NY Giants Draft, Day 2: 3 trade scenarios for the Giants at No. 37 overall

The Giants could potentially land a defensive tackle like Texas Tech’s Lee Hunter at 53rd and a receiver like Ja’Kobi Lane or Bryce Lance at 76th overall.

Scenario 2 – Packaging picks

For this one we’ll turn to the Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins have four (4) third-round picks, and they’ll want to take as many picks as they can to add talent to (arguably) the most depleted roster in the NFL. However, they could be enticed to move up six spots from 43rd to 37th if there’s a player they like available.

In this scenario the Dolphins could send the Giants one of their third-round picks — we won’t be greedy and ask for 86th overall — though the Giants might have to add 145th to sweeten the pot.

Moving down six spots might allow the Giants to still get one of the players that slipped out of the first. They might still be in the range to get the big defensive tackle Kayden McDonald out of Ohio State, a big, sure-handed, contested-catch winner in Denzel Boston, or a dynamic vertical threat like Chris Brazzell II.

Or perhaps even a player like Eli Stowers, who some think might be a Power Slot, and not a tight end, in the NFL. They could pair that player with a prospect like Ted Hurst (WR, Georgia State), Bryce Lance (WR, North Dakota State), Chris McClellan (iDL, Missouri) or Darrell Jackson Jr. (Florida State) in the 3rd round.

Scenario 3 – Moving Kayvon Thibodeaux

Finally we come to the scenario many have been waiting for since the Giants drafted Abdul Carter No. 3 overall in 2025. You can never have enough pass rushers, but the Giants have an embarrassment of riches between Brian Burns, Carter, Kayvon Thibodeaux, and now Arvell Reese.

The Giants said that they don’t intend to trade Thibodeaux and they don’t want to give away talent after trading Dexter Lawrence. However, what if the edge-needy Chicago Bears approach the Giants for Thibodeaux?

It’s very unlikely that the Bears would be able to find an edge defender with Thibodeaux’s ability at 57th overall. This is a deep class of edge defenders, however neither TJ Parker nor Zion Young measure up to what Thibodeaux is at his best.

Given how the pass rusher class has thinned out, it’s possible that the Giants could exchange 37th overall for 57th and 60th overall.

This year’s draft has already been wild, however the Giants could (possibly) get a player like Georgia State wide receiver Ted Hurst and Iowa State defensive tackle Domonique Orange.

Will that happen? We’ll see. There are could players with “first round” grades available at both positions when the Giants are on the clock at 37th overall. Both McDonald and Boston fell out of the first round. Either could make the decision to trade out difficult, but it’s useful to look at scenarios the with which Giants could be faced.