Mel Kiper's first mock draft of 2015 has the New York Giants selecting Iowa tackle Brandon Scherff with the No. 9 pick in the first round.

It's obviously still way too early to know anything for certain at this point, but Mel's reasoning on Scherff sounds like the kind of reasoning that would appeal to the Giants. Some project Scherff as a guard at the NFL level, but the same was said two years ago about Syracuse's Justin Pugh, whom the Giants drafted in the first round and started at right tackle for his first two seasons in the league.

The Giants' specific offensive line needs are unclear at this point. In their radio interviews Tuesday, coach Tom Coughlin and GM Jerry Reese indicated that there had been some talk of finding a dominating tackle and moving Pugh inside to guard. But Pugh's position flexibility as well as Weston Richburg's and Geoff Schwartz's, allow the Giants to keep their options open.

The Giants need to do better in the run game, and that starts up front, where they struggled mightily with their run blocking in 2014.

You know me. I was the one arguing for Zack Martin over Odell Beckham Jr. last year when the Giants were picking No. 12. But you also know Jerry Reese, who admitted in his radio interview with WFAN in New York on Tuesday that he had Beckham and Martin ranked close together but will always take the dynamic playmaker over the lineman in such a scenario. Given the way the first eight picks of Mel's mock fell, Scherff looks like a solid pick for the Giants at No. 9. But if they think he's a guard, they may decide that's too high to take him, and the guy still on Mel's board who jumps out to me as a Reese-type pick at this spot would be Louisville wide receiver Devante Parker. And if they didn't want to take a wide receiver in the top 12 two years in a row, maybe a pass-rusher like Clemson's Vic Beasley.

Again, long way to go with this stuff.

For Kiper’s complete analysis of the Giants' pick and the entire first round, click here.