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The Giants went through the entire NFL Draft, three days and nights, having the No. 4 pick in the entire draft — and, way down at 255, the very last pick — and did not take anyone tasked with carrying or catching the football. Not one wide receiver, running back or tight end. This says …
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The phrase has an edge to it and often sounds foreboding, or a warning: “Once and for all.’’ For Dave Gettleman, it is a vow. That is what the Giants’ general manager said after the second day of the 2020 NFL Draft, promising to “fix the offensive line, once and for all.’’ This was after …
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The Giants’ draft began with a run of offensive linemen and ended with a series of linebackers. General manager Dave Gettleman made sure to address these positions of need. He used four of his last five picks on linebackers, finishing up with Georgia’s Tae Crowder, Mr. Irrelevant as the last pick of the seventh and …
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Teams keep secret their NFL draft boards, but The Post shares its report card. So, which teams handled the unique scouting and technological challenges caused by coronavirus stay-at-home restrictions better than the rest? Here are first-look grades for all 32 teams, with a curve instituted for the first-, second- and third-round picks and an emphasis …
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The Giants selected a much-needed safety on Friday and added to their defensive backfield with their first of seven picks on Saturday. Big Blue picked UCLA cornerback Darnay Holmes with the No. 110 pick in the fourth round, a day after taking Alabama safety Xavier McKinney in the second round. • Giants’ NFL Draft tracker: …
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If you look hard enough, you will see some light at the end of the Gettleman Midtown Tunnel, after all the darkness that has enveloped and engulfed the franchise since Super Bowl XLVI, and never mind that it is still more of a flicker than a blinding heat lamp, or an aurora borealis in the …
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Dave Gettleman filled one major hole Thursday night with the selection of offensive tackle Andrew Thomas and he hopes to have erased another weakness with his first pick Friday night. The Giants took Alabama safety Xavier McKinney, who should have the inside track to be the opening-day starter opposite Jabrill Peppers for a defense in …
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The call, of course, came in from the Giants. As the head coach at Georgia, Kirby Smart fields many of these calls from NFL personnel men curious to uncover any and all inside information they can about players entering the draft. Smart gave the Giants the skinny on Andrew Thomas, and the characterization was as …
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It happens every year. You project a player for the Giants in the second round of the NFL Draft and the retort coming back is, “He won’t get out of the first round.’’ This is an exercise that can be rinsed and repeated, oh, around 45 or 50 times. Guess what? There are only 32 …
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This wasn’t only a dream come true for tackle Andrew Thomas, drafted by the New York Football Giants in Thursday night’s 2020 NFL Draft. It is a dream come true for Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley, in some small way a merciful interruption from our coronavirus pandemic nightmare. Better late than never for Giants GM …
The Giants went through the entire NFL Draft, three days and nights, having the No. 4 pick in the entire draft — and, way down at 255, the very last pick — and did not take anyone tasked with carrying or catching the football. Not one wide receiver, running back or tight end. This says …
