"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 rookie scale contracts are truly getting bigger. Let's see just how much money the top NFL rookies are getting on their first deals.

One such move was to draft left tackle Josh Conerly Jr. to help protect prized QB Jayden Daniels and solve some of those infamous sack problems from his rookie season in 2024.