He may have had a few good playoff games, but they were just OK playoff games. Outside of one drive in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl, Eli wasn’t good. He didn’t kill his team in any of the playoff games, which is a huge step up from where he was for most of the regular season. But he’s a lot more Trent Dilfer than he is his brother.
3) Their defense played tremendous in the Super Bowl—but their secondary is terrible.
It’s a credit to how well their front-seven was able to pressure Brady. Show any offensive coach a Giants defensive backfield depth chart and he’ll salivate with the possibilities.
Taking that into consideration, the final pick in the longest mock draft in the history of the Internet is…
The Pick: Reggie Smith, S, Oklahoma
They need cornerback help.
They need safety help.
There’s a guy coming out of Oklahoma who can provide both.
Smith has the ability to play corner, but he’ll probably stick to safety in the NFL. He’s been a playmaker there for Oklahoma. His 2007 season was fantastic.
While other guys have shot past him on the draft board because of their workouts, he remains a first-round talent because of what he did on the field.
The Giants might not be able to recapture the magic they found in 2007, but they’ll be as formidable in 2008 as any defending Super Bowl champion.
Finally, It’s Over!
Well, it’s been two months, thirty one picks, two hundred angry Raiders fans, and four hundred reminders about Spygate. (Thanks Anonymous!)
It’s finally done.
So what have we learned?
Spreading a mock draft over the course of two months can cause some seriously odd things to happen with your draft board.
Agreeing to write a 30-plus part series is borderline crazy. Insane. JJ Stankevitz can attest to this as well.
NFL fans are passionate, and if they don’t agree with you (hello Raider Nation!) they will let you know about it. In no uncertain terms.
Sometimes they even challenge you to a knife-fight (isn't that right raiders52@msn.com?).
Anyway, I had a great time. Hope you all enjoyed reading it. Thanks to everyone who read, commented on (good or bad), or emailed me about the Mock Draft series.
In the coming weeks, we’ll have a follow up and probably a version 2.0 (which will be a single article, not thirty individual ones…thank you very much).
Until next time…
I’m SeanMC.
SeanMC is a Senior Writer at Bleacher Report. His archive can be found here. You can find everything he writes, including articles for other publications, here.
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