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Posted: 2017-05-05T22:55:15Z | Updated: 2017-05-29T02:50:39Z

It's like Christmas. All of the excitement and build-up came to an end last week in Philly when NFL teams selected the players they've been studying all year. The 2017 NFL Draft now in the books as we enter another chapter of the offseason.

Voluntary workouts are underway with Organized Team Activities (OTAs) set to begin in mid-May. Casual football fans shrug off this time of year, since there's really not much else to do. Instead, they eagerly wait for the start of preseason football (well, some do). However, inside the 32 NFL clubs across the league, we're approaching full throttle. Rookies will begin to carve roles in their new respective teams, rosters will be bulked and then trimmed, schemes will be installed, the to-do list is endless.

In arguably the most unpredictable draft the NFL has seen, the general manager Jerry Reese of the New York Giants stuck true to his vanilla approach. He had his big board and did not deviate from it. The Giants made six selections in this year's draft (they traded away their seventh-round pick). For now, lets take a look at the Giants first-rounder.