The Giants are likely to trade the 2023 NFL Draft with 10 picks

The Giants are young across the roster, and that could make general manager Joe Schoen restless when the NFL Draft begins Thursday night.

After drafting 11 players in 2022, Schoen is armed with 10 more picks over seven rounds thanks to two compensating picks added for free agency starts and two picks added in past trades (one before he arrived).

That seems like an advantage for building a cost-controlled roster when “there are players making big money on our team and contracts on the horizon potentially,” Schoen said, but a case of too the youngsters could force the Giants into the trade market.

The Giants devoted an NFL-high 18,302 snaps to players 25 or younger last season, while the Steelers (16,451) ranked second, according to Sharp Football Analysis.

Adding 10 more rookies could mean hiring 39.6% of a 53-player roster later (or 30.4% of a full roster if you’re willing to risk running a draft pick through waivers to the practice squad) to the last two draft classes while trying to get back to the playoffs.

Finding other ways to capitalize on resources is an alternative.

Giants General Manager Joe SchoenBill Kostrun/New York Post

“If there’s someone we want to advance for, we have extra capital to do that,” Schoen said. “If we want to step back and recover [picks], We can do that too. You have to watch the list, not just today, but 2024, 2025.”

League sources told the Post they believe the Giants will actively pursue their trade by packing some of their seven picks in the fourth round or later.

Or try flipping a pick for a veteran with contract flexibility who could play important snaps at a position of need — like cornerback, safety or defensive tackle, sources said before the run was added on Monday. stuffer A’Shawn Robinson on the line.

“We will always pursue any type of opportunity to improve the roster,” Schoen said when asked if it was possible to do a defensive version of the previous trade of a third-round pick for tight end Darren Waller. “Whether it’s trade, draft, late round, college, free agency, whatever it is, definitely.”

Late first-round picks are usually a successful trade commodity, but that might not be the case if just 15 to 18 prospects receive first-round grades, as Cowboys executive vice-president Stephen Jones said Monday. , in what looked like a representation of scouting. community consensus.

The No. 25 pick, which the Giants own, has been traded in each of the last six drafts. Excluding the time the pick was traded 18 months before the draft, there was one trade down (to No. 31 to add a fourth-rounder and fifth founder) and four trades (to No. 12 involving separation with a future first; at n° 22 with a sixth for n° 25 and a fourth; at n° 22 for a fourth and a sixth; and at n° 23 for a fourth).

The likeliest place for the Giants to be aggressive and stay consistent with their approach to finding profitable starters, rival team sources said, is in the second round, with a possible trade from No. 57. , especially if a starting-caliber center is within range.

For reference, the Seahawks traded a third round to move from No. 59 to No. 48 in 2020 and the Browns traded a third round and received a fourth round in return (dropping 24 spots overall) to move from No. 59. at No. 52 in 2021.

Schoen traded twice in the second round last season, but it was a case of circumstances with few options to set a tight salary cap and want to reshuffle the bottom of a legacy roster. A year later, he even left open the possibility of tapping into 2024 draft capital to help the 2023 squad.

Giants coach Brian DabollPA

“If he’s the right player and the value lines up, I’ll go up,” Schoen said. “If it was a future pick, I’d do it too. Last year, where we were at financially, we needed as many deep bits as possible. So going back a few times last year made sense. It gave us more body, so it was kind of the thought process that led to that.

The thought process could this time focus on quality rather than quantity.

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