One way or another, the Giants must add a quarterback before opening day next season, but will it be a veteran backup with a proven ability to win (sorry, Tyrod Taylor and Tommy DeVito), or a draft pick who take over when Daniel Jones … a) bombs in 2024; b) gets hurt again; or c) is traded?
Whatever route the Giants take, a high draft pick in April will have long-term consequences for the franchise, whether the front office grabs a quarterback, or decides to bring in a veteran and drafts at another position, or trades down to accumulate picks.
Warning: Trading down is always risky, but more so if the player chosen with that pick turns into a star — at a position where you desperately need help. The Giants could admit they made a mistake with Jones and move on, trading him for a bag of balls and a conditional pick. Keeping him around as a backup is not an option.
Which brings us to Sunday’s game, which will have a huge effect on the Giants’ and Patriots’ draft placement. according to ESPN:
If the Patriots lose, they will have a 38% chance at a top-two pick, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index. If they win, it drops to 9%.
If the Giants lose, they will have a 47% chance to earn a top-two pick. But a win means an 11% chance.
We already know that the Patriots — with Mac Jones trying to set a record for benchings in one season — desperately need a quarterback.
Would the Giants draft a quarterback a year after signing Jones to a four-year, $160 million contract? With Jones missing 11 games to injury, including the final eight after surgery, the answer is I.R. — Indeed, Really.
And the push to draft a quarterback likely will become stronger each week. While DeVito is a feel-good story about a Jersey kid living at home and playing in his back yard, he’s not the answer.
Last Sunday, the Washington Commanders sacked DeVito nine times while getting 11 quarterback hits in the Giants’ 31-19 win. Amazingly, DeVito completed 18 of 26 passes for 246 yards, three…
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