Should the Giants Draft a Running Back at No. 5? The Debate Erupts | Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The show dives headfirst into a fiery Giants draft debate: should New York seriously consider taking a running back at No. 5, or is that still a roster-building mistake in today’s NFL? The conversation centers on whether the usual anti-running back logic is too simplistic, especially for a Giants team that may be closer to contention than critics think.

From Saquon Barkley comparisons to examples like Bijan Robinson, Christian McCaffrey, Ezekiel Elliott, and Jahmyr Gibbs, the episode examines how context matters when judging top-10 running back picks. The hosts argue over Jaxson Dart’s development, the state of the Giants’ offensive line, the team’s limited draft capital, and whether adding another weapon would be smart strategy or a repeat of past mistakes, with side mentions of Mikal Bridges, Mike Brown, and the World Baseball Classic final.

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1:11.3	Giants are going to do at five. And I just need to get this off my chest, because I've seen
1:15.5	Sean, like, argue with people on Twitter about it. And you, of course, are a legendary running
1:19.7	back, so I know you offer a very unique opinion on this. Oh, we're going here again?
1:23.3	Yeah. Oh, we're fighting today, I think. Happy St. Patrick's Day, Steve.
1:30.1	I reject the notion.
1:34.9	I reject it, because I've done my research now, to feel like the facts back me up. I reject the notion that you can't draft a running back in the top 10.
1:40.3	I don't think that that theory is right. I think it's flawed. I think that when you look at the individual cases, it will prove to you that you need to be in the right circumstances to draft a running back in the top 10.
1:55.2	And unlike a lot of the teams that have done it, the New York Giants are in the right circumstance where if they do
2:02.5	a draft a running back at five, it's not the worst decision ever. Well, it depends on what you do
2:07.8	with the rest of this offseason. It feels like free agency is over, even though we heard
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