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Talkin’ Giants (Giants Podcast)

Giants Draft LB Arvell Reese and OL Francis Mauigoa | 970

Talkin’ Giants (Giants Podcast)

Jomboy Media

Sports, Football

4.72.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The Giants have Drafted LB Arvell Reese and OL Francis Mauigoa in the first round! Justin and Shaun react to the picks and how the rest of the draft will go Download the Fanatics Sportsbook app , use code JOMBOY https://fanatics.onelink.me/5kut/JOMBOY New customers who sign up and Bet $5, Get $100 in FanCash*. Use FanCash on bonus bets, profit boosts, team gear and more on Fanatics.com. Start your free online visit today at https://Hims.com/giants for your personalized ED treatment options. 00:00 Giants Draft LB Arvell Reese and OL Francis Mauigoa 02:30 This is why John Harbaugh is here 06:50 Arvell Reese Drafted 5th overall 12:30 The plan with Reese and Edmunds 15:00 The LB group upgraded 22:20 Sticking to the plan with Reese 23:15 Room for growth 27:00 The Titans changed the draft when they took Tate 31:00 The Giants let the Cowboys draft Downs 33:00 OL Francis Mauigoa at 10 37:40 “Ill die for you man” 40:00 OL versatility 42:35 This pick changed a lot 44:30 Any concerns about the back injury 47:00 Giants Due Diligence on Mauigoa 48:45 Matthew Stafford 51:00 Picking Mauigoa over Downs 53:30 What will the Giants do in Round 2 58:45 sleeper pick in round 2 Check out our Merch: https://shop.jomboymedia.com/collections/talkin-giants Subscribe to JM Football for our NFL coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@JMFootball Follow all of our content on https://jomboymedia.com #giants #nygiants *New customers in AZ, CO, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WV, or WY. Must toggle on this promotion in your bet slip and wager $5+ cash on any market (min. odds -500) within 7 days of account opening to receive $100 in FanCash. Promotional FanCash expires 7 days from issuance (at 11:59pm ET). Terms, including FanCash terms apply-see Fanatics Sportsbook app. Use FanCash on bonus bets, profit boosts, team gear on Fanatics.com and so much more.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome back to Talkin' Giants presented by the Fanatics Sportsbook.

0:09.4

What a way for the New York Giants to really kick off the John Harbaugh era with drafting Arval

0:17.6

Reese linebacker, super ultra versatile linebacker from Ohio State, and drafting

0:24.2

Francis Mowie offensive linemen from the University of Miami. Two players, Sean, that were

0:30.8

ranked on their own personal board in the top five, on the consensus board, they were ranked

0:37.2

second and seventh.

0:38.8

They drafted two players that are both not even 21 years old yet.

0:44.6

And they have experience on the biggest stages.

0:49.0

There are questions on both of these picks, Sean.

0:51.4

But this is why John Harbaugh is here to have a plan for these guys

0:55.6

to help answer these questions, to help smooth these transitions over to the NFL.

1:01.1

Sean, I think the New York football giants hit a home run on night one of the NFL draft.

1:07.1

How are you? Justin, I feel great. I agree.

1:11.1

It's a home run.

1:44.7

It's the most shocking home run because, I mean, how many mock drafts did we do with kind of the assumption that Orville Reese was going to be off the board? By the way, shout up Peter Schrager, who built this theme. By the way, Peter Schrager's first mock, he had Francis Maui Noah as well. He was the first to link him to the Giants. look, Justin, overall as a whole, I knew deep down. Even if we didn't say it, we said it. We talked about Caleb Downs, which we'll get to. We talked about Sonny Stiles. We both agreed the Giants needed an impact defensive stud on this team to help this football team. We just got the wrong impact defensive stud that would be there at five.

1:45.8

And that was Arville Reese.

1:47.3

And we'll talk about where he's going to play and whatnot. And then something we screamed about. Part of the reason we didn't think Jeremiah Love was going to be the right pick for the Giants was the old line really wasn't in position to take a running back despite what people said. we screamed about, oh my God, is Daniel Filet-Lay going to play guard for this team?

2:02.5

Do they have to bring back Greg Van Roten?

2:04.2

They answered that. They got the best, arguably the best tackle in the draft that will, he just wants to play a position on the O line. He will play guard. And guess what? In a couple of years, his germane Illuminaur gets older. If you want to ship them back out to the outside, he's got that David Deal versatility. So the Giants got the best alignment in the draft. And some might say the best freak athlete player in the draft. So, Justin, how are you not pumped up right now? Yeah, I really am pumped up, man. And again, like, this is why John Harbaugh is here. Arvo Reese has questions on what his fit is going to be. And I love that they came out

2:36.0

and said right away. And if you haven't seen it, they were asked. Harbaugh and Shane were asked,

2:41.9

where do you kind of see him playing? Where do you see him kind of lining up in the NFL?

2:46.6

Because Isaiah Simmons is like the one big example of he didn't play a position in college

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