Positions the NY Giants should avoid in the 1st Round of the NFL Draft.

The Giants’ needs on the offensive line must properly meet value in this draft.

The Giants’ offensive line has been a years-long process, construction, and reconstruction of adding and replacing starters on the line. Throughout Dave Gettleman’s tenure, he has constantly promised to fix the offensive line once and for all.

That hasn’t been the case heading into year four with Gettleman.

The tackle situation looks more promising than the logjam at guard but there are still several things to figure out from definitive starters, proper depth, and who will stay, and who will be replaced from last year’s group.

Unless you’re taking a Quenton Nelson-esque prospect at guard, teams are better-suited to wait to find their guard later in the draft. Tackle is a position of greater importance value and they deservingly get drafted more early and often than guards.

This draft has some good prospects at tackle. Unless Penei Sewell makes a jaw-dropping fall out of the top seven picks, let alone the top 10, the first round position discussion should be focused elsewhere. Sewell is a bonafide blue-chip prospect who would likely be at the top of the Giants’ draft boards. He is the exception to this rule in this year’s draft.

Guys such as Rashawn Slater, Christian Darrisaw, and Alijah-Vera Tucker are all intriguing prospects but not nearly on Sewell’s level. They have their own flaws and concerns that can’t be ignored.

This is not a tackle dominant draft like last year’s with the “big four tackles” in the first round. Behind Sewell, there is a steep dropoff in talent and proven production that deserves a top-half first round pick.

Also, it can’t be ignored the Giants took Andrew Thomas to be their left tackle of the future last season. Drafting two tackles in the first round consecutively is a bold, but risky proposition. As we saw firsthand with Thomas last season, he struggled with opposing pass rushers’ speed while Thomas dealt with learning new footwork, hand placement, and protection schemes and verbiage. The Giants can’t deal with growing rookie pains right now with their current roster. The team also took Matt Peart in the 3rd round and this would seem like overkill at one position. It would all but definitively mean wasting a 1st or 3rd round pick on a guaranteed backup player which should never be the goal while building a team and constructing an NFL roster.

They have too many deficiencies at key positions such as wide receiver, tight end, and linebacker that needs both depth and high-end talent with elite rookie prospects. These units need to be addressed immediately and they should be the main focus of the first round.