Big Blue View · Feb 25, 2017
New York Giants’ top 10 failed first-round draft choices
Every Giants’ fan that follows the team closely understands that there are plums that can be extracted from the later rounds. And past rosters are full of them: LB Pat Hughes (Round 9), DE’s Justin Tuck (3) and George Martin (11), RB Dave Meggett (5), TE Mark Bavaro (4), LB’s Gary Reasons (4), Devon Kennard (5) and Harry Carson (4), OT’s Doug Reisenberg (6) and Karl Nelson (3), OG David Diehl (5) plus LS Zak DeOssie (4).
And whether it is luck, great scouting, the system the drafted player becomes engaged, injuries to starters, or simply the powers-that-be grasp exactly what they are doing, those later round guys are an important part of the chemistry to any franchise.
