The totality of the NFL draft is what makes the Giants’ quest to find a young quarterback so intriguing and challenging. The first round gets all the hype, but there will be opportunities after the first day to find one, especially this year, when the quarterback class is thought to be fairly lackluster and not exactly top-heavy.

Forcing it at quarterback is the quickest way to make a bad situation worse. The best general managers read the room, as far as determining where the strength of the draft should take them in a given year. Where the Giants are sitting — No. 3 overall — feels like a prime spot to add a premium player on defense, even if there is no glaring hole at those spots within the defense. Collecting as many difference-makers, wherever they line up on the field, is always a sound strategy.

Once again, we used the Pro Football Network simulator and, for the sake of not getting too far into the weeds with all sorts of scenarios, we refrained from making any trades, giving the Giants a player at all eight of their slots in the seven rounds.

And with that, we’re off to Mock 2.0. Let the debates begin: