
“I feel like I'm just dynamic, explosive, I feel like I get open 24/7,” Hyatt said. He at least should help a receiving corps that finished dead last in 20-plus-yard receptions in 2022. Hyatt may not instantly fill Beckham’s shoes, but he’s the Biletnikoff Award winner (given to the nation’s top wide receiver) with blazing speed.

1 wide receiver since trading Odell Beckham Jr. They allowed both starting centers last year (Jon Feliciano and Nick Gates) to walk in free agency and they’ve been searching for a No. The Giants entered the draft with a glaring need at cornerback opposite Adoree’ Jackson, who is entering the last year of his deal. Now, they’re filling positions with a purpose. They are no longer just trying to restock the cupboard like they did after first arriving. ”Īfter a more active free agency than last offseason, Year 2 for Schoen and coach Brian Daboll is off to a strong start. But I'm thrilled with those guys, and I'm thrilled with some of the prospects we got. “As you go through the entire draft, usually the first round goes as planned, the group of players you think are going to go. “Yeah, I would have liked to know how you're going to do that, probably,” he said with a laugh after the draft. Acquiring a first-round cornerback, their top-ranked center and a wideout with a second-round grade early in the third was so unlikely Schoen would have scoffed at the possibility.

The Giants grabbed Maryland cornerback Deonte Banks in the first round, Minnesota center John Michael Schmitz in the second and traded up to grab Tennessee wide receiver Jalin Hyatt in the third. There were so many possibilities he hadn’t even considered the one that unfolded. When New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen laid down the night before the first round of this year’s NFL draft, the scenarios raced through his head.

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