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When the New York Giants are on the clock for both of their first-round picks in the 2022 NFL draft, what direction would you anticipate they go?
Answers will range from offensive linemen to edge rusher to linebacker to quarterback. It’s hard to imagine many others naming something outside of the positions. It’s even harder to imagine someone suggesting they need to add to their secondary.
Already with an abundance of cornerbacks and safeties, the Giants appear more set in the secondary than any other position group. Yet in the latest CBS Sports mock draft from Ryan Wilson, that’s precisely the direction they go.
With the sixth overall pick, the Giants select Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton.
The Giants have young safeties Xavier McKinney and Julian Love, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room in the secondary for Kyle Hamilton, too. He’s a 6-4, 220-pound version of Ed Reed — a sideline-to-sideline ball hawk — and that makes him a Day 1 impact player.
There is little doubt Hamilton is going to be an “impact player” but with so many other area of need, does this pick really make sense? Not so much. And it makes even less sense with the very next pick.
With the seventh overall selection, the Giants select LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr.
Giants defensive coordinator Patrick Graham had the Eagles’ number on Sunday, and yes, there’s a lot of depth at cornerback on the roster, but it would be hard to pass on Stingley here. Imagine a secondary that adds both Hamilton and Stingley in the draft.
Again, another player with tremendous potential but no real role on the Giants. Who are they pushing out in this scenario? James Bradberry or Adoree’ Jackson? And what of their recent investments in Darnay Holmes, Aaron Robinson and Rodarius Williams?
It would be great if the Giants were in the position to get richer at certain positions. But they’re not. This would in no way help fix their offensive line or protect the quarterback, it would do little in terms of generating an organic pass rush and leave them with the same exact problems they had entering Round 1.
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