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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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One bonus of the virtual NFL Draft is it has given viewers a raw behind-the-scenes look at team executives and coaches. For instance, it showed Texans coach Bill O’Brien furious, slamming down his phone Friday night during the third round. The root of his anger was a few former colleagues with the Patriots, the Houston …
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The big names are gone, but future impact players aren’t. Day 3 of the 2020 NFL Draft lacks the cache of the previous two, but some of the league best players were unknowns just hoping for a shot. Tom Brady (sixth round) ring a bell? Kam Chancellor (fifth round)? Richard Sherman (fifth round)? Geno Atkins …
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Carson Wentz went from hearing the cha-ching of cashing in on an extension to the sound of a ticking clock in a span of 10 months. The Eagles dropped a second-round stunner on the 2020 NFL Draft by selecting former Alabama and Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts with the No. 53 pick despite having the 27-year-old …
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There, of course, is still work to be done. But the early returns on Jets general manager Joe Douglas, through the first two nights of the 2020 NFL Draft (his first as a GM), cannot be graded as anything but positive. Douglas went chalk in Thursday night’s first round, securing the tackle he had targeted …
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After going offense on their first two picks, the Jets got a new toy for defensive coordinator Gregg Williams with their first of three picks in the third round of the NFL Draft on Friday night. The Jets took Cal safety Ashtyn Davis with the No. 68 overall pick, the one they acquired from the …
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The Jets made their fans wait, but they got their wide receiver on Friday night. Gang Green selected Baylor wide receiver Denzel Mims in the second round with the 59th overall pick. Jets GM Joe Douglas traded back from No. 48 with the Seahawks, acquiring the No. 59 pick and No. 101, which is a …
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In a second day stunner, Jalen Hurts is headed to the City of Brotherly Love, selected in the second round (53rd overall) by the Eagles, earlier than most experts expected him to go. The former Alabama and Oklahoma star quarterback could be Carson Wentz’s backup, or possibly be used as a change of pace in …
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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 …
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: …
