Melvin Gordon

The Giants seem to like Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon.

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When it comes to the NFL draft, it's really, really hard to know who to trust, especially when it comes to the Giants. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Bob McGinn is one that should make the list. He has earned the respect of just about everyone in the profession.

McGinn does tremendous work on the draft. He polled 20 personnel evaluators this year to compile his information. So when McGinn suggests something such as Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon being a 'very real possibility' for the Giants with the ninth pick, you at least keep it in the back of your mind.

Here's what McGinn wrote about the Giants in his mock draft, after he selected Iowa offensive lineman Brandon Scherff with the ninth pick.

The part about Scherff, ho-hum. He's everyone's selection to the Giants at this point. The part about Beasley isn't much of a surprise either. I've been saying that now for weeks. That's why he's No. 3 on my list of the 10 most likely prospects to be selected by the Giants in the first round.

It's the part about Gordon that raises eyebrows. I actually heard the Giants really liked Gordon as well (hence him being No. 10 on that list), but shrugged it off as unrealistic based on need and value. Maybe it is more of a possibility than originally believed?

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This does all come a week or so after ESPN's Todd McShay selected Todd Gurley for the Giants with the ninth-overall selection. Now, the smoke is apparently building.

McGinn eventually has Gordon going off the board with the 24th pick to the Arizona Cardinals. So it's not out of the realm of possibilities that if the Giants move down in the draft (something general manager Jerry Reese has never done) that Gordon may, in fact, be the target.

Guess we'll have to wait and see. In the meantime, digest the idea of the Giants adding a running back in the first round with their first Top 10 pick since 2004.

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