The 2023 NFL draft is lower than every week away. Undoubtedly you’ve been studying and listening to who the New York Giants ought to choose with the twenty fifth total choose in Spherical 1, however what you haven’t been studying and listening to is who they need to not take with that choose.
Alex Kay of Bleacher Report just lately listed one prospect every group should keep away from on this yr’s draft. For the Giants, it was Georgia edge rusher Nolan Smith.
Whereas some analysts, comparable to Sam Monson and Steve Palazzolo of PFF, have New York going with a defender like Georgia’s Nolan Smith within the first spherical, Massive Blue ought to as a substitute prioritize fleshing out an offense that began slowing down late in 2022.
Kay just isn’t alone in his opinion. The Giants completely ought to deal with the offense. They’ve 10 alternatives, nevertheless, and the targets on their draft board probably differ from those prognosticators have.
The answer for a lot of is for Giants basic supervisor Joe Schoen to pick out a small, quick large receiver at No. 25. Kay is a kind of believers.
Choosing up a game-changer like Zay Flowers or Jordan Addison ought to do the trick, giving the G-Males the star-power they should rejuvenate the passing assault.
Little question, each gamers are proficient and will add a much-needed dimension to the offense. However are they the most effective out there gamers at No. 25?
The Giants are in want of many issues this offseason. Schoen has packed the large receiver room with new faces, largely slot choices, which is the place Flowers and Addison would probably line up. They might use a extra bodily, larger, sturdy deep menace.
I agree Smith ought to in all probability not be the choose, both, though he’s a superb prospect. He stands 6-foot-3, weighs 238 kilos, ran the 40 in 4.39 seconds at this yr’s NFL mix, and is a two-time Nationwide Champion.
The Giants are just about set at edge rusher. They drafted one other Georgia star, Azeez Ojulari within the second spherical two years in the past and Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux with the fifth total choose final yr. That pairing has but to be seen in motion for a stretch on account of accidents.
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