Big Blue View
Did the Giants have a second home run draft in two years?
As the dust from the 2025 NFL Draft settles, we can get some perspective on the New York Giants draft class.
The full story of the class won’t be written for a while yet, and three years is standard when it comes to evaluating a class. The very earliest impression is that this could be a very strong class, and the Giants seemingly got value at almost every pick.
GM Joe Schoen’s work has been almost universally praised around the NFL media ecosystem. In aggregate, the only team to have a more highly-regarded class is the New England Patriots.
I won’t be giving out a formal grade for the Giants’ draft — again, I believe in giving prospects three years. Development isn’t linear and nobody comes out of college as a finished product. We need to see the players on the field, in the Giants’ schemes, and how they fit with their new teammates.
We’ll have to wait and see how the Giants’ 2025 draft class fares on the field. It’ll be fascinating to see how they integrate Abdul Carter and Darius Alexander into the defense, as well as how the offensive players develop.
We might not see the full return on investment right away, but the potential is certainly exciting.
But for now we can take a look at the class and assess the value and fit, and maybe start to get an idea of how it will all come together.
1.25 - Jaxson Dart, QB, Ole Miss
4.105 - Cam Skattebo, RB, Arizona State
5.155 - Marcus Mbow, OL, Purdue
7.219 - Thomas Fidone II, TE, Nebraska
I’m not going to say that the entire class hinges on Jaxson Dart and whether he becomes a franchise quarterback. The fact that Daniel Jones didn’t pan out doesn’t make Dexter Lawrence any less of a player.
But we also know that how Dart develops will color how this class is perceived by fans and the media alike. There’s a lingering sentiment that drafting Dart was a desperation move, but those criticisms seem as though they were written before the draft then left in to drive clicks. But more on that later.
Dart has pretty much all of the traits that the Giants want in order to operate their offense the way it’s envisioned. I expect we’ll get plenty of frustrating reports out of camp as he works on mechanics and technique, but also highlight reel throws when he’s turned loose to just play.
Ideally, we won’t be seeing Dart in any more than in a mop-up role until 2026. One of the problems with quarterback development in the NFL is that if they’re drafted highly, they’re forced onto the field right away. Very few quarterbacks are truly “pro ready”, yet they’re often forced to work through their issues on the playing field, which forces a return to old — or bad —...
