NY Giants 7-round mock draft: Dave Gettleman’s perfect draft class

One final full seven-round NY Giants Mock Draft projection of the Giants’ 2021 NFL Draft class

The 2021 NFL Draft gets underway Thursday, with GM Dave Gettleman and the NY Giants opening six total picks, beginning with the No. 11 overall choice, to buttress a roster that came one win shy of sneaking into the postseason in 2020.

While it will be fascinating to see what Gettleman and the NY Giants do with all six picks, it doesn’t sound like after signing wide receivers Kenny Golladay, John Ross, and tight end Kyle Rudolph that New York is done adding playmakers.

“You’re always looking to upgrade every position, doesn’t make a difference,” Gettleman said last week on a conference call with reporters. “Whether it’s wide receiver, tackle, whatever. You’re always looking to upgrade. I’m going to give the same response I just gave, frankly, it’s about value and how you’re building your team, what you’re looking to do. You can never have too many good players at one position.”

Whether Gettleman loads up on one of the game-altering wide receivers at the top of this class, or opts to continue building out a burgeoning defense early on, the NY Giants afforded themselves options, with how they conducted a free agent spending spree.

Before the NFL Draft gets underway Thursday, here is our final NY Giants 7-round mock draft projection for who Dave Gettleman might choose:

Round 1, pick No. 11: Micah Parsons, LB, Penn State

The NY Giants spent significantly in free agency at wide receiver, and in the secondary, filling two glaring needs which could open the door to truly taking the best player available at No. 11.

Micah Parsons would fill a hole in the middle of Patrick Graham’s defense, as a versatile and downhill linebacker pairing with Blake Martinez and might be the defensive player with the highest ceiling and highest floor in this class.

Last week, Gettleman might have tipped his hand, when it comes to who (and what kind of player) the NY Giants are targeting with the No. 11 pick.

“It’s really the linebacker fit and the versatility we’re looking for with certain players,” Gettleman said during a conference call with reporters.

Parsons has the ability to play inside linebacker at a high-level, rush the passer off the edge, and arrived in Happy Valley as a five-star recruit and the No. 1 defensive end in the country in 2018, so Graham could conceivably move him around the board as an ideal fit in a multiple front.

There’s a chance Parsons doesn’t make it past the Denver Broncos with the No. 9 selection, but if he’s available at No. 11, he’s the type of versatile and game-altering talent that could prove difficult for the NY Giants to pass up.