It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new year... which can only mean one thing: a brand new unhinged all-trades 2026 mock draft from Bill Barnwell, where every pick finds a new home. It’s the time of year when conventional wisdom gets thrown out the window, and every selection comes with a price tag, turning the whole thing into a chaotic masterpiece.
Some trades make more sense than others. Some are only there because every team has to make one. Then there are those, like the New York Giants’ hypothetical deal, that’ll have fans wondering if they can kidnap this multiverse version of Joe Schoen and bring him here to make better decisions.
In this version of reality, Big Blue trades the fifth overall pick and cornerback Deonte Banks to the New Orleans Saints for the eighth overall pick, the 73rd pick, and the 172nd pick:
New York moves back three spots and still lands Ohio State (unicorn) linebacker Sonny Styles, while offloading an underperforming Banks, adding some much-needed draft capital, including another top-100 pick.
Giants pull off dream trade down in chaotic all-trades mock
If we’re operating in the trust tree, this trade is an absolute no-brainer for the Giants. If Barnwell can guarantee Styles is still there at No. 8 (which he seems to believe in this multiverse of madness), then moving off Banks and adding two more picks feels like highway robbery. ESPN's senior NFL writer explains:
"The Giants could be in the mix for Love or Tate, but their ideal addition would be Styles, who should still be available at No. 8. They traded away their 2026 third-round pick as part of the move up for Jaxson Darta year ago, and while Love would be their long-term replacement for Saquon Barkley, getting that third-round pick back might not cost the Giants very much given their potential range of non-Love additions in Round 1."
It’s nearly impossible to find much to complain about. The Giants add more picks, move off a question mark in Banks, and still land the second coming of Fred Warner. Seriously, this guy gives off Brilliant Earth vibes because it feels like he was lab-grown.
Listed at 6-foot-5 and weighing 243 pounds, people his size shouldn't be able to do what he can. He moves more like an Olympic athlete than a football player, as evidenced by his 4.46 40, 11-foot-2 broad jump, and clinically insane 43.5-inch vertical. Head coach John Harbaugh has always fared well when he's had a demon manning the middle (Ray Lewis, C.J. Mosley, Patrick Queen, Roquan Smith), and the 21-year-old former Buckeye could be exactly that.
It’s hard to draw it up much better than this. In a draft that’s supposed to be utter chaos, this one is as close to best-case scenario as it's going to get.