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No one was surprised former Ohio State cornerback Eli Apple was a first-round pick in last week's draft, though some draft analysts when the selected Apple 10th overall, making him the first true cornerback off the board. Jalen ey, who can also play safety, went No. 5 to the , while cornerback Vernon Hargreaves went 11th to the .Apple Grade: C. They need linebacker speed. Hes their third corner. Plus, I like William Jackson more Pete Prisco (@PriscoCBS) To put it Byron Froese Men Jersey bluntly, Giants general manager Jerry Reese has no use for your draft thoughts Mats Naslund Jersey because, well, there's a good chance you're cluele s."When somebody doesn't know what they're talking about, it's easy to depict it that way," Reese told . "Because they don't know what they're talking about."It happens all the time; the mock-draft community falls in or out of love with a player, mock-draft groupthink adjusts accordingly -- either pushing player up or down the rankings -- and when the actual draft actually unfolds differently, we hear a lot of talk about "reaches" and "steals."Meanwhile, employ scouts, coaches and personnel types to identify needs and rank players based loosely around those needs. For Reese, Apple was the top-rated player on the Giants Jeff Petry Men Jersey ' draft board, and taking him was an easy decision. Yes, Laremy Tunsil and Myles Jack were still available, but Apple had none of the "circumstances or i sues," as Reese explained, that disqualified other po sible candidates. "We thought those (targeted) guys were good players," he said. "We went through a lot of different scenarios Joel Armia Kids Jersey , and we clearly had went through this scenario, that Apple could be the player that we would pick," Reese said."We were very happy that he was available when we picked there at No. 10. We absolutely had gone over this scenario many times. Obviously, not the (specific) situation that came up during the draft, but we thought some of the players might have Brendan Gallagher Jersey been gone anyway. He was right in our window, where we had him ranked on our board, and he was an easy pick for us."All that matters, of course, is that Apple turns into a productive player. If he exceeds expectations, fans will love him. If he struggles, well, they won't.In case you're wondering, for their 2016 draft cla s, even if he wasn't crazy about Apple going so high.