00:05all right john harbaugh has his coaching staff now it's time for him to look ahead to the nfl
00:11draft this first pick of his giants head coaching tenure he's going to be married to this pick so
00:17our new york post sports sports columnist steve serby has his 2026 nfl mock draft 2.0 up and he
00:26has harbaugh coming in making some waves with this pick uh what do we got there serby oh the draft
00:32card is in the draft card is in already at five didn't have to wait for any commercials or anything
00:36well this is now this is a play on karnak the magnificent from johnny carson okay before your
00:42time you probably don't even remember i i haven't seen any social media all right we'll go with the
00:48draft card is in safety caleb downs you're shaking things up i look you you draft who you consider
00:58the best player and i consider this guy if not the best player in the draft one of the top
01:06three best
01:07players in the draft here's a guy you know john harbaugh knows what it's like to have a dominating
01:16safety ed reed he had brian dawkins and kyle hamilton who was the 14th pick a couple of years ago
01:25at safety but caleb downs is a difference maker he's a culture and tone setter and he is as clean
01:35a
01:35prospect as you will find you know many years ago i remember uh the jets in 1981 you probably don't
01:43remember who they drafted running back freeman mcneil with the second overall pick if the jets
01:49had not drafted freeman mcneil they needed a running back desperately they would have taken a safety
01:55kenny easley who ended up in the hall of fame but the jets needed freeman mcneil and he got them
02:01to
02:01the mud ball but anyway um look um caleb downs can bolster a secondary that badly needs bolstering
02:13and you put him a playmaker like caleb downs behind those pass rushers brian burns and abdul carter and
02:22dexter lawrence and maybe for one year cave on thibodeau you got that that can make things happen
02:29in a hurry for the new defensive coordinator denard wilson who by the way has a background coaching
02:36secondaries so caleb downs is my pick uh you could argue offensive line the giants need help
02:44will need help on offensive line after all the cap restructuring and and cap victims uh you can argue
02:53wide receiver for jackson dart in my mock one i had carnell tate from ohio state
02:58uh he he would be an option and of course uh even cornerback would be an option but i'll take
03:06the
03:06cleanest prospect the best prospect caleb downs and i absolutely hate it and love it at the same time
03:14because at five i would never me when i do my madden when i put my madden gm hat and
03:21i'm i'm uh
03:22drafting i would never draft a safety at five but he is so good you can't boo the pick when
03:30you turn
03:30the tape on and i just we put a draft uh breakdown draft profile up on our our youtube page
03:36when you
03:37break down the film he's all over the field any pump returns service so there's just any versatile
03:45you could put him just about anywhere in the secondary and hey sean taylor was a top five
03:52absolutely absolutely the chiefs was a top five pick both of them were safeties this guy look you
04:00want if you're picking in the top five you want a guy who you can envision in a gold jacket
04:07in canton
04:07ohio and i can see this guy wearing a gold jacket and you know usually survey when you look at
04:14it and
04:14you're like oh well we just paid javon holland or oh well we drafted tyler newbin in the second round
04:20caleb downs is so good like it makes both of them disposable like especially with the new head coach
04:26new defense coordinator coming in like that means nothing one that that means nothing already
04:32to those new coaches that are coming in but two they're looking at it if i got a chance to
04:38draft
04:38this tape this highlight tape that i'm watching this walking highlight tape i'm bringing him to
04:45my defense i'm bringing this kid onto my roster so it's like he's so good he makes anyone disposable
04:51uh at that position now joe shane joe shane of course would probably would not draft
04:58caleb downs because of positional value he he got rid of julian love he didn't resign him he didn't
05:05resign resign xavier mckinney but john harbaugh's calling the shots and john harbaugh if you're
05:12going to start with the new york football giants you start with a guy who you believe cannot miss
05:17the safest pick in the draft yeah and i i think caleb downs would be more it will be more
05:23special
05:24than xavier mckinney and julian love like julian love has now won a super bowl but i look at caleb
05:30downs being part of a defense that like he's a reason they're winning super bowls you know i can't
05:37he just jumps out on the tape all right do you have a trade scenario because at number five things
05:41can come alive survey there's a lot of there's going to be a lot of uh phone calls being made
05:46to joe shane and john harbaugh at number five is there any trades you think can be made on draft
05:53night
05:54all right there's no trade i would want to make if caleb downs is on the board
05:58really giants don't giants do not need a quarterback so you so take the best player
06:04and the best player is caleb downs no trade you're standing 10 toes down on that yes i am
06:11you love that kid that much
06:15because every everybody loves the kid but sir you don't see you don't see you don't see
06:21a scenario where they could trade that fifth pick back to 13 to 17 and caleb downs could still be
06:29there no he won't he won't be there he won't be there nope cincinnati wouldn't pass on him a 10
06:36i don't
06:36believe so stick and pick take a guy who can be the face of your defense along with abdul carter
06:47for the next eight years yeah for as long as john harbaugh is the new york football giants coach
06:56all right tease us on the 3.0 survey what would you would you tease us on another scenario for
07:01the
07:01giants in your 3.0 uh well they have the 37th pick i don't i don't do the second round
07:09uh i'm very
07:10tempted to stick with caleb downs but i got a lot of film study to do i had like i
07:16said i had carnell
07:17tate for jackson dart in my mock one i have caleb downs in my mock two and the more i
07:25study film
07:26who knows maybe somebody else will catch my eye you like jordan tyson don't you i like him i want
07:33him to stay uh i wish he could stay healthy but i like how sudden he is he's uh he's
07:39another malik
07:39neighbors you could have two and one in one receiver's room so well the two the two highly
07:44rated offensive tackles will also be in play uh because assume if the giants do not want to pay
07:52jermaine illuminor there will be a hole at right tackle that they may not trust marcus bow to fill
08:02so the kid from miami i can't pronounce his name you can uh maoga maoga maoga maoga yeah see what
08:11i
08:11mean yeah that's why i wanted you to do it uh or spencer fano from utah those are also considerations
08:19i believe at number five all right well we check back in for uh 3.0 appreciate you survey thank
08:25you
08:26brandon
08:26brandon
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