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Ralph Vacchiano
NFC East Reporter
It’s no secret that the Giants are seriously considering taking a quarterback in the first round of this year’s draft. The real mystery is whether one they like will be available at pick No. 6.
If not, they would have to trade up. And they might be willing to do that. But only if the right quarterback is still available.
And the quarterback who might tempt them to do that is North Carolina’s Drake Maye.
He is the prospect who could most entice the Giants to make a blockbuster move up from No. 6, according to multiple NFL sources familiar with the Giants’ thinking. With USC’s Caleb Williams almost certain to be taken by the Chicago Bears at No. 1, the 21-year-old Maye is believed by many around the NFL to be the next quarterback on the Giants’ list.
In fact, one league source said he believes that if Maye somehow gets past the Washington Commanders at No. 2 — which is far from a certainty — the Giants would consider making an aggressive offer to the New England Patriots to move up from No. 6 to No. 3 to draft him. It’s not clear if New York would be willing to do the same for LSU’s Jayden Daniels or Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy, the other two top quarterbacks likely to be available at that spot.
Now, keep in mind there are still three weeks to go until the NFL Draft and a lot of things could change — including the order of quarterbacks on the Giants’ draft board, which a team source said is far from finalized. In fact, the Giants have been heavily scouting all of the top quarterbacks in the draft, sending large contingents to their pro days and with plans to hold private workouts with most of them.
But if they’ve settled on the one they like best, or once they do, a big trade up for a quarterback might not be out of character for the Giants’ regime of GM Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll. Both were in Buffalo in 2018 when the Bills did a double jump up from 21 to 12 to 7 to draft…
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Publish date : 2024-04-05 20:10:10
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