Mel Kiper Mocks Nate Solder To Giants

I wouldn’t mind if the Giants were to trade back into the first round to get 2 offensive linemen.

I don’t know if I’ve seen another person have the Giants pass on Ayers if he makes it to us at 19. Sure… plenty of folks have him drafted higher, but most people recognize if Ayers makes it down to us we’d take him. Why does he disagree?

In his Ayers blob he writes that Ayers is well suited for a 3-4 DEF. But I thought Ayers played OLB in a 4-3 in college, where he excelled. Is he not expected to make the leap that way to the pros, but instead play OLB in a 3-4 in the pros?

Jimmy Clausen when its all said and done. Give this young QB a little more time and surround him with some talent and he will flourish. He was in a pro stlye system for 3 years at Notre Dame and he learned from a brilliant offensive mind in Charlie Weis, give him what any QB needs and he’ll be solid for a long time. As far as Solder, I’m not sold. My feeling is we don’t need a T just yet and if we did go in that direction Solder isn’t the pick for me. He’d be my 4th ranked T behind Tyron Smith, Anthony Costanzo and Gabe Carimi.

That just seemed wrong.

No pun intended. Didn’t like Solder from what I saw in the Senior Bowl and all the practices. I would much rather have Pouncey or Carimi at 19. In fact I think I’d trade down (if either is still available) to add picks later on. This draft is gonna be solid in the 2nd, 3rd & 4th rounds.

and given that it is Mouthy Mel, the odds are good.

It’s hard to believe that a guy gets paid to predict or guess wrong picks in the draft each year, must be nice. I really doubt that Miller goes so high at 5 in the draft, i still believe that the giants will probably trade down and draft a center in the 1st round.

have Ingram at #19, than this guy, we drafted a somewhat raw LT two years ago, remember? If I had a choice between Soldier and Pouncey, I would take Pouncey’s versatility.

It would be interesting to go back and look at comments that Kiper has made on players and give Kiper his own grade on his assessment of players. To me, he’s just a mouthpiece. I can go up there and make proclamations of players, if no one ever checks up on my long-term accuracy. In the NFL, GMs and head coaches lose their jobs with a poor track record for drafting. What’s Kiper’s? What did he say about Ryan Leaf?