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There seems to be a consensus forming
The start of the 2025 NFL Draft is less than 24 hours away, and we’re very close to having a much clearer picture of what the New York Giants will look like this year.
The closing hours of the Draft Process have seen a flurry of final mock drafts released from the biggest outlets. These mocks tend to balance the evaluators’ film study with what they’re gleaning from their connections around the NFL.
Daniel Jeremiah released his Mock Draft 4.0 on Wednesday evening, and it’s following what has quickly become a very familiar pattern.
(Note: NFL.com has seemingly had issues linking this back to Jeremiah’s Mock Draft 3.0. That seems to be fixed as of this writing.)
There’s been chatter about the Giants potentially trading out of this pick, but if they stay put, I think they address the defensive line. Carter could take their front from good to great.
This is the expected move at this point and we’re pretty much at the point where the Giants doing anything other than taking Abdul Carter would be a stunner. By now, it seems as though just about the only way it doesn’t happen is if the Browns take Carter at second overall.
Jeremiah mentions that there’s still chatter that the Giants could trade down. There are few players in this draft that are truly “trade bait”, and Carter is one of them. So that does keep the possibility open, however the Giants would likely need a really good haul to move out of this pick.
Personally, I don’t foresee a problem getting Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeaux, and Abdul Carter to coexist. Carter’s significant experience at off-ball linebacker should allow him to roam the second level while Burns and Thibodeaux play on the line of scrimmage — and give Shane Bowen plenty of options for how he’ll torment opposing quarterbacks.
The Giants and Browns are both candidates to trade back into the first round, with the goal of moving ahead of the QB-needy Steelers. I’ve heard talk about the Seahawks looking to trade out of Round 1, so this pairing makes sense. New York would get its QB and Seattle GM John Schneider would be armed with a boatload of Day 2 picks after this trade. There’s a belief in league circles that the Giants view Dart as a better fit than Shedeur Sanders.
Credit to our own Ed Valentine getting this scenario from Jeremiah a full week ago.
And if you’re keeping score at home, this is the fourth major mock draft to come out in the last 24, or so, hours detailing a variation on this theme.
In addition to Jeremiah, Todd McShay, Peter Schrager, and Mike Mayock (on the Rich Eisen Show) each have the Giants trading up into the second half of the...
