Who is your favorite New York Giants' draft choice?

Re: Jason Pierre-Paul. The Giants weren’t a bad team last year they were just far from creative schematically which caused them to get exposed. If Jason Pierre-Paul becomes Justin Tuck, that’s fantastic but if he flames out.. it won’t set the franchise back three or four years. My favorite pick is Adrian Tracy by the way.

That’s even a little strange to me, being a defensive guy and a former LB, but he brings the “nasty” that seems to be lacking from any of our guys other than Snee.

Overall, my impression of the draft was echoed by Coughlin with the phrase “run the ball, stop the run”. As it unfolded it became obvious that we were adding tough, physical players with high, non-stop motors.

Additionally, this draft reminds me alot of ‘07, when we made alot of under the radar picks and got lackluster grades from all the “experts” until every player made the squad and contributed in a championship season. That may be wishful thinking, but I can’t shake the feeling that we are all going to be very, very happy with the results.

In JR we trust, and with good reason.

I liked this draft overall. I was fuming after the JPP pick (I wanted Rolando Mclain and since I have a bunch of Raider fans as friends it was like a slap in the face). But after thinking about it I gotta say Reese did a good job.

Kiper has a great point that we can bring JPP in and if he isn’t ready we have depth at the position. In a year or two this guy could be a beast. The rest of the guys I didn’t really know much about, but after reading up I like them. Dillard sounds like a great value pick and could potentially compete for the starting job. Chad Jones I liked. This Linval guy could be a beast. An All defensive draft (besides the punter) from the Giants and thats what we needed to do, patch up the defense.

I can’t wait till training camp and get Ed’s reports on these guys.

I think if you watch some LSU games, on a very good defense it could be argued that this dude was the best player on the field. And of course, he wasn’t even a full time football player. This guy is a hell of an athlete who’s a good pitcher, and a pretty damn good outfielder as well! Outfielder…meaning he’s got natural instincts to track a ball.

I think we found the next Adrian Wilson in Chad Jones aka Dreadlocks of Doom.

JPP is still not my favorite, but like “Hoyadestroya” said above, the Giants can get away with it if this dude isn’t gonna reach his potential.

ANd since they have 3 top flight DE’s already, they can either just store him for depth or most likely..just get creative with him in year one.

The dude is quite possibly….the fastest LB on the team too even at his size. So stand him up as a rush OLB.

I actually am liking the idea that he’s raw, and not a strictly DE type dude. Just throw him out there with the LT motto…chase the QB.

i like all these guys….they’re behind a few players at their respective positions.

especially if the giants move Diehl inside, but that doesn’t seem likely this year.

all in all, i like these 3

I read that Marc Ross says he’s a muscular dude, will work out with teammates. He’ll also go downfield and make a tackle.

After a few of my Eagles fan friends go and show me that DJAX punt return with Feagles flailing at him….yea, a punter that’ll go down and knock some heads is a good thing.

Chad Jones, Phil Dillard are known big hitters. Probably Adrian Tracy and as the punter, Dodge is a big dude…not only is defense the point of emphasis, special teams is as well.

Giants special teams as far as tackling on the KR has been just as atrocious as Tynes’ kickoffs…so at the very least if Tynes or whoever can’t kick touchbacks every time, at the very least they got some horses to go downfield and win the field position game.

But I think JR has put everyone on notice that if you don’t go hard on the field we have someone that will. The Giants are a fairly young team. A five year vet experienced his first bad season last year. We’re talking 4 straight playoff appearances, 2 division championships and one historic Super Bowl victory. Then you start the 2009 season 5-0 and the world says the Giants are the best and will be one of the best for a long time then the bottom falls out.

This draft will motivate or replace players in the trenches that didn’t get it done last year. I think TC and JR fully believe they have the most talented roster in football but maybe these young guys had too much success too early and too often. I don’t want to wax poetic here but training camp is going to be a war this year

Petrus, Dillard, Joseph, Jones and JPP are all “high motor” guys. There is no coincidence that the term “high motor” was used so often by the Giants in selecting these players.

Chris Poole, OL, Holy Cross
Dominic Randolph, QB, Holy Cross
Ayanga Okpokowuruk, DE, Duke
Nate Collins, DL, Virginia
Duke Calhoun, WR, Memphis
Jim Cordle, OL, Ohio State
Leon Wright, CB, Duke
Victor Cruz, WR, UMass

more UDFA

Also Dennis Landolt an OT from Penn State

seems they’re stockpiling some OL’s. Cordle I know can play OC, not sure about the dude from Holy Cross.

He’s only my favorite pick because I thought it was the right pick, at the right time, with excellent value. Mitch Petrus is that physical, aggressive, and mauling guard that has as much of a mean streak as anyone. He also works very hard to finish his assignments and can pull very well, which is a plus. Why draft Mike Iupati when you can find a player nearly exactly like him in round 5? Petrus may need some technique work, but he certainly has the strength to be successful in this league.

Linval Joseph is a second, even though I think we could have gone linebacker at that point. There was of a ton of talent there. I suppose they’re happy with Dillard, but I still would have prefered Sean Lee, Angerer, or Butler. It also concerns me that Dillard is 6 feet tall. Will he be engulfed by blockers in the NFL because of his size? That remains to be seen, I guess. I still personally believe we should have drafted a LB in round 2, and took a space-eating DT (like Jeff Owens) in the later rounds. I still love that Joseph pick though, this guy sounds like a monster.

I think Joseph should start right away. He’s not a pass rushing DT. He’s fairly raw in that area. We can use him as a 2-down DT as he develops.

Chad Jones was a good pick. He’s purely a potential guy. We have the right coach in Perry Fewell, since he has an excellent track record in developing safeties. Still would’ve preffered Morgan Burnett, who I felt was the 3rd best safety in this class. But he unfortunately when about 3-5 slots higher to Green Bay. I’m very relieved they did not pick Major Wright. I don’t want a more athletic C.C Brown on this team. Chad Jones has very good potential and I’m looking forward to how he can contribute on special teams as a rookie.

Adrian Tracy — Meh. He has a good motor at least (something Osi needs). Matt Dodge has much better stats than Zoltan, but he’s raw. He can learn from the best in Feagles, if he stays as a coach or a player.

Jason Pierre-Paul remains as my least favorite draft pick. I don’t think he has the intangibles to ever reach his potential. He made plays on pure athleticism in college. JPP is going to need some technique work. He won’t make a significant contribution until his 2nd or 3rd year. Hopefully Justin Tuck can coach JPP up like Stray coached him. Tuck was raw coming out of college too. It seems as if all of our picks are raw. It makes this entire draft class as boom or bust. Barely anyone besides Joseph or Dillard will make an impact on this team in 2011.

Overall, I guess it was worth the wait all these months. Looking forward to the 2011 draft. We’re probably going to need to draft an offensive lineman or RB with our first round pick next year (especially if Brandon Jacobs shows some decline)

What happened to Ray Lewis a few years ago? He was suddenly old and getting exposed, and people wondered if he was finished. Then the Ravensdraft Haloti Ngata and all of a sudden Lewis is making a miraculous return to the Pro Bowl. My point is that EVERY LB, even the best, struggle when the blockers and RBs are breaking clean to the second level. Joseph was my 2nd pick because he could be our Pat Williams or Haloti Ngata, and then everyone will be shocked when Goff, Boley, or Dillard are hitting the RB after 2 yd gains or in the backfield, instead of fighting off blockers after 5 yard gains. I did pick Petrus as my favorite pick though. A big strong guard in the 5th round? Sounds alot like Diehl. He’s worked out pretty well. And Reese used the word “Vicious” twice when describing Petrus. I love the thought of two big maulers in Petrus and Snee bulldozing the LOS. I see this kid starting before the end of the year, Seubert is the ultimate warrior, and he’ll make the ultimate backup at multiple positions. Then watch the Jacobs/Bradshaw “reclamation” project begin.

As someone who yearned for Dan Williams for months, I’m very happy that we got the player who I rated as the 2nd best NT in the draft. He was expected to go late first so to get him mid-2nd round, in spite of all the 3-4 teams that needed an NT, is a major coup. I expect Joseph to play right from the jump and to be a staple in the rotation.

Early in his career, he was used as a nickel back and mostly blitzed the qb. He was highly successful in that role under Pelini. Then he was given way too many roles and positions under co-d coordinators who were abysmal. Nobody could have gotten better under those clowns and CJ just regressed as his role could change from play to play and nobody was on the same page. Then came Chavis and Ron Cooper. CJ looked at his best close to the line, so his role as a FS, which was new for him, was a bit surprising. His first game, he looked bad and missed a lot of tackles. As the season progressed, he looked more comfortable. He single handedly won the Miss St game for us by not biting on the fake draw, jump pass and knocking down the ball, a tremendous play and them stuffing the QB on a sneak. The point, not only has he been a two sport star, but he has never had consistent roles to focus on. 3 years from now, you’ll be happy with that pick.

I am a bit saddened that he’s not pitching for us this year. His slider was nasty! Hard throwing, accurate lefty with a nasty slide. Completely raw. So much potential. It was a blast to watch. He looked scary on the mound and we haven’t replaced him as a set up man. Best of luck. WHO DAT!

McLargedude.

Joseph, Jones, Dillard, & Petrus were good, solid selections with Jones being my favorite. I’m still not sold on Pierre-Paul and it’ll be a few years before any of us know. I don’t really get the Tracy pick … why pick a Sintim clone when we don’t even know if Sintim is going to work out yet?

Overall, I’m going to keep wishing that this draft either played out differently or that JR moved up to take McClain. Our D-line should be improved, but I’m still dreaming of the Giants getting a top flight LB. Hopefully the D-line has improved to the point that an average MLB is all the Giants need, since I think average is the best we are looking at.