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Sportsline.com - Better-Than
A list of guys they like maybe more than the league scouts do, guys who will be taken outside of the first round. They are the "better-than" players -- guys who play better than the
rankings they are being given.
Sportsline.com - Overrated Draft Prospects
A list of 20 players ranked too high by scouts and personnel people. That doesn't mean many or most of them won't go on to have successful careers. It's just that their current draft
stock is too high for now.
FOX News - MOCK DRAFT 6.0:
This mock draft has the Giants using their number 4 pick on DT Vince Wilfork from Miami, Fla.
The Giants' inability to sign Rod Coleman after a bidding war with the Falcons underscores their plan to add a defensive tackle. Tom Coughlin wants to put his signature on the team, and
Vince Wilfork would provide a needed two-gap player for a potential switch to the 3-4.
NJ.com - Giants Draft
QB: In need of a capable backup — that's backup, not Bachelor — the Giants will draft a QB somewhere. If they pull the unlikely and move up for Eli Manning, it could signal the end
of the Kerry Collins era. If it's Ben Roethlisberger, the scenario is more interesting because he'll need time to learn. If the Giants don't use their first-round pick here, Matt Schaub
of Virginia could be the second-round pick if he's still around at No. 34.
NJO Sports - Giants
Draft
General manager Ernie Accorsi has shown a tendency to trade up in the first round, whether it be a few spots to get cornerback Will Allen in 2001 or one spot to lock up tight end Jeremy
Shockey in 2002. Each time the deal was made on the run, as the first round was progressing.
This time, however, the Giants will know the landscape once they decide which player they want in the first round. If he's quarterback Eli Manning, they will have to trade up to No. 1,
where the Chargers reside. If he's offensive tackle Robert Gallery, they will have to trade up to No. 2 (Oakland). If he's quarterback Ben Roethlisberger or wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald,
they will have to flip-flop with the Arizona Cardinals at No. 3.
Newsday - Giants Draft
The Giants are giving serious consideration to moving up to the No. 1 overall pick in next month's draft to select Mississippi quarterback Eli Manning. Three sources familiar with
the Giants situation said the team is convinced about Manning's potential as an NFL star and that the club is willing to trade with the Chargers, who have the first choice.
Notes -
There are two players in this draft whose fathers were prominent Giants. Colorado State QB Bradlee Van Pelt, whose father Brad defined outside linebacker play for the Giants until
LT came along, could be a fourth- round pick, and Florida RB Ran Carthon, the son of the former Giants fullback and current Cowboys assistant Maurice Carthon, may go as early as the third
round.
NFL Draft History (1982-2003)
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Giants 2003 Draft
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| Rd |
Sel |
Player |
Pos |
Ht |
Wt |
School |
| 1 |
25 |
Joseph, William |
DT |
6-5 |
308 |
Miami (Fla.) |
| 2 |
56 |
Umenyiora, Osi |
DE |
6-3 |
279 |
Troy State |
| 3 |
91 |
Shiancoe, Vishante |
TE |
6-4 |
251 |
Morgan State |
| 4 |
123 |
Babers, Roderick |
CB |
5-9 |
192 |
Texas |
| 5 |
160 |
Diehl, David |
G |
6-6 |
310 |
Illinois |
| 6 |
199 |
Ponder, Willie |
WR |
6-0 |
205 |
Southeast Missouri State |
| 6 |
207 |
Walker, Frank |
CB |
5-11 |
202 |
Tuskegee |
| 6 |
211 |
Tyree, David |
WR |
6-1 |
197 |
Syracuse |
| 7 |
240 |
Drake, Charles |
FS |
6-1 |
205 |
Michigan |
| 7 |
249 |
Lucier, Wayne |
C |
6-4 |
301 |
Colorado |
| 7 |
255 |
Walter, Kevin |
WR |
6-4 |
221 |
Eastern Michigan |
Last Season
TEAM NEEDS - 2003
Defensive tackle/defensive end, offensive tackle, cornerback, tight end, running back.
Draft Articles
Below are articles reposted from the 2003 draft days.
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Apr 28, Special Report - The draft
is done, and while wondering whether it is appropriate to call William Joseph "Billy Joe" and whether Osi Umenyiora and Vishante Shiancoe are legitimate players or Scrabble champions,
it is possible that the Giants just completed their best harvesting of players in years. .
Fassel looked at the post-draft gathering of media and said the thing he hadn't thought he'd be able to say. "We only need a few free agents this year, as opposed to last year when I felt
we needed 15 or more, and you know something else? I can sleep better now. I am very happy with this draft."
Here's how it went over the two days:
Apr 27, - UPDATE: The draft concluded Sunday with rounds 4-7, as the Giants added eight more
selections to Saturday's initial three picks.
In the fourth round, the Giants drafted - Cornerback Roderick Babers.
In the fifth round, the Giants drafted - Offensive Tackle/Guard David Diehl.
In the sixth round, the Giants drafted - Wide Receiver Willie Ponder.
In the sixth round, the Giants drafted - Cornerback Frank Walker.
In the sixth round, the Giants drafted - Wide Receiver David Tyree.
In the seventh round, the Giants drafted - Free Safety Charles Drake.
n the seventh round, the Giants drafted - Center/Guard Wayne Lucier.
n the seventh round, the Giants drafted - Wide Receiver Kevin Walter.
Apr 27, The Philadelphia
Eagles won the first NFC East battle of the season by trading up to beat the Giants to McDougle. They jumped to 15 from 30 to select the highly regarded pass rusher by giving the Chargers
the second-round pick the Giants refused to give.
"The Giants were trying to trade up right before the Eagles picked me," McDougle said
on a conference call with reporters in Philadelphia. "What I think is they weren't trying to trade up high enough. They thought I'd be around. It's a real bad break for those guys because
they missed out on a good player."
If McDougle is a starter and a key contributor, then the loss of Hugh Douglas will be
minimized. The Birds will have sacrificed experience but they will have gained 10 years' worth of youth. If there is a concern about McDougle, it is that he is undersized at 265 pounds
and might be vulnerable against the run. Then again, that was supposed to be Douglas' handicap.
The Giants chose McDougle's Miami teammate, defensive tackle William Joseph.
Asked what he brings to the Giants, Joseph, with typical Miami flair, said,
"I can rush the passer, I can play the run and I can play a man. I can do it all."
Coach Jim Fassel said he would have been disappointed if the Giants did not get a defensive
lineman in the first round. With Hamilton coming off a torn Achilles tendon, Griffin coming off ankle surgery, and a mish-mash of backups behind them, an infusion of talent and youth was
essential.
Said Accorsi: "Our need is obvious.
We wore out up front because of durability in the San Francisco [playoff loss] and it wasn't just that game. You really need three tackles and three ends." Starters Michael Strahan, Kenny
Holmes, Hamilton, and Cornelius Griffin are secure, but backups including Lance Legree, Dwight Johnson, Frank Ferrara, and Matt Mitrione are on the griddle. Expect Joseph to vault ahead
of them.
"The perfect-case scenario is for Joseph to come in on a rotational basis," Fassel said. "He's got to beat the guys we've got, but we think he has a good chance of doing that."
Had Joseph entered the draft last season, he might have gone higher, but his sack total dropped from 10 in 2001 to five last year, something the Giants attribute in part to his limited
playing time in Miami's deep front four rotation.
Accorsi in the second round added speedy defensive end Osi Umenyiora.
"You can manufacture offensive linemen, to a point. You can't manufacture pass rushers." Umenyiora, a speed rusher with an abundance of raw talent, could be a situational pass-rusher
initially. The Giants are confident he has the ability to eventually develop into a full-time player.
"This guy can fly off the edge and he's
not a little guy [6-foot-3, 275]," director of player personnel Jerry Reese said. "He is a little bit raw, he has a limited background playing football, but he has played all over
the defensive line. He is the perfect guy for us to reach for."
In the third round, Accorsi said the
Giants again would have drafted a defensive lineman -- except that one of their targets, Morgan State tight end Vishante Shiancoe, was still available.
As tight end Vishante Shiancoe worked his way through every drill at the NFL combines in February, the Giants' staff stood in amazement.
"He knocked the lights out," general manager Ernie Accorsi said. "He was at the top levels in everything, and it wasn't just gymnastics. He caught the ball. He has a lot of talent."
The Giants envision Schiancoe, an athletic pass-catcher, teaming with Shockey in two tight-end sets. But Shiancoe will have to improve his blocking to match the prowess of Dan Campbell,
who signed with the Cowboys as a free agent.
Apr 26, - UPDATE: The New York Giants selected Troy State end Osi
Umenyiora with the 56th pick in the NFL draft.
They finished the day, selecting Morgan State tight end Vishante Shiancoe.
Apr 26, - UPDATE: The Giants made their selection with the 25th pick and chose Defensive Tackle
William Joseph, who accumulated 19.5 sacks in four years as a Hurricane.
Eighteen picks into the first round of the NFL draft, the Giants
were seriously concerned they would not get the opportunity to add the impact defensive lineman they coveted. Nine players who do their work on the defensive front had already been selected,
and six more players would go before the Giants would get their chance to choose.
No more defensive linemen were taken before they were on the clock and they selected the best defensive tackle remaining, William Joseph of the University of Miami, who they would have
gladly taken earlier in the round had they had the opportunity.
They were able to secure the four-year starter from arguably the nation's finest collegiate program without budging from their spot at No. 25. They made Joseph the 10th and last defensive
lineman taken in the opening round.
Looking to the other teams in the NFC East, so far it's gone like this:
Selection 5 - Dallas: Cornerback Terence Newman
Terence Newman of Kansas State, once considered
the clear No. 1 cornerback prospect this year, was among the college players visiting the Giants prior to the April 26 NFL draft.
Selection 15 - Philadelphia: Defensive End Jerome McDougle
Jerome McDougle is one of the top pass rushers available in this NFL draft.
