Big Blue View

The 2023 NFL Draft is less than one week away. This draft lacks Blue Chip talent, which makes predicting selections more difficult. In a welcomed fashion, the Giants don’t have a top-eleven selection heading into the draft for the first time since 2017 when Big Blue selected Evan Engram at pick No. 23. Brian Daboll’s success was an excellent unexpected springboard for the franchise. Joe Schoen will look to add the necessary pieces to allow Daboll to maximize success once again. However, unless the Giants trade up, they’ll have 24 selections before they pick. New York hasn’t picked this late since the 2012 draft where they selected David Wilson at pick No. 32. In Thursday’s press conference, Joe Schoen stated that he feels “pretty confident” about the availability of players the Giants will like at pick No. 25. There are a lot of smoke screens about the top of the draft that could throw everything off. Still, let’s hope to get some of these correct. Here’s my predictive 2023 first-round mock draft with trades: