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Revisiting the best and worst draft picks from nearly three decades on the Giants beat

A journey into the best and worst Giants draft picks from covering the team for almost three decades.

The lessons from a painful decade of Giants first-round picks

Since the Giants won their last Super Bowl following the 2011 season, they have made 10 selections in the first round of the NFL Draft. Not all were busts. None...

Giants draft bust headed back to NFC East in Dolphins trade

Ereck Flowers is heading back to his old NFC East home. Exhale, Giants fans, it is his other old NFC East home. The Dolphins traded Flowers to the Washington Football...

Giants bust now getting praise you won't believe

Giants fans reading this next sentence are either going to laugh or feel nauseous regret. Ereck Flowers is going to land a big contract as a free agent with some...

Key Giants rookie facing cruel injury scenario

Sometimes the game is cruel. Ryan Connelly, a rookie linebacker, not only earned a starting job with the Giants, but he was making plays to help his team win games....

Ereck Flowers calls Giants 'toxic' in postgame rant

Ereck Flowers doesn’t miss the Giants. He’s thrilled to be gone from, in his words, a “toxic” situation. “Nobody’s more happy not to be here than me,” he said with...

New Giant piling up some sacks, but he doesn't want to hear it

Leave the counting for others. Markus Golden is not having it. Let the record show he has three sacks in his first three games for the Giants — a promising...

Cowboys enjoy draft edge over Giants in one key area

ARLINGTON, Texas — Once again, the Giants will meet up with the Cowboys and get a reminder — and perhaps a smack in the mouth — what a team looks...

Giants bust wonders why he's so disliked

Ereck Flowers doesn't like how his time with the Giants went either. But Flowers -- the much-maligned offensive lineman who was released in October 2018 after three-plus disastrous seasons --...

Ereck Flowers close to finding a new team to disappoint

Ereck Flowers goes to Washington. The former first-round draft bust's visit with the Redskins made a big enough impression that the team signed the offensive lineman to a one-year deal...

Tracing how Giants' offensive line crumbled around Manning

The last years of Eli Manning’s prime were wasted because the Giants could not build a wall in front of him — could not find the kind of tough, smart,...

Tracing the roots of this Giants nightmare to one fateful day

There is no one day we can mark on the calendar to unequivocally signify: This is where it all went bad. No exact instant we can stamp as the beginning...

The makings of a huge Giants bust

ATLANTA — Looking back, it almost seems like a different season, back when Ereck Flowers was on the roster, on the field and so often giving Giants fans something to...

Giants to make another change to the starting offensive line

The Giants are making changes to their beleaguered offensive line — again. This time, it’s a player the new regime brought in, not a disappointing holdover. Right guard Patrick Omameh...

Ereck Flowers is happy to be away from the Giants, too

Ereck Flowers is ready to make the most of his second chance under Tom Coughlin's watch. After clearing waivers last week, following his release from the Giants after four seasons,...

Ereck Flowers pulled off scrap heap by familiar face

Being released by the Giants might have been the best thing for Ereck Flowers. The Giants finally gave up on the draft bust Tuesday after failing to find a trade...

Giants offensive line can't blame Ereck Flowers for this debacle

Well, no one can blame Ereck Flowers for this one. Giants fans don’t have Flowers to kick around anymore following his merciful release on Tuesday after three-plus miserably unproductive seasons...

Olivier Vernon finally returns, but Giants not fully healthy

Perhaps the start of the Giants' season would not be as dire if outside linebacker Olivier Vernon, their most accomplished pass-rusher, played in the first five games. He did not,...

Sterling Shepard hints at family trouble to explain sideline meltdown

Sterling Shepard took a look at his actions on the sideline during last Sunday’s 33-31 loss at Charlotte and did not like what he saw. Not at all. “That’s not...

The Giants' search for Ereck Flowers trade ends predictably

The ninth-overall pick in 2015 could not fetch a seventh-round pick in 2018. The Giants waived Ereck Flowers on Tuesday, as their search to try to recoup anything for the...