The general consensus of what the New York Giants are looking for with the sixth overall pick in Round 1 of the upcoming NFL draft is fairly simple.
They will take a quarterback or a wide receiver. And one will be there for the taking no matter what happens in front of them.
The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman recently compiled a mock draft based on his conversations with college coaches and team needs.
For the New York Giants, Feldman sees the Giants losing out on the top four quarterbacks, but landing one of the top three wide receivers in Washington’s Rome Odunze.
I could see them tempted to get into the top three for a promising QB, but receiver is also a big need, and here they’ll have their choice of two studs in Odunze and Malik Nabers. Both are dazzling, but after drafting a blazer from the SEC last year in Jalin Hyatt, the hunch is they go for the bigger, more physical Odunze.
Odunze is a solid-bodied wideout who has been compared to future Hall of Famer Larry Fitzgerald. His size (6’3″, 212) and elite speed have scouts drooling.
Odunze isn’t quite as fast as Nabers, but he is really explosive. The former track standout from Las Vegas clocked a 4.45 40 at the combine with a 1.52 10-yard split, a 39-inch vertical and a 4.03 shuttle time. His film is even more impressive than his workout numbers. Last season, he had 92 catches for 1,640 yards and 13 touchdowns. Everyone who has been around him comes away impressed. His ball skills are truly elite.
That sounds like a player Giant fans would easily embrace.
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