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New York Giants draft: Four reasons to trade down

Trading down in the first round of the NFL draft is not a move the New York Giants typically make.

The last time New York traded down in the draft was 2006 when the Giants sent the 25th-overall pick (Santonio Holmes) to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for the No. 32 pick (Mathias Kiwanuka), a third-round pick (Gerris Wilkinson), and a fourth-round pick (Guy Whimper).

In 2020, the Giants should move away from their status quo and move down from the fourth slow. Here are four reasons why.

More Draft Capital

Perhaps the most obvious reason the Giants should move down is to obtain more draft capital.