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Most Giants fans are set on a receiver in the first round
On the eve of the 2024 NFL Draft, New York Giants fans know who they want to see their team draft.
Well, the position, anyway. They’re pretty well split on exactly “who”.
In our final Reacts poll just before the draft, we asked Giants fans who they would want the team to draft in the first round. The choices offered were,
The community responded overwhelmingly that they want the team to draft one of the wide receivers, with a combined 79 percent voting for either Odunze or McCarthy.
Odunze just edged out Nabers with 41 percent of the vote to 38. Most fans seem to prefer Odunze’s size and contested catch ability to Nabers’ athleticism and playmaking potential.
The wide receiver position, currently populated by Darius Slayton, Wan’Dale Robinson, Jalin Hyatt, and Isaiah Hodgins is commonly held to be a weakness of the team. The hope is that drafting one of this draft’s top receivers would set off the whole offense.
Only 21 percent of respondents want the Giants to draft a quarterback in the first round. Those who voted receiver commonly cited the cost of a potential trade up as a reason to pass on quarterback in the first round.
The inference there is that those who want the team to draft a quarterback likely believe that it’s time for the team to move in a new direction and it’s worth the potential cost to acquire Maye or McCarthy.
As of this writing, there’s about 25 hours left until the start of the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft and we’ll (finally) get our answer.
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