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New York Giants

DE Loren Howard (S2, 22nd)
DT Rob Armstrong (S3, 32nd)
CB Johnathan Joseph (S4, 22nd)
TE Rory Nicol (S5, 32nd)
QB Ben Olson (S6. 23rd)
WR Jeremy Maclin (S7, 17th)
HB Jonathan Stewart (S8, 18th)
OLB Barkavious Mingo (S9, 24th)
G David Decastro (S10, 23rd)
CB Josh Norman (S10, 30th)
CB Kyle Fuller (S11, 26th)
DE Khalil Mack (S12, 3rd)
WR Tyler Lockett (S13, 19th)

I distinctly remember that Howard was a 3rd round prospect. Eddv said he wanted the top-ranked DE, and that happened to be Howard at that point in the draft. Well it certainly worked out for the Giants as Howard has helped them to two Super Bowl victories, including an 18-1 season as a rookie, and generally have had a Top 5 defense over the history of B8NFLL. Howard is tied for 2nd among all active players with 102 sacks in his career.

The Giants were idle the next few seasons, and the first pick of that "era" was Armstrong who has grown into one of the best two-way DTs in the league with 556 tackles, 80 sacks, and 22 FFs+FRs in his 12 year career after beginning as a backup. He's coming off of one of his finer seasons, so doesn't seem to be slowing down.

The Giants had Ronde Barber but he was in his 30s by that point, so Joseph was drafted to eventually ascend to the top CB spot. I honestly forget how his entire career played out statistically, but he won one SB with the Giants before being traded to the Cowboys where he won another SB. He finished out his career with the Bengals.

The idle Giants had just defeated me in the Super Bowl, so I had the honor of drafting yet again for the team I helped slightly build. The Giants, even with losing players due to idling, were set at most areas, but they needed a two-way TE, and that is where Nicol came in. He hasn't found the end zone much (20 TDs in 10 seasons), and he has made just one Pro Bowl, but he is a decent receiver and is one of the better run-blocker TEs in the league.

Eddv briefly came back to active duty to take Olson. Olson is a great game manager, and that is not a backhanded compliment. He is great at taking care of the ball with a career mark of 178 TDs vs 103 INTs and has a mid-80s career passer rating due to his low turnover rate. However, the Giants just don't seem to win or lose based on his performance though, and his very low YPA has long been troubling.

With Eddv retreating yet again, Maclin was drafted to backup Antwaan Randle El and Martin Nance, and he did so for four seasons before landing the #2 job and eventually the #1 spot. He made his mark in the return game with six career return TDs, but he is coming off of his best season as a receiver with 66 rec for 947 yards and 8 TDs.

The final 1st rounder I took for the Giants was Stewart. Edgerrin James, a two-time MVP, was entering what ended up being the final year of his career, and Stewart impressed in his small sample size as a rookie. However, he never did become James' successor as the Giants spent a Day 2 pick on Isaiah Pead the following draft, and Pead unexpectedly won the job out of the preseason. Stewart finished his rookie contract and signed on with the Bears as an injury replacement and had a career best 4.3 YPC. He wasn't re-signed and has been sitting on the market since.

Returning for good, Eddv took Mingo who has started all 89 games that he's appeared in. He has averaged just a hair over 60 tackles a season, but he has made up for it being disruptive elsewhere with 23 sacks, 13 INTs, and 12 FFs+FRs.

Decastro had a very rough rookie season with 33 blocks and 13 sacks allowed. He improved mightily over the next two seasons, with his third seeing him with 48 blocks and 5 sacks allowed. He has been injured and regressed hard the past two seasons however. In 16 games, he has 36 blocks vs 8 sacks allowed as the Giants offense has been among the league's worst in that span.

Norman has 10 INTs in five seasons. He's hung in there I suppose.

Fuller has not generated as many turnovers as Norman, but the fact that he keeps ascending suggests he is a much better coverage guy.

The Giants gave some team (Titans or Wildcats) pennies on the dollar to move up to the 3rd pick to grab Mack who has been a disappointment statistically. He has 50 tackles, 13 sacks, and 2 FFs+FRs in three seasons.

Lockett was the fourth WR taken in the draft, well, oof. In two seasons and 32 starts, he had 62 rec for 680 yards and 2 TDs. Maybe more than Decastro, Pead, or anyone else on the team, Lockett exemplifies just how much the Giants have struggled on offense lately. He has since been traded to the Dolphins to be demoted to presumably the slot role.
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