Two weeks ago the conversation around Jordyn Tyson was trending down. Medical concerns, toughness questions, a falling stock. Then he did the workout, looked great by every account at Arizona State, and the noise flipped. Todd McShay now thinks the Giants at Tyson thing might be real.
That changes the order for him. Carnell Tate, who most boards had as WR1, may not be the first receiver off the board. McShay thinks it starts with Tate at eight to the Saints. Except now the Saints might take Tyson. Which means Tate could slide to the Chiefs, and the Giants get another swing at ten.
The Giants piece is where the puzzle gets interesting. The word on the draft street is that the Giants do not want Sonny Styles, which, by Rich's translation, means Sonny Styles is going to be a Giant. With the Dexter Jackson trade giving them pick ten alongside pick five, McShay thinks New York is going shopping.
His logic: Tyson at five is a reach, but Tyson at ten is gone. If Abdul Carter or David Bailey is still on the board at five, McShay would not trade back. Rich pushed. Why lock in Tyson at five when the phones will be ringing? Because the phones are going to ring, McShay said. And the Saints will be the ones calling. Mickey Loomis is not letting an edge slide to five in a Brandon Staley scheme without making a run.
So New York moves back. Picks eight and ten. Cleveland takes an offensive tackle at seven. Sonny Styles becomes the floor for the Giants at eight, then Caleb Downs slides into reach at ten.
On Abdul Carter: if he does not go three, he goes four. If he does not go four, he goes five, and the Giants take him. That is what McShay is hearing.
Rich closed it the way the moment deserved. The first 80 to 100 minutes of this draft are going to be intense. The names are known. Which name goes where is still a mad lib.
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