Every player selected near the top of the NFL draft wants to prove he is worthy of getting taken so high. Deandre Baker has even more to live up to: The Giants gave up a bundle to get him. General manager Dave Gettleman parted with three draft picks to get up into the back end of the first round to take the cornerback from Georgia.
There is some pressure to live up to being the marquee player in such a deal.
“I just come in and play my game and just show them they haven’t made a mistake by coming to get me,’’ Baker said Friday at Giants rookie minicamp.