It was merely one pick of the eight the Giants are scheduled to make in this NFL draft, but Ereck Flowers in the first round Thursday night with the ninth-overall pick might turn out to be one of the biggest players Jerry Reese has taken in his nine years as Giants general manager.
Literally and figuratively.
Reese is a general manager overseeing a team that has failed to make the playoffs the past three years and five of the last six. He, too, has spent a lot of his eight previous drafts swinging and missing on offensive-line prospects.