The trade also enabled the Giants to recoup the fifth-round choice (No. 154) they sent the Jets in 2019 to acquire defensive lineman Leonard Williams. It gives them seven choices in the seven-round draft; one in each of the first five rounds and two in the sixth. They received an extra selection in that round from Arizona in a trade for linebacker Markus Golden. The Giants do not have a seventh-round selection after sending it last year to Denver for cornerback Isaac Yiadom.
For the first time in the nine NFL drafts he has run – five with Carolina and four with the Giants – Gettleman executed a trade to move back…not just in the first round, but in any round.
Gettleman initiated the trade by reaching out to Chicago general manager Ryan Pace.
"What happened was we had called around and … I had spoken to Ryan Pace, and I had heard he was interested in moving up," Gettleman said. "So, I called him. When I spoke to him, he said, 'Yes, we're very interested.' And then the conversations begin.
"I spoke to Ryan today before the draft and I spoke to him again. He called me again somewhere around the seventh pick, somewhere in there, and then we got on the clock and from there, (assistant general manager) Kevin Abrams took over and finished off the trade."
It is widely thought the Giants were interested in Alabama wide receivers Devonta Smith and Jaylen Waddle and cornerbacks Jayce Horn of South Carolina and Patrick Surtain of Alabama. All were selected in the first 10 picks.
Although it was a surprise each of the four players were taken so early, the Giants are always ready for the unexpected in the draft.
"We had really talked this through, me, Joe (Judge), Chris Mara, Tim McDonnell, Kevin Abrams and Mark Koncz, we had all discussed thoroughly, really looked at our board," Gettleman said of the team's personnel experts. "We had a lengthy meeting on Monday and we followed it up with another meeting on Wednesday and so we really - we knew what we wanted. We knew where we wanted to go, and we knew at which point we would consider a trade back and that's where you get the other piece of it where we're calling teams behind us.
"And then we met again at 6 o'clock tonight to just constantly review and talk it through and it was a great group effort and we all felt very - we all felt very together on the decision. And we made it."
It was the Giants' first such move in the opening round since general manager Ernie Accorsi traded with Pittsburgh 15 years ago. The Giants moved from No. 25 to the 32nd and final choice in the round and added third (No. 96) and fourth-round (No. 129) picks. The Steelers took wide Santonio Holmes and the Giants selected Boston College defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka to close out the first round. With the later round choices they received from Pittsburgh, the Giants selected linebacker Gerris Wilkinson and offensive lineman Guy Whimper.
Of course, Accorsi executed the franchise-changing trade for Manning on April 24, 2004. After the San Diego Chargers selected him first overall, Manning was traded to the Giants for quarterback Philip Rivers (whom the Giants had taken with the fourth pick), the Giants' 2004 third-round pick, and 2005 first and fifth-round selections.
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