39th Overall Pick: T'vondre Sweat - Defensive Tackle - Texas
The Giants will be picking twice in the second round thanks to the Leonard Williams trade with Seattle. While T'vondre Sweat isn't a Williams-type player, he'd be an incredible youngster to plug in next to Dexter Lawrence.
Sweat totaled 45 tackles and two sacks in 2023 for the Texas Longhorns en route to becoming a unanimous All-American and winning the Outland Trophy for the nation's top interior lineman.
Adding a player of Sweat's caliber would help New York on the inside, especially with effective running teams in the division. Lawrence is a massive presence and adding another mountain of a defensive tackle could help free up edge rushers Kayvon Thibodeaux and Azeez Ojulari.
#Texas T'Vondre Sweat (#93) has such a rare mix of power and quickness for a player his size (350+ lbs?). Eager to see him in 1v1s tomorrow at practice.
— Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) January 30, 2024
SB measurements: 6042, 33 5/8" arms, 10 3/8" hands. No weight listed. pic.twitter.com/AKkyu3Xu9K
47th Overall Pick: Zak Zinter - Interior Offensive Line - Michigan
The Giants will have this pick thanks to the aforementioned Leonard Williams trade but, they should use it to build up the other side of the football. Zak Zinter would've been in conversations for the first round if not for a season-ending leg injury while at Michigan.
Zinter is one of the more impressive guards in this year's draft class, being named a unanimous All-American and making the first-team All-Big Ten twice and the second-team once.
New York dealt with issues along the offensive line all season with Josh Ezeudu suffering an injury and will potentially lose Ben Bredeson in free agency. Adding Zinter would provide a massive boost to the O-line in both the running game as well as in pass protection.
If the Giants plan to bring in a quarterback the following year to replace Jones, they better draft interior linemen like Zinter to help protect him.