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“#Insight into Dave Gettleman’s plans<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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He does not know who Dave Gettleman will ultimately sign off on as the No. 11 overall pick Thursday night in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft, but Greg Gabriel has an idea what the general<\/a> manager of the Giants is looking for with this pick.<\/p>\n

This is the insight from one longtime NFL personnel man about another.<\/p>\n

\u201cChemistry is very important in his mind,\u2019\u2019 Gabriel told The Post. \u201cIt\u2019s team building, you\u2019ve got to have the right people in the locker room. And you got to rely on your scouts to get you that proper information so you know you\u2019re getting the right people in the locker room.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Getting the right people in the locker room was part of the job descript<\/a>ion for Gabriel, and Gettleman, when they worked together for four years (1998-2001) with the Giants. Gettleman, 70, and Gabriel, who turns 70 in early May, are lifers when it comes to evaluating players. Gettleman has more than 30 years of experience as an NFL scout and executive. Gabriel was in the NFL for 30 years (17 with the Giants), was the scouting director for the Bears for nine years and most recently was the personnel director of the D.C. Defenders in the XFL before it shut down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve known Dave for close to 40 years,\u2019\u2019 Gabriel said. \u201cNumber one, he\u2019s a good friend and I know he\u2019s a very good evaluator.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Gabriel has not talked specifically about this particular draft with Gettleman, but he certainly has an understanding of the way the man making the call for the Giants thinks at times like this. He could see Gettleman signing off on Rashawn Slater if the offensive lineman from Northwestern is available. He could also see the Giants going for receivers Jaylen Waddle or DeVonta Smith. The top defensive player on the Giants\u2019 draft board? Maybe, but the lean here is for more offense to help Daniel Jones.<\/p>\n

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Jaylen Waddle, Rashawn Slater<\/figcaption>
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\u201cRule number one, protect the quarterback,\u2019\u2019 Gabriel said. \u201cRule number two, get him weapons. They got [Jones] a number-one wide receiver in free agency [Kenny Golladay]. The draft is also very deep at the wide receiver position, so they can get a receiver that is very good later in the draft. If a top offensive lineman is there that might be the direction they go.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Front office executives always insist their draft boards are not wish lists and that the \u201cbest player available\u2019\u2019 approach is not watered down by the strengths and weaknesses of their roster. This sounds good and often is true, but not always.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know exactly how they set their board now but subconsciously you always set up things according to need,\u2019\u2019 Gabriel said. \u201cYou push a guy up a little higher, maybe, because of the need. They took a tackle [Andrew Thomas] last year, could they take another tackle? It never hurts.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Gabriel recalled in 1988, when he was with the Giants, they took offensive tackle Eric Moore out of Indiana in the first round and came back in the second round with another Big Ten tackle, Jumbo Elliott, from Michigan.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that was our line for years,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think the kid from Oregon [Penei Sewell] or the kid from Northwestern will make it to the Giants. I think they\u2019re going to have their choice of good receivers, they\u2019re gonna have probably a real good edge rusher available to them, they\u2019re going to have some good people.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if the Giants value any of the edge rushers of this draft class as worthy of the No. 11 pick.<\/p>\n

As for the receivers, Ja\u2019Marr Chase of LSU figures to be gone and there is a chance Smith and Waddle could be, as well. Gabriel is not concerned with how lean Smith is \u2014 weighing in at 166 pounds at the NFL medical combine in Indianapolis \u2014 believing \u201che\u2019s gonna get bigger.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

The guess is Gettleman will ultimately go receiver in the first round. Which one?<\/p>\n