If you asked 10 experts their opinion of who the New York Giants will select with the No. 4 overall pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, you might get 10 different answers.
Mike Sando of The Athletic recently sat down with an NFL GM, who provided his take on the first 10 picks in the draft. The Cincinnati Bengals will take LSU quarterback Joe Burrow first overall.
“You love his mind and the short accuracy, but he is not a big man, he has small hands, does not have a big arm and he has done it for only one season,” this GM said. “So, there are concerns. I would not take him but I think the Bengals will.”
An unnamed “offensive coordinator said the Bengals should “cancel their football team” if they do not take Burrow first overall. This coordinator called Burrow a once-in-a-decade prospect who is ahead of where Andrew Luck was coming out of Stanford based on the offensive style LSU played. The GM thought Alex Smith and Andy Dalton were better comps for Burrow from a physical standpoint while allowing that Burrow possessed more in terms of makeup and moxie.”
The mock has Ohio State edge rusher going to Washington at No. 2 (“Ron Rivera will be running to turn in the card for Chase Young,” a personnel director said. “He is sprinting and doing cartwheels.”) and the Detroit Lions trading back from No. 3 to team that will select Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa (“I think Detroit is going to trade the pick,” the GM said. “Put Tua in there, but they will trade the pick. Someone else will take Tua.”)
At No. 4, the Giants are going to go hog mollie.
4. New York Giants
GM’s projections: Andrew Thomas, OT, Georgia
“The Giants will take an offensive lineman and I’ll go with the Georgia tackle or maybe (Mekhi) Becton,” the GM said. “Thomas would be a damn good pick for them.”
No Isaiah Simmons? Hmmm. Have to question this GM’s credibility here. He has Simmons dropping out of the top 10 entirely. I’m not sure he lasts past the Giants. In fact, many believe Detroit could take him third.
It’s hard to fathom how players fall in the draft, but Simmons is a riser if anything. He’s top-five pick. The furthest he’ll fall is sixth or seventh.
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