The 2020 NFL Draft is officially upon us and as of now, no one has the slightest clue what the New York Giants are going to do. Some may think they have an idea, but the reality is that general manager Dave Gettleman is completely unpredictable.
With that in mind, here’s a look at five potential surprises the Giants could pull out of a hat in Round 1 of the three-day draft.
Derrick Brown at No. 4
The Giants already have Dexter Lawrence, Leonard Williams, B.J. Hill, Dalvin Tomlinson and Austin Johnson under contract, so adding Brown makes no sense. Right?
Don’t tell that to general manager Dave Gettleman, who is not at all fearful of stocking up on defensive lineman and gives no additional thought to overloading a single position.
“You can never have too many great players at one position,” Gettleman said last week. “That doesn’t scare me, it doesn’t bother me. What you’re trying to do is build the best roster you can. So, when you’re talking a 96 to a 98, that to me is not a big deal. It’s when you start dropping, when you have precipitous drops in your evaluation, that’s when you get into trouble.”
Brown is widely considered one of the top prospects in the draft and rumors suggest most teams have a high grade on him. If he’s sitting there at No. 4 and the Giants haven’t managed to trade down, there is probably a higher percentage chance they snag him than some are willing to believe.