With all the mock drafts floating around the internet I figured I’d jump on the bandwagon and make one myself.
It’s intriguing to judge this draft class because let it be none there is a bunch of talent throughout the players, but lacking in the big name department (the Andrew Luck’s and RGIII’s of the world).
It’s a rich class when it comes to offensive linemen and defensive ends with interesting talent at other positions. So this poses the question: Who’s going to take who?
Other than just naming off my picks I’m also going to examine who I think the Giants should take with the 19th pick, but without further delay here are my first round picks in order by team for the 2013 NFL Draft:
1 | Luke Joeckel, OT Texas A&M |
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2 | Sharrif Floyd, DT Florida |
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3 | Bjoern Werner, DE Florida State |
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4 | Dee Milliner, CB Alabama |
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5 | Jarvis Jones, OLB Georgia |
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6 | Ezekiel Ansah, DE Brigham Young |
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7 | Eric Fisher, OT Central Michigan |
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8 | Geno Smith, QB West Virginia |
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9 | Matt Barkley, QB Southern California |
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10 | Star Lotulelei, DT Utah |
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11 | Lane Johnson, OT Oklahoma |
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12 | Cordarrelle Patterson, WR Tennessee |
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13 | Xavier Rhodes, CB Florida State |
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14 | Chance Warmack, OG Alabama |
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15 | Dion Jordan, DE Oregon |
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16 | Jonathan Cooper, OG North Carolina |
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17 | Damontre Moore, DE Texas A&M |
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18 | Kawann Short, DT Purdue |
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19 | Sheldon Richardson, DT Missouri |
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20 | Tyler Eifert, TE Notre Dame |
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21 | Barkevious Mingo, OLB LSU |
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Kenny Vaccaro, FS Texas |
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23 | Keenan Allen, WR California |
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24 | Desmond Trufant, CB Washington |
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25 | Datone Jones, DE UCLA |
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26 | Alec Ogletree, OLB Georgia |
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27 | Tavon Austin, WR West Virginia |
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28 | Johnathan Hankins, DT Ohio State |
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29 | Robert Woods, WR Southern California |
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30 | Alex Okafor, DE Texas |
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31 | Jesse Williams, DT Alabama |
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32 | D.J. Fluker, OT Alabama |
I believe Sheldon Richardson is who the Giants should aim for if he’s still around that point in the draft. With the G-Men lacking at defensive tackle after releasing Canty a few weeks ago they’ll need someone big and powerful to fill up those holes on the d-line.
Now this is all speculation because the Giants will most certainly take the best player on the board. Though, they should consider focusing on a defensive linemen to help improve their 28th ranked running defense from a year ago.
We’re only a month and a half away from the draft and it should be an exciting one to watch and look forward too.