude is 30 and injured all the time. Hope I'm wrong.

I really liked him. That being said, I hope he sucks now.

Love your draft, VG, especially Banks and Avila. The plan is very sound. I want nothing to do with Hopkins though. We've already done the injured vet WR thing and it hasn't worked out. If we're trading, I either want a young WR with a relatively clean injury history (Higgins, Aiyuk, etc) or sign a middle of the pack guy for a middle of the pack price (Juju, etc).

Let's hope Shoen doesn't suck at drafting. Last year did not inspire confidence.

Giants re-signed Jarrad Davis. I joke but honestly I really liked him coming out of college. Better than having nothing there.