Draft Wire's Curt Popejoy has Big Blue selecting ninth overall, which means fans will endure another losing season in 2025. The New Orleans Saints selected ninth in this year's draft, and their record was 5-12. That would be just a two-game improvement for the Giants, who finished 3-14 last season.

This is the first pick in my mock draft I actually deserve any sort of credit for predicting correctly. It might also be the last. I was convinced the Panthers were taking a pass rusher. I honestly never considered a receiver here. This was a swing-and-a-miss. Yikes. I was way off the mark here.

Bleacher Report's Brent Sobleski and Matt Holder already provided a first glance at the 2026 crop of talent, while projecting potential landing spots 12 months in advance. Sobleski handled the AFC side of things, while Holder took the NFC. DraftKings ' reverse Super Bowl odds determined the draft order.