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Since Gettleman took over because the Giants’ normal supervisor in December of 2017, the franchise has gone 15-33: three seasons with double-digit losses. In 2020 below rookie head coach Joe Judge, the staff completed with a 6-10 report and contended for its first postseason berth since 2016, due to the weak spot of the N.F.C. East division.
In 2018, Gettleman chosen at No. 2 Saquon Barkley, who was sidelined in Week 2 final season with an anterior cruciate ligament tear. The staff announced Wednesday that it had picked up Barkley’s fifth-year choice. In 2019, the G.M. took with the sixth total decide the present starter at quarterback, Daniel Jones, who has slowly improved his accuracy after taking up for the two-time Super Bowl winner Eli Manning.
That yr Gettleman additionally drafted Dexter Lawrence and Deandre Baker, who was waived in September 2020, within the first spherical. Last yr, the Giants selected offensive sort out Andrew Thomas, who began 15 video games this yr.
Perhaps below much less scrutiny and nonetheless feeling the afterglow of its first A.F.C. championship appearance since 1993, Buffalo (13-Three in 2020) added defensive finish Gregory Rousseau from the Miami at No. 30. The Bills have incumbent starters at defensive finish, Jerry Hughes and Mario Addison, and might take time growing the 21-year-old Rousseau, who was named the A.C.C.’s defensive rookie of the yr as a redshirt freshman in 2019. That yr, he had 15.5 sacks — second solely to Chase Young’s 16.5 — and gained all-conference honors. He was certainly one of many players who opted out of the 2020 college football season amid the pandemic.
“I feel like I really rely on my motor a lot but I’m also going to just keep getting my technique better, and I’m going to just be the best player I can be,” Rousseau instructed reporters after his choice. “I’m ready to earn the respect of my teammates, my peers, my coaches and everybody in Buffalo — even the fans.”
The Jets additionally traded up for his or her second decide within the first spherical after choosing quarterback Zach Wilson second over all. At No. 14, they gathered Alijah Vera-Tucker, an offensive guard from the University of Southern California, because the staff hopes to rebrand its line below new head coach Robert Saleh. They had already traded former beginning quarterback Sam Darnold to the Carolina Panthers earlier this month.
