Heads or tails?
Even with a pick as high as No. 2 in the NFL draft, the past 40 years of selections have shown there’s only a slighter better than 50-50 chance the Giants will land an impact player.
That’s the bad news. The good news? Of the three Hall of Famers to have been selected at No. 2 since 1978, the Giants have one of them: Lawrence Taylor, drafted in 1981 out of North Carolina. They had better fortune than their MetLife Stadium roommates, the Jets, who twice in the past 40 years have swung and missed with the second pick, on running back Blair Thomas (1990) and receiver Johnny “Lam” Jones (1980).