{"id":724642,"date":"2026-02-02T21:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/724642\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:31:14","slug":"matt-miller-nfl-mock-draft-carnell-tate-dangelo-ponds-to-ny-giants-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/724642\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Miller NFL mock draft: Carnell Tate, D\u2019Angelo Ponds to NY Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">5. New York Giants &#8211; Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">The Giants are fascinating to project in many ways. They have a good young nucleus in QB Jaxson Dart, RB Cam Skattebo, WR Malik Nabers and edge Abdul Carter, along with established stars in OT Andrew Thomas, Edge Brian Burns and DT Dexter Lawrence II &#8212; but something is clearly missing. Could loading up on offense be the answer? Tate would be the perfect complement to Nabers given his precise route running and workmanlike ability to win catches in traffic. Tate\u2019s tape reminds me of Justin Jefferson at LSU, and he enters the league with a similar body type and skill set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">So although the Giants could consider a right tackle or defensive back here, pairing Tate with Nabers to give Dart more playmakers is the move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">37. New York Giants &#8211; D\u2019Angelo Ponds, CB, Indiana<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">As far as I\u2019m concerned, Ponds is one of the best pure football players in this class. He\u2019s the best nickelback available and was a consistent playmaker for the Hoosiers, with seven career interceptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"5. New York Giants &#8211; Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State The Giants are fascinating to project in many&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,1208,37129],"class_list":{"0":"post-724642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-york-giants-draft","10":"tag-new-york-giants-mock-draft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116003175456854234","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}