Usually, the closer we get the NFL Draft the more we see mock drafts coalesce around an expected pick for a given team. In the case of the 2018 New York Giants, we are seeing the opposite.
A couple of months ago, mock drafts overwhelmingly showed the Giants taking a quarterback. The picks were almost always Josh Rosen of UCLA or Sam Darnold of USC, with a couple of Saquon Barkley believers tossed in.
Now? With more and more speculation that the Giants might pass on a quarterback or be willing to trade the second overall pick, mock draft selections are all over the map.
This week’s mock draft tracker includes 35 mocks and 10 different choices for the Giants. Barkley is the most popular pick, chosen 11 times (31.4 percent). Quarterbacks are chosen 14 times (40 percent). Rosen is chosen six times, Darnold five, Josh Allen twice and Baker Mayfield once.
The mock drafts haven’t quite caught up to the Giants trade of Jason Pierre-Paul, which increases the chance defensive end Bradley Chubb could be their selection. He was only picked in one of the 35 mocks.
2018 Mock Drafts
Mock | Player | Position | School | Date |
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Mock | Player | Position | School | Date |
NFL.com (Jeremiah) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
NFL.com (Brooks) | Bradley Chubb | DE | N.C. State | 4/26 |
NFL.com (Casserly) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
Draft Analyst (Pauline) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
Draft Countdown | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
ESPN (Kiper} | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
ESPN (McShay) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
Draft Site | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
Draft Tek | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
NFL Draft Scout (Rang) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
NFL Draft Scout (Brugler) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
Walter Football (Charlie) | Sam Darnold | QB | USC | 4/25 |
NFL.com (Mayock) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/25 |
Walter Football | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/25 |
Washington Post | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/25 |
NDT Scouting (Tuls) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/25 |
San Diego Union-Tribune | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/25 |
CBS Sports (Trapasso) | Sam Darnold | QB | USC | 4/24 |
Draft Wire (Easterling) | Josh Rosen | QB | UCLA | 4/24 |
Pro Football Focus | Sam Darnold | QB | USC | 4/24 |
Pro Football Weekly | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/24 |
Rotoworld | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/24 |
Ourlads | Bradley Chubb | DE | N.C. State | 4/23 |
SB Nation | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/23 |
Newsday (Glauber) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/21 |
Detroit Free-Press (Birkett) | Bradley Chubb | DE | N.C. State | 4/20 |
Tony Grossi (ESPN Cleveland) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/20 |
Houston Chronicle (McClain) | Josh Allen | QB | Wyoming | 4/20 |
Houston Chronicle (Wilson) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/20 |
Dallas-Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/20 |
Sporting News (Iyer) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/20 |