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• Giants sign four draft picks

  17-05-2022 00:13 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants signed both of their first-round picks over the weekend and they got four more picks under contract on Monday. The team announced the signings of three fifth-round picks — linebacker Micah McFadden, defensive tackle D.J. Davidson, and guard Marcus McKethan — and sixth-round linebacker Darrian Beavers. Five of their picks from last month [more]
  
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• Joe Judge: You’ll see me on the field working with QBs

  16-05-2022 18:51 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Patriots are staying away from coaching titles and labels heading into the 2022 season since Bill Belichick declared in March that he’s not “big” on them. But there is more clarity emerging from New England, at least for Joe Judge. The former Giants head coach was the Patriots’ special teams coordinator from 2015-2019, adding [more]
  
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• Giants sign first-round picks Kayvon Thibodeaux, Evan Neal

  14-05-2022 22:20 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Both of the Giants’ first-round draft picks got their rookie deals done today. Giants defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux and offensive tackle Evan Neal both signed their rookie contracts today. As the fifth overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft, Thibodeaux gets a four-year, $31.34 million contract. As the No. 7 pick, Neal gets a four-year, [more]
  
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• Kayvon Thibodeaux notices a post-draft shift: “The narrative for sure changed”

  13-05-2022 22:07 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  Life has changed dramatically in the past two weeks for Giants defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux. In many ways. One thing that has changed is the attitude toward him. “The narrative for sure changed,” Thibodeaux told reporters on Friday. “If you notice, everybody thinks I’m a good guy now, and it’s all funny. Which is hilarious [more]
  
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• Lions are only team without scheduled primetime game in 2022

  13-05-2022 15:30 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Lions will be featured on a national level during training camp as the team on Hard Knocks this year. But once things flip to the regular season, the league has set up the Lions to fade into obscurity. Detroit is the only team with zero scheduled primetime games in 2022. Of course, the Lions [more]
  
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• Giants sign 11 undrafted free agents

  13-05-2022 12:45 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants announced the signing of 11 undrafted free agents on Thursday and one member of the group has a familiar name to football fans from the 1980s and 1990s. Defensive lineman Christopher Hinton is the son of Chris Hinton, who spent more than a decade as a starting tackle for the Colts, Falcons and [more]
  
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• New York Giants schedule 2022: Dates, times, TV, opponents for Weeks 1-18 

  13-05-2022 03:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It’s been a tough couple of years for the New York Giants, who last made the playoffs in the 2016 season. In 2022, they’ll hope to turn things around under the direction of a new head coach: Brian Daboll, formerly the offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills. Now that the full 18-week 2022 NFL schedule [more]
  
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• Five games are eligible for Week 15 Saturday triple-header

  13-05-2022 02:57 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  With Christmas Day falling on a Sunday in 2022, most of the Week 16 matchups will be played on Saturday with three featured games on Dec. 25. The week before, it will be the opposite. The NFL will have a Saturday triple-header on Dec. 17, with five games in a pool that are eligible to [more]
  
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• Monday Night Football: Broncos at Seahawks kicks off ESPN’s schedule

  13-05-2022 02:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  ESPN will debut a new broadcasting team this season, having lured Joe Buck and Troy Aikman from Fox to join sideline reporter Lisa Salters and rules analyst John Parry. Michelle Beisner-Buck also joins the team to present feature content. The crew will hit the ground running, getting Russell Wilson‘s return to Seattle in his Broncos [more]
  
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• Thanksgiving Day games: Bills-Lions, Giants-Cowboys and Patriots-Vikings

  13-05-2022 02:10 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Day game annually produces the highest ratings of the regular-season schedule. The Cowboys-Raiders game on Thanksgiving last November in Week 12 drew 40.8 million viewers. That far outpaced the second-place game, the Cowboys and Chiefs drew 28.7 million viewers in Week 11. It doesn’t matter who the Cowboys host. Everyone watches in [more]
  
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• Chiefs-Cardinals, Raiders-Chargers highlight Sunday afternoon schedule in Week 1

  13-05-2022 00:40 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The three biggest games of the league’s opening weekend all were previously reported: The Bills and Rams will kick off the 2022 NFL season with a Thursday Night Football game at SoFi Stadium; the Bucs will play at the Cowboys in the first Sunday Night Football game, which is a rematch of their season opener [more]
  
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• Report: Giants will be in Dallas for Thanksgiving

  12-05-2022 23:46 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys are reportedly set to face one division rival at home on Christmas Eve and another NFC East squad is set to visit on Thanksgiving. Paul Schwartz of the New York Post reports that the Giants will be headed to Dallas for the annual 4:25 p.m. holiday game at AT&T Stadium. The Giants have [more]
  
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• Giants announce four personnel department hires

  12-05-2022 17:37 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants General Manager Joe Schoen is continuing to put his own stamp on the team’s personnel department. The team announced the hiring of director of pro scouting Chris Rossetti, assistant director of player personnel Dennis Hickey, national scout Mike Derice, and Southwest area scout Scott Hamel on Thursday. They previously hired Brandon Brown as assistant [more]
  
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• Bears sign Dante Pettis

  12-05-2022 02:45 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Receiver Dante Pettis has signed with the Bears. Pettis broke the news himself, tweeting a photo of him signing his deal. Pettis, 26, played only three games with the Giants last season before landing on injured reserve with a left shoulder injury. He caught 10 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown. Pettis, a second-round [more]
  
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• Bears cut Jesper Horsted with failed physical, claim Rysen John

  11-05-2022 23:28 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Bears claimed tight end Rysen John off waivers from the Giants. John, 24, spent last season on injured reserve with an ankle injury. He arrived in the NFL by way of Canada. The Simon Fraser graduate was selected in the third round of the 2020 CFL draft. He went unselected in the NFL draft [more]
  
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• Jaguars waive Matthew Wright, claim two off waivers

  11-05-2022 22:54 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Jaguars have made a few roster moves on Wednesday, adding a couple of players for depth while cutting their regular kicker from last season. Jacksonville announced the team has claimed edge rusher Rashod Berry off waivers from the Lions and offensive lineman Wes Martin off waivers from the Giants. Additionally, the club has waived [more]
  
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• Graham Gano gave up No. 5 to Kayvon Thibodeaux for $50K donation to charity

  10-05-2022 21:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Veteran kicker Graham Gano revealed the terms of the deal he struck with Giants first-round pick Kayvon Thibodeaux to give up No. 5. Gano had resisted overtures from former Giant Jabrill Peppers to give up the number and knew that more were coming the moment the Giants drafted the edge rusher. Thibodeaux was able to [more]
  
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• Giants waive four players

  10-05-2022 15:29 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants made some room on the roster for incoming rookie free agents on Tuesday. The team announced that they have waived four players ahead of the start of rookie minicamp later this week. Linebacker Omari Cobb, tight end Jake Hausmann, tight end Rysen John, and offensive lineman Wes Martin. Martin appeared in seven games [more]
  
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• Report: Raiders have interest in James Bradberry

  10-05-2022 12:28 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cornerback James Bradberry became a free agent when the Giants put an end to attempts to find a trading partner and released him on Monday. The lack of a trade isn’t likely a reflection of outside interest in Bradberry, however. Teams knew the Giants were up against the wall on the salary cap front, which [more]
  
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• Kayvon Thibodeaux will wear No. 5

  09-05-2022 23:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Jabrill Peppers tried to buy No. 5 from Graham Gano last year but found the kicker’s asking price “way too high.” Either Gano lowered his price or rookie Kayvon Thibodeaux is spending part of his signing bonus on securing his preferred jersey number. The Giants tweeted a photo of the No. 5 with “Thibodeaux” on [more]
  
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• A second team in Dallas isn’t as crazy as it sounds

  09-05-2022 22:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  On the surface, the notion of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones sharing the Dallas market with another team is ludicrous, especially in light of the fact that many believe Jones would not want a team potentially horning in on the Cowboys’ turf in San Antonio. However, it’s one thing to share a market. It’s quite another [more]
  
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• Report: Texans were close to James Bradberry trade, but couldn’t agree on contract

  09-05-2022 21:16 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Any hope the Giants had about trading cornerback James Bradberry came to an end on Monday when they announced his release. Bradberry’s departure was expected because the Giants needed the $10 million-plus in cap space that came with it, but they were trying to salvage something for a player who was a starter on their [more]
  
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• Giants release James Bradberry

  09-05-2022 19:46 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  A veteran cornerback is hitting free agency. The Giants have released James Bradberry after failing to find a trade partner for him, the team announced on Monday. New General Manager Joe Schoen had said last week that he thought there would be more interest in Bradberry. But the cornerback’s contract likely contributed to the dry [more]
  
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• Osi Umenyiora sees himself in Kayvon Thibodeaux

  09-05-2022 15:20 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When the Giants chose defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux with the fifth overall pick in the draft, former Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora liked what he saw. Primarily because he saw a player a lot like himself. Umenyiora wasn’t quite the high-level prospect that Thibodeaux was (Umenyiora went to the Giants with the 46th overall pick [more]
  
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• Joe Schoen: Not many negatives on Kayvon Thibodeaux

  05-05-2022 22:06 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  The Giants surprised everyone last Thursday by making Oregon defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux the fifth overall pick in the draft. It came at a time when there was persistent buzz that the one-time favorite to go first overall would slide out of the top 10. G.M. Joe Schoen recently addressed with #PFTPM the noise surrounding [more]
  
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• Giants welcome “good problem” of Daniel Jones thriving in final year of contract

  05-05-2022 15:40 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants view Daniel Jones as the guy. But they didn’t view him as the guy strongly enough to exercise his fifth-year option on his rookie deal. A Wednesday #PFTPM conversation with G.M. Joe Schoen featured multiple questions about the decision to not make a $22 million commitment in 2023 to a player to whom [more]
  
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• With 2022 European games, NFL fully embraces Sunday morning window

  05-05-2022 05:12 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Folks in Seattle aren’t thrilled with the fact that their local team will be playing a game against the Buccaneers in Germany that starts at 6:30 a.m. PT. But that’s what happens when the NFL becomes determined to expand the number of windows for NFL games. All four of the 2022 European games land in [more]
  
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• Ryan Tannehill should not be expected to mentor Malik Willis

  05-05-2022 01:45 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill made waves on Tuesday by saying it’s not his job to mentor rookie quarterback Malik Willis. And it’s not Tannehill’s job to mentor Malik Willis. It’s Tannehill’s job to be the best quarterback for the Titans that he can be. It’s his duty to himself and his family to maximize his [more]
  
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• With no trade market developing, Giants close to releasing James Bradberry

  04-05-2022 22:49 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Cornerback James Bradberry‘s time with the Giants is coming to an end sooner than later. General Manager Joe Schoen said on WFAN on Wednesday afternoon that the team should have a resolution by the end of the week. The Giants have had no success trading Bradberry. “I thought there would be more interest,” Schoen said, [more]
  
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• Erich Barnes, Star Defensive Back for the 1960s Giants, Dies at 86

  04-05-2022 19:50 via nytimes.com
  
  A speedy cornerback who also played for the Chicago Bears and the Cleveland Browns, he was often matched against the league’s best wide receivers.
  
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• NFL announces London matchups for the 2022 season

  04-05-2022 14:27 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL has announced the participants in the three games that will take place in London during the 2022 regular season. February brought word that the Saints, Packers, and Jaguars would be the designated home teams for games in England. The Saints will be first up as they will be taking on the Vikings at [more]
  
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• Jerry Jones revealed top of Cowboys’ draft board, with Kayvon Thibodeaux at No. 1

  04-05-2022 04:09 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys accidentally revealed their draft board in 2010 and again in 2013 when owner Jerry Jones did interviews in front of it. On Thursday, Jones intentionally leaked the top of the team’s draft board. Jones was trying to prove the Cowboys had Tulsa offensive lineman Tyler Smith rated ahead of offensive guards Zion Johnson [more]
  
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• Saquon Barkley impressed by Evan Neal, excited to have him as teammate

  04-05-2022 02:41 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Saquon Barkley got his first up-close look at Evan Neal during the offensive lineman’s top-30 visit to the Giants’ locker room. “I was like ‘Wow, who is that?’” Barkley said Tuesday night, via Tom Rock of Newsday. “I was like ‘I would not be mad if we picked him up.’” The Giants drafted Neal with [more]
  
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• Brian Daboll: Kadarius Toney picking things up well

  03-05-2022 20:28 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Wide receiver Kadarius Toney wasn’t at the start of the Giants’ offseason workouts or their voluntary minicamp last month and there was word that the team was considering trade options involving their 2021 first-round pick. The team has doused those reports, but they may have helped convince Toney to report to the team’s workouts last [more]
  
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• Brian Daboll: Daniel Jones has a great mindset and good mental toughness

  03-05-2022 19:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Though the Giants declined to exercise Daniel Jones‘ fifth-year option, they’re still planning on him being the team’s starting quarterback entering 2022. If Jones performs well this season, New York could use the franchise tag to make sure Jones doesn’t hit the open market next spring. But if not, there won’t be any financial consequences [more]
  
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• Joe Schoen on trading down in second round: More picks would benefit us the most

  03-05-2022 17:59 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  No one really knows which draft picks will turn into the best NFL players, but the more picks you have, the greater your chances of hitting on some of them. That’s something Giants General Manager Joe Schoen thought about during the second round of the draft. Schoen started Round 2 of the draft with the [more]
  
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• Nineteen 2019 first-rounders had their fifth-year options exercised

  03-05-2022 14:51 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Monday was the deadline for teams to exercise their fifth-year options on the contracts of 2019 first-round picks and 19 of those options wound up being exercised. That group includes first-overall pick Kyler Murray, who may land a long-term contract extension before the start of the 2022 season. All the players in the class are [more]
  
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• In resisting settlement talks in Flores litigation, NFL retreats to its belief that the case is “without merit”

  03-05-2022 02:41 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL initially declared that the Brian Flores case is “without merit.” But then the NFL seemed to acknowledge that there were merit to the claims. More recently, the NFL has reverted to its “without merit” mantra. Via Daniel Wallach of ConductDetrimental.com, the judge presiding over the litigation invited the parties to participate in a [more]
  
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• Report: Giants fire director of college scouting, senior personnel executive

  03-05-2022 02:00 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  New Giants General Manager Joe Schoen kept most of the staff he inherited through the draft, but once the draft ended, he didn’t waste time making changes. The Giants have fired Chris Pettit as the director of college scouting and senior personnel executive Kyle O’Brien, Neil Stratton of insidetheleague.com. Former General Manager Dave Gettleman promoted [more]
  
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• NFL’s motion to compel arbitration will take center stage in Brian Flores case this summer

  02-05-2022 18:46 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The first battle in the Brian Flores litigation against the NFL will play out as to the question of whether the case will play out in court, or in the NFL’s secret rigged kangaroo court. Via Daniel Wallach of ConductDetrimental.com, a scheduling conference held in the Flores case resulted in key timelines that will devote [more]
  
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• Giants “working through some things” on James Bradberry

  02-05-2022 16:08 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Chatter about the Giants parting ways with cornerback James Bradberry has been frequent this offseason, but Bradberry remains on the roster and General Manager Joe Schoen offered no hints this weekend about when that might change. Bradberry’s departure would free up more than $10 million in cap space that the Giants need to sign their [more]
  
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• Kayvon Thibodeaux: I know I have to put in the work

  30-04-2022 21:38 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When the 2021 college season came to an end, Kayvon Thibodeaux’s name was at the top of a lot of mock drafts but he wound up going a few picks later in the first round. The Giants took Thibodeaux fifth overall and some thought the defensive end might drop even further due to questions about [more]
  
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• Kayvon Thibodeaux wants to wear No. 5, but Graham Gano expected to drive a hard bargain

  30-04-2022 21:26 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Jabrill Peppers tried to buy No. 5 from kicker Graham Gano last year, after the NFL relaxed its rules for jersey numbers. The safety kept 21 after learning Gano’s asking price, calling it “way too high.” Tyrod Taylor wore No. 5 the past seven seasons. But after arriving as a free agent this offseason, he [more]
  
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• Giants draft picks 2022: All of New York’s selections, NFL draft results, team order

  30-04-2022 17:55 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The New York Giants enter the 2022 NFL Draft as one of the worst teams in the league after finishing the 2021 season with a 4-13 record, good for last place in the NFC East. Former head coach Joe Judge lasted just two seasons with the team, posting a 10-23 record in 33 games. This [more]
  
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• Joe Schoen: A few teams had medical concerns on Evan Neal but most doctors cleared him

  30-04-2022 13:37 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants General Manager Joe Schoen acknowledged that there were some medical concerns regarding offensive tackle Evan Neal prior to the draft, but Schoen said the Giants’ doctors were confident enough that Neal will stay healthy that Schoen didn’t hesitate to take him with the seventh overall pick in the draft. “On the medical, a lot [more]
  
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• What’s next for Baker Mayfield?

  30-04-2022 06:02 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Panthers and Browns were trying to find a landing spot for Baker Mayfield. They reportedly couldn’t strike a deal on splitting his $18,8 million base salary, prompting the Panthers to pivot to Matt Corral. So what’s next for Mayfield? The Panthers and Falcons have drafted quarterbacks. The Seahawks didn’t. Other teams that were looking [more]
  
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• Joe Schoen: We’re not shopping Kadarius Toney

  30-04-2022 02:21 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants traded down twice on Friday night before using the 43rd overall pick to select former Kentucky wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson. Robinson’s arrival comes after a rocky start to 2021 first-round pick Kadarius Toney‘s career that included a failure to report to the early days of their offseason program. Toney eventually reported to work [more]
  
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• Giants add Wan’Dale Robinson at No. 43

  30-04-2022 02:01 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants were supposed to have the fourth pick of the second round on Friday night, but they made a pair of trades to add picks later in the draft before finally making their first selection of Day 2. Wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson was selected with the 43rd overall pick. Robinson transferred from Nebraska to [more]
  
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• Jets trade up to No. 36 to select Breece Hall

  30-04-2022 01:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Jets and Giants have swapped places in the second round and the draft’s first running back is off the board. With the 36th overall pick, the Jets have selected running back Breece Hall out of Iowa State. Hall is not only the first running back to be selected in 2022, but he’s also the [more]
  
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• How the Jets and Giants Won the First Round of the NFL Draft

  29-04-2022 19:05 via nytimes.com
  
  The Jets scooped Ahmad Gardner, Garrett Wilson and Jermaine Johnson II, three of their eight top targets in the N.F.L. draft, while the Giants bolstered both lines with Kayvon Thibodeaux and Evan Neal.
  
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