

Neal played left tackle, right tackle and left guard during 40 career starts in the SEC, which is the most NFL-ready conference in college football. I did not believe there was a wrong answer then, though Becton was the biggest gamble, and I don’t really believe there is a wrong answer now.ĮSPN’s Jeff Legwold has Neal ranked as the No. I just look at Neal and I see a player who is a seamless fit for the Giants with his previous experience at right tackle.Įveryone has their own opinions of how the top three tackles should be ordered - much like they did a couple of years ago with Andrew Thomas, Tristan Wirfs, Mekhi Becton and Jedrick Wills. Shoot, I love the guy and think he’s going to be an excellent player. I know there is a lot of chatter about the Giants loving Charles Cross. New York Jets - Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia.Detroit Lions - Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge Oregon (FWIW, I think the Lions take Travon Walker and stay away from Thibodeaux here, but this is what the simulator did).Jaguars - Aidan Hutchinson, Edge, Michigan.Ickey Ekwonu was off the board, having been selected No. In the end, I decided that a no-trades “baseline” mock simply using the nine picks the Giants currently possess is the way I wanted to go.


I honestly do see a deal like as a possibility, and definitely believe the smoke about Giants GM Joe Schoen hoping to move down with one of his two top 10 picks to collect additional draft capital. 7, getting picks 20, 52 and a 2023 second-round pick from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Full disclosure: I ran this mock with a trade at No. Why? Largely because it uses a consensus big board rather than one based on the opinions of a single person whose talent evaluation qualifications are unknown. My final New York Giants six-round Sunday mock draft before the real 2022 NFL Draft begins on Thursday night.Īs I have often done lately, I used the NFL Mock Draft Database simulator.
