The 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl and 2025 Senior Bowl have now come and gone, shaking up player rankings and evaluations ahead of the 2025 NFL draft. The same thing will occur during and after the 2025 NFL Combine, leaving us in somewhat of a gray area for now.
That means it’s time for another four-round mock draft!
As usual, we used the Pro Football Focus mock draft simulator for this exercise and left all settings on default. There were no trades, we controlled only the New York Giants and limited it to four rounds.
Here’s how things played out:
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Both quarterbacks were off the board and the choice of Abdul Carter, Travis Hunter, and Mason Graham was left. For general manager Joe Schoen, it would be an excellent problem to have — all three players are Day 1 impact starters.
After neglecting the interior defensive line to disastrous consequences a year ago, the Giants add Graham and pair him with nose tackle Dexter Lawrence for the best 1-2 interior punch in the NFL. The potential dominance is off the chart and the team’s run defense would be immediately improved.
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Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart is on the rise and appears to have surpassed Jalen Milroe in the eyes of NFL draft insiders and analysts following the Senior Bowl. He’s likely pushed himself into the Round 1 conversation and may not even fall this far, which is humorously ironic for reasons you’ll understand later in this mock.
Ultimately, the Giants land their quarterback of the future without having to pass on a generational talent at No. 3 overall. They’ll still need to find a bridge in free agency but this would be an ideal outcome.
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Many mock drafts now have Florida State cornerback Azareye’h Thomas going in the second round, including some to the Giants. There’s also a belief that he may have catapulted himself into first-round conversation, but in PFF’s simulation, he was still somehow available in Round 3.
This is an unlikely scenario, but you take what you can get in the simulation world. This would be a steal for the Giants.
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Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson is a monster of a man, standing at 6-foot-7 and weighing 332 pounds. He’s also versatile, with experience at both left tackle and right tackle — the latter of which would be his position in New York.
Crenshaw-Dickson’s stock is likely to rise considerably if he attends and participates in the NFL Combine. His measurables are off the charts and he’s also put some good film together.
Crenshaw-Dickson is a better pass protector than run blocker but is above average in both areas.
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The value-need combination was lacking at this point in the simulation and with no trades, the choice was to overdraft a player or find some value at a secondary position of need. We remain adamant that the Giants will add another running back this offseason, so we went with Brashard Smith’s explosiveness.
The Giants struggle to generate big plays and Smith would certainly help alleviate that in a reserve role. Give him a crease and watch the yards pile up.
And this highlights the flaw in PFF’s grading/ranking system. Giving the Giants an “F” for landing Dart in the second round is what we referenced earlier. Even Graham being given a “B” grade is somewhat comical, given his level of talent and potential NFL dominance.
We don’t run these simulations for the final PFF grade; we run them to see if we could improve New York’s roster if we were in Schoen’s shoes. We like this draft much more than PFF does.
