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The 2020 NFL regular season is most likely to happen and according to experts and fans, the New York Giants are bound to disappoint — again.
In Draft Wire’s way-too-early mock of the first two rounds of the 2021 NFL Draft, Luke Easterling has the Giants selecting fourth overall and then No. 36 in Round 2.
So, who will the Giants select with those picks? The usual suspects. With offensive line, quarterback, running back and much of the back seven on defense no longer pressing needs, Easterling has the Giants taking non-trench players again early in the draft.
No. 4 – Ja’Marr Chase, WR, LSU
Another LSU wide receiver? Yes, but another really good one. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Chase won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s best receiver in 2019 with an 84-catch, 1,789-yard performance that resulted in 20 touchdowns. Chase was a first team All-SEC selection and a unanimous choice for All-American.
Any NFL team would love to have Chase, who will complete the Giants’ “triplets” along with quarterback Daniel Jones and running back Saquon Barkley.
Chase would have easily been a Top 10 pick in this year’s draft, which was considered one of the deepest wide receiver classes in recent memory. The Giants would be lucky to get him at No. 4 because he won’t last much longer after that. The first three picks per Eaterling are: Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence (Washington), Ohio State QB Justin Fields (Jacksonville) and Oregon OT Penei Sewell (Cincinnati).
Onto Round 2…
No. 36 – Tyson Campbell, CB, Georgia
Campbell is a 6-foot-2, 190-pound prospect that probably needs a solid 2020 season to get up this high in the draft. He had a solid 2018 campaign with 42 tackles. A foot injury limited Campbell to nine games in 2019. He made just 15 stops but had four pass breakups.
It’s not a big year for pass rushers, so the Giants will have to settle for the best player they can find, even if it’s at a position they are fairly deep at. That is, of DeAndre Baker is exonerated in his criminal case.
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