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Mock draft tracker: For New York Giants, no real change

It’s still all about the offensive line

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We have been publishing our NFL mock draft tracker for a few weeks now, and one thing never changes — it’s all offensive line all the time for the New York Giants.

There are 42 mock drafts in our tracker this week, and 33 of them (78.6 percent) have the Giants selecting an offensive tackle with their first selection, No. 4 overall.

Tristan Wirfs of Iowa (14 selections/33.3 percent) and Mekhi Becton of Louisville (12/28.6) lead the way. Jedrick Wills of Alabama was selected is six mock drafts (14.3 percent) and Andrew Thomas of Georgia was chosen in one mock (2.4 percent).

The only defensive player selected in more than one mock draft was Isaiah Simmons of Clemson. He was chosen seven times (16.7 percent).

Valentine’s View

The Giants’ spent the bulk of their money in free agency in an effort to improve their defense. They did sign offensive tackle Cameron Fleming, who is a competent player but one who has never started more than seven games in any of his six NFL seasons.

The Giants could opt for the versatile Simmons, who says he plays “defense” and not a specific position. He seems like the perfect back seven defender for modern, hybrid defenses.

Still, the need to protect Daniel Jones and block for Saquon Barkley, as well as the way the Giants have conducted free agency, scream that they intend to address the offensive line in the draft.

2020 Mock Draft Tracker

Date Mock Round 1 Round 2
Date Mock Round 1 Round 2
4/23 Draft Countdown Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/23 Tankathon Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/23 CBS (Wilson) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/23 NFL.com (Casserly) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/23 CBS (Edwards) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/23 NFL.com (Schrager) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/23 Cleveland.com Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/23 DraftSite Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/23 Establish The Run (Silva) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/23 SB Nation (Kadar) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/23 Rotoworld (Norris) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/23 SI (Hanson) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/23 NFL.com (Jeremiah) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/23 Dallas Morning News Andrew Thomas, OT, Georgia
4/23 ESPN (Kiper) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/22 Pro Football Network (Pauline) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa Cesar Ruiz, C, Michigan
4/22 PFF (Collinsworth) Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/22 NJ.com (Lombardo) Andrew Thomas, OT, Georgia Antoine Winfield Jr., S, Minnesota
4/22 The Ringer (Kelly) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/21 SI (Breer) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/21 CBS (Brinson) Andrew Thomas, OT, Georgia
4/21 NFL.com (Davis) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/21 CBS (White) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/21 DraftWire (Easterling) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama Zack Baun, LB, Wisconsin
4/21 Houston Chronicle (Wilson) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/21 Houston Chronicle (McClain) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/21 UPI Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/21 DraftTek Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson Isaiah Wilson, OT, Georgia
4/21 Bleacher Report (Knox) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/21 DraftBlaster Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/21 Walter Football (Campbell) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/21 Bleacher Report (Staff) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/21 Business Insider (Lauletta) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/21 NY Pst (Schwartz) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/21 Pewter Report (Ledyard) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/20 Sporting News (Iyer) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/20 North Jersey (Stapleton) Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/20 CBS (Trapasso) Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/20 NFL.com (Lewis) Mekhi Becton, OT, Louisville
4/20 NBC (Peter King) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/19 Draft Kings Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/18 NY Post (Serby) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/18 RealGM (Risdon) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/18 Detroit Free Press Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/17 Action Network Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/17 NFL.com (Reuter) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa Denzel Mims, WR, Baylor
4/17 LA Times (Farmer) Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/16 Rotoballer Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa Matt Hennessy, C, Temple
4/16 Pro Football Network (DeCicco) Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/16 Huddle Report (Long) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/16 Forbes Andrew Thomas, OT, Georgia
4/16 For The Win (McKenna) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/15 San Diego Union-Tribune (Brown) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/15 CBS (Fornelli) Chase Young, EDGE, Ohio State
4/14 NFL.com (Brooks) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/14 Microsoft Sports Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/14 Athlon Sports (Fischer) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/14 SI (Vrentas) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/13 Walter Football (Campbell) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa Chase Claypool, WR, Notre Dame
4/13 The Athletic (Brugler) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa A.J. Epenesa, EDGE, Iowa
4/12 FOX (Klatt) Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/10 Chicago Sun-Times Mekhi Becton, OT, Louisville
4/10 NFL Mocks (Sobleski) Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/10 Bleacher Report (Moton) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/10 Pro Football Network (Driscoll) Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/10 NFL Trade Rumors Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/10 SI (Dr. Roto) Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa
4/9 Ourlads Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/9 CBS (Breech) Chase Young, EDGE, Ohio State
4/9 NFL.com (Rank) Jeffrey Okudah, CB, Ohio State
4/8 The Ringer (Kelly) Andrew Thomas, OT, Georgia Xavier McKinney, S, Alabama
4/8 PFF (Renner) Mekhi Becton, OT, Louisville Yetur Gross-Matos, EDGE, Penn State
4/7 Great Blue North Draft Report Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson Cesar Ruiz, C, Michigan
4/7 Zack Baun, LB, Wisconsin Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/7 FOX (McIntyre) Mekhi Becton, OT, Louisville
4/7 Sports Illustrated (Orr) Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/6 USA Today (Davis) Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson
4/5 CBS (Kerr) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/3 Huddle Report (Long) Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama
4/2 Buccaneers.com Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa A.J. Epenesa, Edge, Iowa