Grading every Giants 2025 NFL Draft pick: Joe Schoen’s patient strategy pays off

Six years ago, the Giants made three first-round draft picks, including a quarterback. Is 2025 just déjà vu? Not at all. The difference between what general Dave Gettleman did then and what his successor Joe Schoen did this weekend — with his two first-round picks and a quarterback — is glaring.

Gettleman didn’t show the fortitude or patience needed and forced Daniel Jones at pick No. 6, instead of taking pass-rusher Josh Hines-Allen and later trading up from No. 17 to get Jones (Not that anyone is complaining about using No.



17 on Dexter Lawrence)..