Even disregarding the huge color discrepancy, it’s rare to see the pair in the same sentence. The Giants, until recently, were seen as a model professional football franchise, while the Browns could write a textbook on how not to run a business. Yet, 2017 brought them together, if only briefly on the ensuing year’s NFL draft board.
Picking this high, second overall to be precise, is not part of the Giants culture. Since the turn of the century, the Giants have made their first draft selection in the top 10 only four times (albeit three of those occasions coming in the last four years).