The NY Giants 2016 draft:
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1. Ronnie Stanley, OT - ND
2. Michael Thomas, WR - Ohio State
3. Su'a Cravens, LB - USC
4. James Bradberry, CB - SMU
5. Kevin Hogan, QB 0 Stanford
6. Beau Sandland, TE - Montana State
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I love the first 3 picks for this squad. Stanley's almost certainly going to be long gone by the time the Giants are on the clock (seems like a no-brainer to Baltimore) and he'll form a damn nice set of bookend tackles with Ereck Flowers, who looked overmatched at LT last year but should work nicely at RT.
Michael Thomas is shooting up draft boards and I expect he'll go in the first round before all is said and done. While he's not a homerun hitter, he's a perfect complement to Odell Beckham Jr. Su'a Cravens is also a guy that I think could easily go a full round sooner than I grabbed him, beyond the value play, he's an absolutely perfect fit for the SAM in New York.
Bradberry is an okay pick; perhaps a bit of a reach but a guy with strong upside. He's probably a better fit for other teams (Chiefs) but in the 4th it seemed like a good time to pull the trigger or lose him. In hindsight, there may have been better picks there. Hogan was a product of my visceral hatred of Eli Manning; he could easily end up going undrafted due to his funky mechanics but I think limited opportunities held down his numbers at Stanford. This will almost certainly be my biggest 'loss' of the draft. Sandland could also go undrafted but I loved his measurables, his willingness to block and the fact that he's a solid hands catcher. That shows me a guy that could be a solid #2 TE and a nice get in the 6th.