April 28, 2022, 7:15 p.m. ET
April 28, 2022, 7:15 pm ETJets general manager Joe Douglas has four chances in the top 38 to add starting caliber players. Credit … Michael Conroy / Associated Press
New York NFL teams are used to being in the spotlight on draft night. They have combined for the top five selections in the last four drafts, thanks in large part to some uninspiring regular season finishes. This year they are double in front and in the center.
Jets and Giants have two selected in the top 10 – Jets at № 4 and № 10 and Giants at № 5 and № 7 – which gives them excellent opportunities to fill the lists that have been exhausted from years of spotting and constant recovery. . Both teams enter the draft with a total of nine selections to meet their basic needs on the list.
Both teams are unlikely to use the top quarterback peak this year. The Jets selected Zack Wilson 2 overall last year and the Giants expressed optimism about the way starter Daniel Jones will play under a new head coach, although the team decided not to choose his fifth year. Away from the quarterback, both teams can go in many different directions.
At the top of Jets’ list of needs are edge rusher, cornerback and receiver № 1. If you choose № 4, they should be able to land either one of the best rushers in the class or a top defender Ahmad Gardner of Cincinnati. One of the best receivers this year should be an option for Jets at number 10.
Jets general manager Joe Douglas has an additional choice in the second round of last year’s quarterback Sam Darnold’s exchange for the Panthers, giving him four chances in the top 38 to add starting caliber players.
One of the Giants’ most pressing needs is the right-hand drive of left-handed axles Andrew Thomas, overall № 4 for 2020. This role can be played by one of the top boards available: Ikem Ekuon of North Carolina, Evan of Alabama Charles Cross of Neil or Mississippi. Like the Jets, the Giants also need first-class Edge Rusher and Cornerback positions. If available, Gardner would be a great option for either number 5 or № 7, and this year’s deep-edge class means the Giants must be able to handle this spot either in the first round or later.
Joe Schoen, the Giants’ first-year general manager, inherited a bloated salary cap that left him with almost no job in the free agency, but the additional choice in the first round came when the Giants swapped bears in the 2021 draft. – a welcome farewell gift from his predecessor Dave Gettleman.
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