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Following a blowout loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, the New York Giants find themselves a game back of the Washington Football Team in the NFC East standings.
The Giants will now need help to get into the playoffs over the final three weeks as they find themselves back on the outside looking in.
As far as the 2021 NFL Draft order, the Giants’ loss also led to a titanic shift in their placement. If the season were to end today, Big Blue would select 10th overall.
The Giants’ division rivals all notched wins on Sunday. As it currently stands, both the Dallas Cowboys (4) and the Philadelphia Eagles (9) would pick ahead of Big Blue.
Meanwhile, the Giants’ crosstown rivals, the New York Jets, would pick first overall. Most anticipate the Jets to obtain the first pick by seasons end, where they are expected to take highly-touted quarterback Trevor Lawrence out of Clemson.
The potential selection of Lawrence would all but end the Sam Darnold era in New York.
Darnold, of course, will always be tied to running back Saquon Barkley, who was selected second overall in 2018 — just one pick ahead of where the Jets took Darnold.
After the Giants started 0-5, many thought they would be in the Trevor Lawrence sweepstakes. At this point in the season, with the Giants projected to pick in the ballpark of the top 10, it’s a little more difficult to determine who Big Blue would target.
Tankathon.com’s mock draft has the Giants slated to take cornerback Caleb Farley out of Virginia Tech at No. 10.
With three games remaining, the Giants could pick much later if they make a playoff push and end up winning the division. But either way, they have many positions of need moving forward as they continue to build what is currently the youngest roster in the NFL.
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