In past years, Young always said that in the first round the Giants would pick the best available player rather than for need.

The Giants will pick fourth in the 2004 draft.

The Giants picked a fine time to squash what was becoming a messy habit.

He was taken by Detroit, eight selections after the Giants picked at No. 19.

The Giants picked him mainly for his value on special teams.

That is why the Giants picked him in the first round of the draft in 1991 and paid him over $3 million.

Young said he did not realize the Giants had picked six defenders in a row until later that day.

The Giants won't pick now until the middle of the second round, where they will have the 40th choice over all.

On August 21, 2007 the Giants picked him off waivers and released him six days later.

But he is pleased with his role, which is the one most people assigned to him when the Giants picked him in last spring's draft.