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Dan Benton

Giants win the lotto in Touchdown Wire’s NFL reset mock draft

As part of an offseason exercise, our friends over at Touchdown Wire decided to conduct an NFL reset mock draft. That meant putting all current players into a pool and then drafting them similarly to what you’d see in the Madden video game series.

Ensuring that every team had the same odds of acquiring a top player, the draft order was determined at random. And as luck would have it, the New York Giants ended up with pick No. 1 overall.

Jackpot.

1. New York Giants: Patrick Mahomes, QB

There is very little question about who this pick was going to be, and it was essentially a lottery ticket that the Giants sprint to the podium. Patrick Mahomes is the best player in football at the most important position.

In this alternate universe, the Giants now field the league’s most dynamic player and top quarterback in Patrick Mahomes.

As far as other current Giants, nose tackle Dexter Lawrence went to the Dallas Cowboys at No. 28 overall.

One of the most underappreciated players in the league, the Dallas Cowboys do not take his talent for granted having to face Dexter Lawrence twice a year. They will continue a defensive focused rebuild and this is a great starting point.

Running back Saquon Barkley, left tackle Andrew Thomas and quarterback Daniel Jones went undrafted in the one-round mock.

If those of us at Giants Wire were able to continue this draft and make the first selection of Round 2, Thomas would warrant serious consideration.

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