Steve Wyche, a writer on NFL.com, recently graded each team’s draft performance. He gave the Giants an A.

Here’s what he said about the Giants’ draft:

With six picks in the first four rounds, the Giants appear to have hit it big. They went after their needs at wide receiver with Hakeem Nicks and Ramses Barden, both big targets, and they added depth at outside linebacker with Clint Sintim, at tackle with William Beatty and running back with Andre Brown. Brown could turn out to be the best of this talented lot.

What surprised me about Wyche’s comments was his belief that Brown could turn out to be the best player. Brown was listed among Gil Brandt’s top 100 prospects, but he was near the bottom of the list. The fact that he had to operated on twice for a left foot fracture likely affected his ranking.

You can read Wyche’s full review here.

If you’re a Giants fan, you’ll love Chris Steuber’s review of the Giants 2009 draft. In his article, he rated the Giants as having the best draft.

I wouldn’t go that  far, but the Giants had a decent draft. None of their draft choices made me stand up and cheer.  Nicks could be a good player, but I read recently that the Giants had almost agreed on a deal with the Lions that would have enabled the G-Men to move up to the 20th slot in the draft, which they would have used to draft Jeremy Maclin. Unfortunately, the Eagles made a trade that got them the 19th slot, which they used to draft Maclin — and ended the Giants need to deal with the Lions.

I think that the weak spot in their draft was their last two choices. Neither DB was well-rated and one was only a backup. I’d be surprised if either makes the roster.

The Giants opened the draft choosing a player that many had predicted they would take: Hakeem Nicks. Nicks stands out for his productivity at North Carolina and his huge hands. According to one source, he wears size 4XL gloves. ESPN rates Nicks as the third-best receiver and the 29th best player. His Scouts Inc. grade was 91. On bigblueinteractive.com’s depth chart, Nicks is listed as just behind Steve Smith.

For their second choice, the Giants chose Clint Sintim. One source said the Giants even considered drafting him in the first round. Last season at Virginia, Sintim had 11 sacks.  ESPN rates Sintim as the fifth-best outside linebacker and the 40th best player. His Scouts Inc. grade was 87. On bigblueinteractive.com’s depth chart, Sintim is listed as just behind Danny Clark and ahead of Zak DeOssie.

With their second pick in the second round, the Giants selected William Beatty, an offensive tackle who bigblueinteractive.com lists as #3 behind Diehl and Whimper. At the Combine, he had the fourth-fastest 40-yard dash time among the offensive linemen: 5.12. ESPN rates Beatty as the sixth-best offensive tackle and the 48th best player. His Scouts Inc. grade was 85.

I’ve been an avid reader of the various NFL mock drafts available on the Web. Few will be accurate. With regard to one team, the New York Giants, most mock drafts are predicting that the Giants will pick a wide receiver with their first-round pick. At least one predicted the Giants will choose a linebacker. And only one I saw predicted they will pick an offensive lineman: Eben Britton from Arizona.

I think if a quality offensive tackle is available, that’s who the Giants will select. Their current right tackle, Kareen McKenzie, will be 30 next month and did not have that good a season in 2008. Further, none of his backups have demonstrated the ability to take his place.

Then, with their first second-round pick (unless they trade for a wide receiver), I believe they’ll take either a wide receiver or a linebacker, whichever one is higher-rated on their board. With their other second-round pick, they’ll choose a player for the other position.

In the third round with their two picks, I think they will choose a safety and either an offensive guard or a center.

The fun begins at four o’clock.