Checking on some of the draft news we might have missed in the lead-up to draft night"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections New York Giants NewsGiants Training Camp 2016Giants vs. Eagles 2015 Carl Banks Color Rush Jersey , Week 17New York Giants News2019 NFL DraftDraft Notebook, 4/18 Edition - One week to go! New,83commentsChecking on some of the draft news we might have missed in the lead-up to draft nightEDTShareTweetShareShareDraft Notebook, 4/18 Edition - One week to go! Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY SportsThe 2019 NFL Draft is officially one week away. Teams are in the final stages of setting their draft boards and top decision makers will spend the upcoming holiday weekend discussing strategy. There have been so many rumors and news nuggets, as well as so, so, much smoke billowing out of the various outlets that it is a bit hard to keep track of everything. So let¡¯s take this opportunity to go back and take a second look at some of the things we might have missed for all the noise.Catching up on Dwayne Haskins Predicting who the Giants will draft at sixth overall is, as Ed has described it, a ¡°crap shoot.¡± But we do know they at least appear to have done their due dilligence on the 2019 quarterback class. A huge contingent of the Giants¡¯ top brass hit the road to watch Kyler Murray, Dwayne Haskins, Will Grier, Drew Lock, and Daniel Jones in person, then bringing them in to their facilities for Top 30 visits. The last of those visits went to Dwayne Haskins, who the Giants hosted for the draft version of a slumber party. The last day of official visits was Wednesday Mark Bavaro Color Rush Jersey , April 17th, and the Giants¡¯ leadership had dinner with Haskins on the night of the 15th before hosting him in their facilities for his official visit on the 16th. We don¡¯t know how the Giants feel about Haskins, but he is saying all the right things. In a guest appearance on Ian Rapoport¡¯s podcast, Haskins said that he welcomed the opportunity to sit behind Eli Manning, saying ¡°Eli Manning is a legend. I grew up watching Eli and I¡¯d have no problem sitting behind him and learning from him, like how I did with J.T. [Barrett] at Ohio State,¡± Haskins told NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport on the RapSheet and Friends podcast. ¡°Whatever team drafts me, I¡¯ll be able to sit back and learn from the guy that¡¯s there and be able to compete with him and push him, but know that a guy¡¯s there because he¡¯s a veteran, he¡¯s done it before, he¡¯s professional.¡±That has to appeal to a Giants team which is still all-in on Manning as their best option at quarterback. It also has to appeal to the local media as well. It¡¯s fair to say that if the Giants select Haskins, it will be the Football Gods¡¯ gift to the NYC back pages. A ¡°local boy made good,¡± who went to the Giants¡¯ youth camps after the team beat the 18-0 New England Patriots, getting to live out his dream by quarterbacking the team he grew up loving? The human-interest stories practically write themselves. Reverse draftIn a nice shake-up from the endless deluge of mock drafts that make up most of our media diet this time of year, Spencer Hall put together a ¡°Reverse Mock Draft¡± over on the SB Nation main page. Essentially Eli Manning Color Rush Jersey , it looks at the top prospects as though they were free agents who could sign wherever they wanted. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he pairs Haskins and the Giants as an ¡°ideal¡± match. I would definitely encourage everyone to check out the whole piece. It¡¯s a nice change of pace and an entertaining read.Quinnen Williams? Well, the Giants can dream, can¡¯t they?Haskins wasn¡¯t the only last-minute Top - 30 visit for the Giants. A day after the Giants hosted Haskins, they had Alabama defensive lineman Quinnen Williams in for a visit. Quinnen Williams (as opposed to Alabama offensive tackle Jonah Williams) isn¡¯t likely to fall to the Giants at sixth overall. He is widely regarded as one of the three best players in the draft, and commonly called the best player in the draft. But it is within the realm of possibility, and he is the one player we can say unequivocally that Dave Gettleman would draft regardless of who else is on the board.Gettleman¡¯s draft tendenciesThere¡¯s a reason why I say that the Giants would select Williams over any other player in this draft: Dave Gettleman loves him some defensive tackles. In a piece for The Ringer, looking at some of the biggest draft tendencies in the NFL, Robert Mays identifies the defensive line, and defensive tackle position in particular, as the apple of Gettleman¡¯s eye. That Gettleman loves defensive linemen shouldn¡¯t be much of a surprise as it is a trait he shares with Jerry Reese (who drafted either an offensive lineman, defensive lineman, or both in the first three rounds of eight of his eleven drafts) and both of them learned under Ernie Accorsi. Let¡¯s check your Wednesday headlines"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections New York Giants NewsGiants Training Camp 2016Giants vs. Eagles 2015, Week 17New York Giants NewsGiants news, 4/10: Dwayne Haskins called ¡°Brady-ish Connor Barwin Color Rush Jersey ,¡± Daniel Jones, moreNew,239commentsLet¡¯s check your Wednesday headlinesEDTShareTweetShareShareGiants news, 4/10: Dwayne Haskins called ¡°Brady-ish,¡± Daniel Jones, moreJeremy Brevard-USA TODAY SportsGood morning, New York Giants fans!NFL Draft 2019: Dwayne Haskins draws Tom Brady comparison | SI.comRanking teams most likely to make trades in the 2019 NFL draftThe Giants are on Dan Graziano¡¯s list. He writes:Daniel Jones May Be the QB Prospect You Love to Hate but Also the One You Need | Bleacher ReportMike Tanier comes up with a really interesting, and perhaps appropriate, way to view the Duke quarterback:2019 NFL Draft guide: One burning question for each NFC team | NFL.comElliot Harrison lists outside wide receiver, which is an outside the box choice.AAF to NFL signings tracker, which players signed to the NFL find out hereCardinals players come out in support of RosenGiants were wise not to shop Cleveland¡¯s offer for OBJ to 49ersSources dish everything you need to know about Giants and QB Josh Rosen | SNYWeak NFL Draft class means Giants look for QB at No. 17BBV MailbagHave questions about the Giants? E-mail them to bigblueview@gmail.com, and the best ones will be answered in an upcoming mailbag. 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