ESTIMATE THE VALUE OF A DRAFT PICK AS A FUNCTION OF ITS ORDER IN TERMS OF OTHER DRAFT PICKS SO AS TO BEST

PRODUCE THE GREATEST UTILITY AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THE NEW YORK GIANTS MOVING FORWARD

OUR CHARGE

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THE GAME PLAN

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UTILIZING EXISTING RESEARCH STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND DATA MADE AVAILABILE FROM PRO-FOOTBALL-REFERENCE.COM, SPOTRAC, AND OTHERS WE SOUGHT TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE, HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE DRAFT SO AS TO BEST OFFER INSIGHT INTO HOW AND WHERE THE NEW YORK GIANTS CAN BEST ACHIEVE VALUE – MORE SPECIFICALLY SURPLUS VALUE – IN THE 2015 NFL DRAFT AND BEYOND. BY FUSING EXISTING THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS THAT WERE CONDUCTED OVER VARIOUS TIME PERIODS RANGING FROM 1980 – 2012 WITH PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AND SYNTHESIS OF SECONDARY DATA SOURCES, WE STRIVED TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ORGANIZATION IN THEIR DRAFTING PRACTICES WHILE CHALLENGING THE CURRENT COMMONLY-ACCEPTED PRACTICE AND RELIANCE ON THE “JIMMY JOHNSON” PICK VALUE CHART WITH THE GOAL OF MORE STRATEGICALLY ACHIEVING THE BEST “BANG FOR THEIR BUCK” IN THE DRAFT