‘Things I think’ after a surprising Round 1 of the NFL Draft for the NY Giants
The Giants feel like they “couldn’t do any better” than landing Arvell Reese and Francis Mauigoa. Will they be right?
Arvell Reese after being selected by the Giants. | Getty Images Well, this certainly didn’t go the way the New York Giants planned it. As all NFL teams do in preparation for the NFL Draft, the Giants ran simulation after simulation after simulation, gaming out scenarios for how they thought the first round would play out with New York having the fifth and 10th overall picks.
Not many of them included getting Ohio State linebacker Arvell Reese at No. 5 and Miami offensive lineman Francis Mauigoa at No. 10.
Mostly that is because the Giants didn’t think Reese, the No. 2 player on their board after quarterback Fernando Mendoza, would be available to them. “We hoped, but there weren’t a lot of scenarios that we went through where he may be available,” Schoen said.
“Joe probably ran a zillion mocks,” said head coach John Harbaugh. “This one didn’t come up. This was not one that was really anticipated … this is exciting.
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