Power Mock 1.0 – Assessing the Giants and finding answers

No, it isn’t Draft Season yet, but I wanted to take a different way of looking at the state of the New York Giants.

In fact, these “Power Mocks” are an old concept here around Big Blue View. I did them for the first time back in 2014 when Ed asked Invictus and I to come up with a take on the usual power rankings that would be uniquely “Us”.

This will be a monthly exercise, and the goal will be to use the “mock draft” format as a nexus to look at how the Giants are perceived around the NFL landscape, their current team needs, and the current evaluations of college prospects. These posts are intended to be a snapshot of where things stand around the Giants, the NFL as a whole, and the college football landscape.

In order to determine our “draft” order, I averaged the power rankings from ESPN, ESPN’s Football Power Index, NFL.com, The Athletic, The Ringer, Pro Football Focus, FTN, and NFELO.

I then flipped that composite ranking on its head, with the 32nd ranked team getting the first pick, while the 1st ranked team. In the cases where the average rankings are tied, I used the remaining strength of schedule as a tie-breaker.

Full draft order

1. New Orleans Saints – Garrett Nussmeier (QB, LSU)
2. Carolina Panthers – Cade Klubnik (QB, Clemson)
3. New York Giants – Spencer Fano (OT, Utah)
4. Tennessee Titans – T.J. Parker (EDGE, Clemson)
5. Cleveland Browns – Drew Allar (QB, Penn State)
6. Miami Dolphins – Francis Mauigoa (OT, Miami)
7. New England Patriots – Jordyn Tyson (WR, Arizona State)
8. New York Jets – Peter Woods (iDL, Clemson)
9. Chicago Bears – Caleb Downs (S, Ohio State)
10. Las Vegas Raiders – Kadyn Proctor (OT, Alabama)
11. Jacksonville Jaguars – Keldrick Faulk (DL/EDGE, Auburn)
12. Atlanta Falcons – Jermod McCoy (CB, Tennessee)
13. Indianapolis Colts – Rueben Bain (DL/EDGE, Miami)
14. Seattle Seahawks – Antonio Williams (WR, Clemson)
15. Dallas Cowboys – Jeremiyah Love (RB, Notre Dame)
16. Arizona Cardinals – Makai Lemon (WR, USC)
17. Houston Texans – L.T. Overton (DL, Alabama)
18. Pittsburgh Steelers – Carson Beck (QB, Miami)
19. San Francisco 49ers – Caleb Lomu (OT, Utah)
20. Minnesota Vikings – Avieon Terrell (CB, Clemson)
21. Cincinnati Bengals – Anthony Hill Jr. (LB, Texas)
22. Denver Broncos – Carnell Tate (WR, Ohio State)
23. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – C.J. Allen (LB, Georgia)
24. Los Angeles Chargers – Connor Lew (OC, Auburn)
25. Los Angeles Rams – Fernando Mendoza (QB, Indiana)
26. Detroit Lions – Matayo Uiagalelei (EDGE, Oregon)
27. Washington Commanders – Dani Dennis-Sutton (DL/EDGE, Penn State)
28. Kansas City Chiefs – Isaiah World (OT, Oregon)
29. Green Bay Packers (Dallas Cowboys) – Malik Muhammad (CB, Texas)
30. Baltimore Ravens – Dillon Thieneman (S, Oregon)
31. Buffalo Bills – Kenyon Sadiq (TE, Oregon)
32. Philadelphia Eagles – Trevor Goosby (OT, Texas)

The Giants’ pick

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