The familiar blueprint Super Bowl 2025 should put in Giants mind ahead of NFL draft

NEW ORLEANS — One of the biggest winners of Super Bowl 2025 hasn’t yet played a snap in the NFL. Anyone who watched the reveal of Patrick Mahomes’ kryptonite as a stacked pass rush should simultaneously have pushed Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter up their mock draft. Overreaction to the Super Bowl is a real thing inside the NFL, but it might just be wise after the Eagles’ 40-22 win against the Chiefs to go from seeing Carter as a top four prospect in the 2025 class to the favorite at No.1. Quarterbacks Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders aren’t can’t-miss prospects.

Receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter is a scouting unicorn but — even if he plays on both sides of the ball (no guarantee) — will he make the same impact that a premier pass rusher would? “There was nothing they could do,” Eagles defensive tackle Milton Williams said.“We knew they couldn’t block us up front.

We have dawgs everywhere.” The Chiefs offensive line featured three $72 million-plus investments and another blocker who will reach that threshold in free agency next month.Mahomes still was hit 11 times and sacked a career-high six times. “In these games,” head coach Andy Reid said, “those lines get magnified a little bit.” To Williams’ point, three pass rushers isn’t enough. If you are the Giants holding the No.

3 pick with Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Dexter Lawrence on the field, why not target Carter and replicate your own blueprint of overlapping Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora with Michael Strahan and Jason Pierre-Paul? Carter, who offers inside linebacker versatility, led the Big Ten with 24 tackles for loss, including 12 sacks.He has drawn comparisons to Cowboys star Micah Parsons, who has 52.5 sacks as a defensive chess piece over a four-year career. “When you win [matchups] on a four-man rush and you can just cycle guys through and they are still winning,” Eagles linebacker Zack Baun said, “you don’t have to blitz.” The Eagles di...