New York Giants try to find Daniel Jones' replacement in latest PFF mock draft
The New York Giants are projected to pick in the top five of the 2024 NFL Draft right now. Through ten weeks, they're looking at the number four overall selection. Pro Football Focus released a five-round mock draft for the Giants. They made some intriguing selections. Check out their entire mock draft here. ROUND 1, […]
The New York Giants are projected to pick in the top five of the 2024 NFL Draft right now. Through ten weeks, they're looking at the number four overall selection.
Pro Football Focus released a five-round mock draft for the Giants. They made some intriguing selections.
Check out their entire mock draft here.
ROUND 1, PICK 4: OT OLUMUYIWA FASHANU, PENN STATE
Fashanu is an elite offensive tackle prospect. He is undoubtedly a top two OL prospect in this class, and he's better than OT from last year's class. At number four overall, they aren't in range for either top QB prospect (Drake Maye, Caleb Williams).
Giants OT Evan Neal has seen his fair of struggles so far in his career, and he's running out of time as a former first-rounder. If Fashanu is available, it is a no-brainer decision for New York.
Fashanu is the top offensive tackle in the upcoming draft class and boasts elite size-movement skills. Drafting him to play opposite Andrew Thomas while kicking Neal inside could be the best vision for this New York offensive line. — PFF
The most notable selection from the draft may come in the fourth round, where the Giants picked South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler.
ROUND 4, PICK 104: QB SPENCER RATTLER, SOUTH CAROLINA
Despite playing behind two of the least efficient offensive lines in the country over the last two years, Rattler has been a good decision-maker and lowered his turnover-worthy play rate against pressure and from a clean pocket.
He has improved enough to deserve a shot at an NFL job. The Giants would be wise to invest in a developmental quarterback with the starting-caliber potential to play behind Daniel Jones next season — that is, of course, if they don’t take one in the first round to replace him immediately. — PFF
Rattler is not NFL-ready, but his athleticism and arm talent are both exciting. that being said, he's got a long way to go when it comes to decisiveness and reading defenses.
Regardless, a fourth-rounder would be a good flier on a player with his raw physical ability. Jones is not the long-term answer, regardless of the contract that New York handed him this past off-season.
Grabbing Rattler in R4 is better than using a second or third-round pick on a similar prospect.
