So, the Giants went ahead and picked up a QB in the first round. They picked the kid who went to the Manning Passing Academy and made a huge story out of that and the relationship to a long time Manning Coach. The thing is, nobody is really complaining about Jones being the guy. The complaint is that he went at 6 and not 17. He didn’t meet the pundits expectations of who should go there, so instead of saying they were wrong (see: Saquon Barkley) they insisted that they were right and therefore the Giants must have screwed up.
Did they?
I don’t believe they did. The best available QB was Murray and he was good enough to force AZ to ditch last year’s first round pick or at least relegate the guy to a backup role. I think that there is a chance the Giants still snag Drew Lock in a later pick (to push Jones at least), though they have several more opportunities later in the draft to pull in real talent. I think that the team will try to add a little more youth and speed to the receiver room if the talent is out there. However, Gettleman is absolutely about the idea of best available talent. He is going to get what is available.
The team gave up their 2nd, a 4th, and a 5th to get their guy, which argues that they have a limited number of players in the later rounds who they expect to grab. This means the Giants have a 3rd (95), a 4th and two 5th round picks to go with a 6th and two seventh round picks. Who knows what they plan to do with these picks? The needs are high and the cap space is low. The team is going to need to rebuild through the draft and make use of the talent they have on board. That might mean the aging receiver room gets the least amount of attention. They need to address a lot of concerns on both sides of the ball, and perhaps they get lucky and do so in the later rounds.