I like the Wisdom of the Crowd methodology that Business Insider used and this is the guy, along with OT Andrus Peat from Stanford, whose name has been linked to the Giants the most.
from Business Insider:
NFL mock draft: Expert predictions for the 2015 NFL Draft - Business Insider:
9. New York Giants — Brandon Scherff, OG
Experts: 5 out of 15
School: Iowa
Other possibilities*: Andrus Peat (OT, Stanford), Danny Shelton (DT, Washington)
Key expert quote: Rang: "The Giants could be intrigued by some of the edge rushers still on the board, but if Scherff - the draft's best offensive lineman - is available, he would make too much sense to pass up."'via Blog this'
Considering that the Giants have the #9 pick and presumably do not want it again anytime soon, you would think they would go for one of the skill players for max impact. I liked Florida's LB Dante Fowler, Jr. for them as a sleeper pick. He's 6-2, 261 and Florida fast, but the consensus here has him going before the G-men pick.
Among the linemen, you can't go wrong with Miami OT Ereck Flowers at 6-5, 324, right in there with Scherff and Peat. Scherff is the only one that seems suited to move to OG, and he would be a big one, so that may be why he is rising up the board.
If they go for safety help, Alabama's Landon Collins might be the only DB worth picking in the #9 slot. But he looks like he's slipping more to the bottom half of the first-round rather than the front half.
They need to cash in big at both the #9 slot and #41 in the second round. Maybe they roll the dice and hope that one of the highly regarded OL men fall to the second round. Overall, I think #9 is too high to draft an offensive lineman, but Eli is a valuable property. You have to keep him upright.
I thought earlier the Giants might be looking at the DE's in case JPP leaves the building, but Shane Ray 6-3, 245 from Missouri and Randy Gregory 6-6, 245 from Nebraska have the dreaded "off-field issues" attached to them.
And here I thought that you had to be badder than Charles Manson to not get drafted.
"If Charles Manson ran a 4.3, you'd better believe we'd sign him." - Jimmie Johnson
Being a dumb-ass at best and a borderline junior-sociopath at worst has not appeared to diminish the draft prospects of one Jameis Winston. Not one little bit.
It's interesting that after all the PR hullabaloo over domestic violence, involvement in murders and (alleged) rapes, that Roger Goodell may be forced to publicly welcome to the league with the 1st overall pick, a young man still dealing with the legal implications of a rape charge. Maybe he'll have a better secondary excuse than the one offered for the "stolen" (allegedly) crab-legs.
It's a real simple concept fellas.
- That which you reward or incentivize, you get more of.
- That which you penalize, you get less of.
So much for changing the culture. Or maybe he did make fundamental change with this move:
from bloomberg.com
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-28/nfl-will-end-its-tax-exempt-status-goodell-tells-team-owners
Goodell and the NFL have now basically told Congress and all the political special interest groups that have dogged the NFL for the past couple of years, "La-la-la, I can't hear you anymore." Or something along those lines.
Now they can go back to doing what they do best. Being the National Football League. Oops.
It will be worth watching if only to see how well Mel Kiper's hair has aged or whether Todd McShay can induce a brain embolism in old Mel via poor prospect analysis. That would be compelling live TV.
The Buccaneers are officially on the clock.
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