Why Giants let Cowboys get potential superstar in NFL Draft
New York had its chance to make this pick.
Why Giants let Cowboys get potential superstar in NFL Draft originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The New York Giants had a chance to get one of the best players in the 2026 NFL Draft with the No.
10 overall pick. They had already taken Arvell Reese at No. 5, and Caleb Downs slid past a few other interested squads to get to the Giants' second pick of the first round.
The Giants didn't choose the safety out of Ohio State, though. The Dallas Cowboys actually were worried enough about that possibility that they tried to trade up to No. 9 to beat the Giants to Downs.
"The Cowboys had tried to trade up to No. 9 to get Downs, fearful that the Giants would take him," ESPN's Dan Graziano wrote in a new article on Tuesday. "New York could have come out of the first round of the draft feeling like it had locked down two defensive cornerstones for a decade to come.