INDIANAPOLIS — With the fifth pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, the New York Giants select …

And with the seventh pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, the New York Giants select …

Complete these two sentences, win valuable prizes and, just maybe, inject the Giants with the antidote for losing after so many sickening years devoid of winning.

It is not as if the answers to these questions, as far as which specific players the Giants take with these two first-round picks and their other seven draft picks, will be decided upon or revealed this week when the Giants hit the road for the NFL Scouting Combine. For the next several days and nights, the Giants and every other NFL team will experience up-close-and-personal looks at all the top prospects in this draft, with on-field testing, physical examinations and one-on-one interviews all part of the busy schedule. By the time the weekend arrives and the combine closes down, the Giants will not know with certainty which players they will be taking, but they will have a much clearer focus as to the potential makeup of their 2022 draft class.

This is the first time Joe Schoen, the newly hired general manager, and Brian Daboll, the newly hired head coach, have ever attended this event in their current roles, running an entire football operation (Schoen) and in charge of an entire team (Daboll). The Giants for the past decade — given the grim results — have not exactly crushed their NFL draft preparation, and this new regime owns two premium picks in the first round to make an immediate splash.

With the draft nearly two months away, this is too soon for hot-and-heavy trade talk, but it is naive to think discussions are not at least broached during this week in Indy. When Schoen was in his first year as the Bills assistant general manager, GM Brandon Beane traded down in the first round of the 2017 draft to receive an additional first-round pick in 2018. That extra pick was crucial in the two trades the Bills made to get up to No. 7 to select quarterback Josh Allen.

Figure that Schoen, Daboll, the scouts, assistant coaches and other talent evaluators in the front office cast a wide net, as the Giants need help in so many areas. Two areas of need are glaring, and have been for several years: offensive line and edge rusher. It will be quite an upset if at least one of the first-round picks does not address one of these needs. It will not be surprising at all if the Giants use both of their first-round picks to address these needs.

As far as the offensive line, a starting tackle would go nicely to pair with Andrew Thomas, the 2020 first-round pick and the only guaranteed returning starter on the five-man unit. Alas, it is likely Evan Neal from Alabama will be off the board with one of the first four picks. If he is available, the Giants likely would run, not walk, up to the podium to give in their card with “Neal, Evan” written on it. In this scenario, the coaching staff would then decide if Thomas stays at left tackle and Neal plays on the right side or if Thomas is moved over to the right side to accommodate Neal on the left. Neal at Alabama spent entire seasons starting at left guard, right tackle and left tackle, so he is versatile.

If not Neal, Ikem Ekwonu of North Carolina State would be a fine choice, considering how he dominated at left tackle this past season. He could actually go ahead of Neal, depending how these players do at the combine and at their Pro Day workouts. It is unlikely both will be gone by No. 5, which is heartening for the Giants.

Charles Cross of Mississippi State might not warrant the No. 5 pick. At No. 7? Maybe.

The Giants might have their pick of every edge rusher other than Aidan Hutchinson of Michigan, who could go No. 1 to the Jaguars. A year ago, the notion of the Giants having a shot at Kayvon Thibodeaux of Oregon seemed farfetched, as there were projections he could be a first-overall type prospect. He did not have that sort of exceptional 2021 season — his seven sacks and 12 tackles for loss in 10 games did not match his 2019 output — but he will go very high, to someone, and that someone could be the Giants.

The new defensive scheme that will be installed by coordinator Wink Martindale will feature two outside linebackers as edge rushers. The rangy, 6-foot-5 Thibodeaux should be a natural in that role. David Ojabo, an outside linebacker from Michigan, raised his stock dramatically as a pass rusher after an 11-sack season in which he forced five fumbles.

The Joe Judge coaching regime had a thing for Georgia players, and it remains to be seen if that affinity is shared by Daboll and Schoen. If so, Travon Walker could be an option as an edge rusher.

Could the Giants go elsewhere? Of course. Derek Stingley Jr. from LSU is the top cornerback in this draft and a defense cannot have too many of them — especially, in the Giants’ case, if they decide to make James Bradberry a salary cap casualty (more likely, they try to rework his contract). A left foot injury limited Stingley to only three games in 2021, and that could scare off the Giants so high in the first round.

There are six other rounds and plenty of other players to evaluate. This new Giants brain trust has plenty of work to do this week at the combine.