This is the way smart organizations operate. First you take the best available player if he falls in your lap.

Then you keep your young quarterback protected and build the best offensive line the franchise has had since Super Bowl 46 … even if it means bypassing safety Caleb Downs and having him wind up with Jerry Jones.

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Take heart, Giants fans: John Harbaugh and GM Joe Schoen had themselves a night.

What quarterback wouldn’t die for an offensive-line bully who tells Jaxson Dart and the nation: “I’m ready to die for you, bro?”