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Ed’s mock draft, 6.0: A pretty straightforward, standard scenario
Yes, a wide receiver for the Giants in Round 1
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This is my sixth New York Giants three-round mock draft of this cycle. The names are starting to blur together and, at least to me, the drafts are following familiar patters.
This week I used the Pro Football Network simulator and rejected all trades. I followed the PFN Big Board as much as I could. As we close in on the real 2023 NFL Draft I will try to begin honing in more on specific targets. This version of the mock turns out to be a fairly standard scenario.
Round 1 (No. 25) — Jalin Hyatt, WR, Tennessee
Jaxon Smith-Njigba of Ohio State has consistently been the player mocked most often to the Giants. I find myself with the opportunity to make that chalk pick here, and can’t do it.
There are questions about Hyatt’s route tree and ability to play outside after playing mostly in the slot in the Tennessee offense.
“In Coach [Josh] Heupel’s offense, we spread it out and look for matchups we don’t run the regular pro-style offense that a lot of teams run obviously with league runs,” Hyatt said. “I can’t wait to show my routes. I can run routes. Being in Coach Heupel’s offense, you see a lot of vertical things, this-and-that but I can’t wait to prove what I can do other that going deep - what I can do underneath what I can do when I get the ball in my hand. I just can’t wait to showcase that.”