In the 2nd day of the draft, the Giants made some moves; some great, some questionable.
The Giants did in fact trade for a WR. However, the trade was moving up in the draft order. In the 3rd round, the G-Men, traded up to 85th overall to Philly for the (91st overall) and one of their two fifth-rounders (164th). First of all, it is odd that the trading partner was a divisional foe. Anyhow, the Giants did land the tallest WR in the draft (6.5 feet tall) who is a guy that dominated in college. But it was at the division 1-AA level. It will probably take Ramses Barden a while to get up to speed, but he should immediately be very useful in the redzone as he seemed to have perfected the fade route with his college QB.
Later in the 3rd, the Giants added at TE/H-back receiver in Travis Beckum. He was a great receiving threat in college, but a liability as a blocker.
More offense was added in the 4th as the G-men added their 4th RB to their roster. From what I've read Andre Brown is comparable to the recently departed Derrick Ward (in size, running style, and receiving skills out of the backfield).
The first real head-scratcher, is the 5th round selection of Rhett Bomar. A quarterback selection was a real shock, but I'll leave it as that as the front office obviously has more info on him then I do.
The last 2 picks were CBs and will have to fight for rosters spaces which is typical of most teams' late round picks. CB was is not a need with Webster, Ross, Thomas & Dockery on the roster. I guess we can't expect to land Ahmad Bradshaw's every year in the 7th round.
Overall, it was another solid draft for the G-men. I would have liked to see a kicker, returner & a safety drafted. Keep in mind that the front office always finds integral parts of our roster in the undrafted rookie free agent market (i.e. Kevin Dockery, Chase Blackburn & Rich Seubert). I am very excited with first 6 picks and have high expectations for them as well.
Speaking about undrafted free agents, see the following link & list for guys being brought in.
DE Alex Field (Virginia)
S Kenny Ingram (Florida State)
DE Maurice Evans (Penn State)
CB Vince Anderson
S Otis Wiley
S Sha'Reff Rashad (Central Florida)
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