"The New York Giants avoided the allure of taking Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders," B/R's Brent Sobleski wrote in his immediate reaction on draft night. "Instead, they selected Abdul Carter, the one player who had an argument as the class’ best player over Travis Hunter, whom the Jacksonville Jaguars selected one pick earlier.

The Giants had an NFL-low $1.6 million in salary cap space as a team as of Thursday morning, however, to fit Carter’s $8.2 million cap hit for his first season.