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Ralph Vacchiano
NFC East Reporter
It’s all going wrong for the New York Giants — again. They’re down to their third-string quarterback. Frustrations are boiling over on the sidelines. It’s clear their coach has no answers and there might be no way out of this downward spiral. It seems likely they won’t win another game.
The bright side of that is they look like a lock to end up with one of the top two picks in the 2024 NFL Draft, where they can grab one of the nation’s top quarterback prospects.
That’s if they want to draft one of them. Don’t assume that they will.
While taking USC’s Caleb Williams or North Carolina’s Drake Maye with one of the top two picks might seem like a no-brainer for the 2-8 Giants right now — especially with Daniel Jones’ health issues — it’s far from guaranteed that the Giants would actually do it. According to multiple sources, including one inside the Giants, some key people in the organization still have faith in Jones and believe their 26-year-old franchise quarterback can still be their long-term answer.
In other words, even if they end up drafting 1 or 2, they might still pass on taking a replacement and choose to continue building around Jones instead.
“There’s a long way to go (until the draft),” said the team source. “But I don’t think anyone has given up on him yet.”
That’s not to suggest they won’t replace Jones, even though the draft will come less than 14 months after the Giants gave him a four-year, $160 million contract with $81 million guaranteed. They might still do it. In fact, their intention, the team source said, is to prepare as if they will. General manager Joe Schoen has already seen both Maye and Williams in person — though his trip to see Maye came before the Giants’ season even started. And the expectation is that Schoen, his top lieutenants and a small army of Giants scouts will stay focused on the top quarterbacks for the rest of the college season, too.
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Publish date : 2023-11-13 20:58:11
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