{"id":865562,"date":"2026-04-13T15:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/865562\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:04:09","slug":"new-york-giants-2026-nfl-draft-picks-biggest-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/865562\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants 2026 NFL draft picks, biggest needs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jordan RaananApr 13, 2026, 06:00 AM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Jordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can be heard hosting on ESPN Radio. Raanan joined ESPN in 2016.<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The 2026 NFL draft<\/a> (8 p.m. ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN App) will start on April 23 in Pittsburgh. The New York Giants<\/a> are scheduled to make seven of the draft’s 257 picks<\/a>, beginning with the No. 5 selection of the first round on Thursday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the three-day event (Rounds 2-3 on April 24 and Rounds 4-7 on April 25), we will update this page with analysis on every pick.<\/p>\n

A full list of Giants’ selections are below, in addition to positional needs.<\/p>\n

NFL draft coverage:
Latest expert mock drafts<\/a>
Kiper’s Big Board<\/a> | Team needs<\/a>
Consensus rankings<\/a> | More<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"New York Giants 2026 draft picks<\/p>\n

Round 1: No. 5<\/p>\n

Round 2: No. 37<\/p>\n

Round 4: No. 105<\/p>\n

Round 5: No. 145<\/p>\n

Round 6: No. 186<\/p>\n

Round 6: No. 192<\/p>\n

Round 6: No. 193<\/p>\n

Top three needs<\/a>: DT, G, CB<\/p>\n

The Giants desperately need to improve in the trenches. They gave up a league-high 5.3 yards per carry last season and still haven’t adequately addressed their interior defensive line. They’re also currently without a starting right guard after it didn’t work out<\/a> with Alijah Vera-Tucker<\/a> in free agency, and with Greg Van Roten<\/a> still unsigned.<\/p>\n

Plus, the Giants don’t have a true No. 1 cornerback. Instead, they’re banking on Paulson Adebo<\/a>, whom they paid<\/a> a lot of money to add last year, and Greg Newsome II<\/a> on a prove-it deal<\/a> with little behind them.<\/p>\n

Let’s say the Giants are on the clock at No. 5 and their top options at WR, OL, LB, CB and S are all there. Which direction do they go?<\/p>\n

The Giants’ biggest need is right guard, where they’re without a starter unless they have full confidence in Evan Neal,<\/a> which seems nearly impossible right now. But would they really draft a right guard at No. 5, even if he can later slide out to tackle? Who is the best available player: Ohio State S Caleb Downs<\/a> or Buckeyes LB Sonny Styles<\/a>? Linebacker it is, in this case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jordan RaananApr 13, 2026, 06:00 AM ET CloseJordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[7,6,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-865562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-nfl-playoffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116398019219223945","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865562","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=865562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}