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Giants Now: Two Giants rookies land on NFL.com's list of 'perfect player-team fits'

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Two Giants rookies land on NFL.com's list of 'perfect player-team fits'

As the start of rookie minicamp approaches, the praise of the Giants' 2025 draft class continues to roll in.

NFL.com's Bucky Brooks recently broke down the 10 "perfect player-team fits" from the 2025 NFL Draft.

Two of the Giants' draft picks landed on the list, including quarterback Jaxson Dart, the 25th overall pick out of Mississippi.

"Considering Brian Daboll's past work with Josh Allen in Buffalo, it is easy to see why the coach handpicked the Ole Miss standout as his future franchise quarterback in New York, trading back into the first round to make Dart the second signal-caller off the board," wrote Brooks. "Though the 6-foot-2, 223-pound passer obviously isn't a carbon copy of the league's reigning Most Valuable Player, he possesses the dual-threat skills to make Big Blue's offense pop with RPOs, designed quarterback runs and deep shots featured prominently on the call sheet. If the Giants patiently allow for the rookie to acclimate to the pro game -- with Dart in position to sit and learn behind veterans Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston -- the first-rounder could lead the franchise out of the doldrums as an potent playmaker with a rugged game."

Much of the praise around the Giants' draft class revolves around their two first-round picks. The Giants were able to emerge from the first night of the draft with Abdul Carter, perhaps the most talented player in the entire class, and Dart, a potential franchise quarterback.

But the applause for the seven-person class did not end with the Day 1 picks.

Also landing on Brooks' list of the 10 perfect player-team fits is defensive tackle Darius Alexander, the Giants' third-round pick (No. 65 overall).

"Credit general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll for finding the perfect playmate for Dexter Lawrence at the point of attack," Brooks wrote. "Alexander's size, strength and athleticism should lead to a host of splash plays for the Giants as opponents devote double-teams to the monstrous Pro Bowler beside him. Though the 6-4, 305-pounder's collegiate sack production left something to be desired, his tools (arm length and agility) could help him emerge as a disruptive force on a front that features four pass-rushing demons (Lawrence, Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeaux, and fellow rookie Abdul Carter)."

View photos of the collegiate careers of every member of the New York Giants' 2025 Draft Class.

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