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The 2022 NFL Draft is less than two weeks away, so let’s go through some of the draft rumors and buzz that could impact the New York Giants.
Giants “love” Charles Cross?
ESPN’s Matt Miller says his sources say the Giants have shown more interest in Cross than any other NFL team. Miller says he has been told “the Giants “love” Cross at right tackle.”
My view is that I don’t believe the Giants would take Cross before Evan Neal or Ickey Ekwonu, but I wouldn’t be upset if they did.
Saints a team to watch
The Giants are thought to want to move down with one of their two top-10 picks in Round 1. Multiple reports recently indicate the New Orleans Saints, with picks 16 and 19, could be targeting No. 5 to get in front of the Carolina Panthers at No. 6.
Would that be enough to get GM Joe Schoen to move back? Personally, I would prefer a 2023 first-round pick, but ending up with three first-round picks this year is tempting.
Giants visits tracker
[via Walter Football]
- Nik Bonitto, Outside Linebacker, Oklahoma (PRI)
- Treylon Burks, Wide Receiver, Arkansas (COM)
- Lewis Cine, Safety, Georgia (PRI)
- James Cook, Running Back, Georgia (PRI)
- Justin Covington, Running Back, Villanova (LOC)
- Charles Cross, Offensive Tackle, Mississippi State (COM)
- Nakobe Dean, Outside Linebacker, Georgia (PRO)
- Ikem Ekwonu, Offensive Tackle, N.C. State (PRI)
- Olakunle Fatukasi, Linebacker, Rutgers (LOC)
- Ahmad Gardner^, Cornerback, Cincinnati (COM, PRO, PRI)
- Jarrett Guarantano, Quarterback, Washington State (LOC)
- Breece Hall, Running Back, Iowa State (PRI)
- Kyle Hamilton, Safety, Notre Dame (VIR)
- Jovani Haskins, Tight End, Rutgers (LOC)
- Sam Howell, Quarterback, North Carolina (PRI)
- Aidan Hutchinson, Defensive End, Michigan (PRI)
- Zion Johnson^, Offensive Guard, Boston College (COM, SR)
- Tyler Linderbaum, Center, Iowa (COM)
- Abraham Lucas, Offensive Tackle, Washington State (PRI)
- Jesse Luketa, Linebacker, Penn State (LOC)
- Trey McBride, Tight End, Colorado State (COM)
- Bo Melton, Wide Receiver, Rutgers (LOC)
- Evan Neal, Offensive Tackle, Alabama (PRI)
- Kenny Pickett, Quarterback, Pittsburgh (PRI)
- Jalen Pitre, Safety, Baylor (VIR)
- Brian Robinson Jr., Running Back, Alabama (PRI)
- Tyler Smith, Offensive Tackle, Tulsa (PRI)
- Derek Stingley^, Cornerback, LSU (COM, PRI)
- Cole Strange, Offensive Guard, Chattanooga (WOR)
- Pierre Strong Jr., Running Back, South Dakota State (WOR)
- Ja’Sir Taylor, Safety, Wake Forest (LOC)
- Kayvon Thibodeaux^, Defensive End, Oregon (COM, PRI)
- Isaiah Thomas, Defensive End, Oklahoma (VIR)
- Cole Turner, Tight End, Nevada (VIR)
- Amir Tyler, Safety, Temple (LOC)
- Travon Walker, Defensive End, Georgia (PRI)
- Bryce Watts, Defensive Back, Massachusetts (LOC)
- Malik Willis^, Quarterback, Liberty (COM, PRI)
Social media
ICKEY SAID WHAT HE SAID pic.twitter.com/NBAWHRtjAZ
— PFF Draft (@PFF_College) April 14, 2022
Important to note that, per league sources, the #Panthers have talked to numerous teams about moving back from 6 (they don’t have another pick until #137). Picking a QB in top 10 might be too much but picking one in the mid first is more palatable and gets them more draft capital https://t.co/8RleRXQxke
— Mike Giardi (@MikeGiardi) April 13, 2022
Mock Draft tracker
The absolute mock draft consensus is that the Giants will take an offensive lineman if they keep the fifth overall. We have 70 mock drafts in our tracker this week and 51 of 70 (72.9 percent) gave the Giants an offensive tackle at No. 5. Evan Neal of Alabama was chosen 23 times (32.9 percent), Ickey Ekwonu of NC State 18 times (25.7 percent), Charles Cross of Mississippi State nine times (12.9 percent) and Trevor Penning of Northern Iowa one time.
At No. 7, Cincinnati cornerback Sauce Gardner was selected 11 times (15.7 percent) and edge defender Jermaine Johnson II was selected eight times (11.4 percent)
2022 Mock Draft Tracker
| Date | Mock | Round 1 (No. 5) | Round 1 (No. 7) | Round 2 (No. 36) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Mock | Round 1 (No. 5) | Round 1 (No. 7) | Round 2 (No. 36) |
| 4/28 | ESPN (McShay) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/28 | ESPN (Kiper) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/28 | PFN (Mellor) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Drake London, WR, USC | |
| 4/28 | Draft Countdown (Hallam) | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | |
| 4/28 | USA Today (Middlehurst-Schwartz) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/28 | Huddle Report (Drew Boylhart) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/28 | Huddle Report (Johannes) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/28 | DraftKings | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/28 | Draft Countdown (Bosarge) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/28 | SI (Hanson) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/28 | NFL.com (Schrager) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/28 | Underdog Fantasy (Norris) | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | |
| 4/28 | Philly Voice (Kempski) | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | |
| 4/28 | Draft Network (Marino) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/27 | PFF (Sikkema) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/27 | FOX (Rang) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/27 | NFL.com (Jeremiah) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State | |
| 4/27 | Washington Post (Maske) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/27 | CBS (Trapasso) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/27 | USA Today (Davis) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | TRADE!!! NYG moves to No. 20 in trade w/PIT, selects Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah | |
| 4/27 | CBS (Prisco) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/27 | Pewter Report (Ledyard) | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/27 | NFL.com (Davis) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/27 | DraftTek | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/27 | CBS (Brinson) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/27 | Walter Football (Campbell) | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | |
| 4/26 | FOX (McIntyre) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/26 | SNY (Vacchiano) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/26 | Draftwire (Miller) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/26 | Palm Beach Post (Schad) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/26 | Tankathon | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/26 | SI (Breer) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/26 | NFL.com (Brooks) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/26 | PFN (Beasley) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/26 | Football Outsiders | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/26 | NBC Sports (Florio) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Drake London, WR, USC | |
| 4/26 | PFF (Meirov) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/26 | NFL Trade Rumors | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/25 | LA Times (Farmer) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/25 | Draftwire (Easterling) | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, NC State | |
| 4/25 | NFL.com (Lewis) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/25 | Touchdown Wire (Fitzpatrick) | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | |
| 4/25 | CBS (Wilson) | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | Daniel Faalele, OT, Minnesota |
| 4/25 | Sun-Sentinel (Kelly) | Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame | Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State | |
| 4/25 | NBC (King) | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame | |
| 4/25 | PFF (Gayle) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/23 | PFN (Cummings) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | TRADE!! Giants swap w/NO, take CB Derek Stingly at 16 and WR Chris Olave at 19 | |
| 4/22 | Sporting News (Iyer) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/22 | Touchdown Wire (Schofield) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/22 | CBS (Fornelli) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/22 | PFN (Fragoza) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/22 | NFL.com (Reuter) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | Quay Walker, LB, Georgia |
| 4/22 | Draft Network (Eisner) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/21 | CBS (Edwards) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/21 | NFL.com (Jones-Drew) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/21 | CBS (Jones) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/21 | PFN (Kaye) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | Tyler Linderbaum, C, Iowa |
| 4/21 | Walter Football | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | Arnold Ebiketie, Edge, Penn State |
| 4/20 | CBS (Hunt) | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | Aidan Hutchinson, Edge, Michigan | |
| 4/20 | PFF (Spielberger) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/19 | SI (Orr) | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | TRADE w/NO for 16 (G. Karlaftis, Edge, Purdue) and 19 (Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia) | |
| 4/19 | PFF (Eager) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/18 | Sharp Football (McCrystal) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/18 | PFF (Monson) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah | |
| 4/18 | College Football News | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State | Christian Harris, LB, Alabama |
| 4/17 | Draft Network (Crabbs) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/16 | NY Post (Serby) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/16 | Player Profiler | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/16 | PFN (Miller) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Jermaine Johnson, Edge, Florida State | |
| 4/15 | Sporting News (Staff) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/14 | NFL.com (Rank) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia | |
| 4/14 | The Athletic (Brugler) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | Arnold Ebiketie, Edge, Penn State |
| 4/14 | Establish The Run (Silva) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/12 | NFL.com (Zierlein) | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, NC State | |
| 4/11 | PFF (Linsey) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/8 | SB Nation (Dator) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | |
| 4/6 | PFN (Wilson) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Aidan Hutchinson, Edge, Michigan | |
| 4/5 | San Diego Union-Tribune (Brown) | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame | |
| 4/4 | PFF (Treash) | Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati | Nakobe Dean, ILB, Georgia | Zion Johnson, G, Boston College |
| 4/4 | NFL Mocks | Ikem Ekwonu, OT, N.C. State | Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame | David Ojabo, Edge, Michigan |
| 4/2 | Touchdown Wire (Farrar) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Derek Stingley, CB, LSU | |
| 4/1 | Bleacher Report (Knox) | Evan Neal, OT, Alabama | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | |
| 4/1 | Bleacher Report (Staff) | Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon | Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State |
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