The New York Giants have fully overhauled their quarterback depth chart this offseason, persevering with with the signing of veteran Russell Wilson on Tuesday.
Mixed with the addition of Jameis Winston every week in the past, that’s two veteran quarterbacks coming in to take excessive of the depth chart.
That ought to not essentially imply that the Giants are executed overhauling that a part of their roster. Particularly because it pertains to the 2025 NFL Draft and their No. 3 total choose.
Earlier than including Wilson and Winston, New York was considered as a possible touchdown spot for a quarterback on the high of the draft, particularly Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders if he ended up getting by way of the primary two picks of the draft.
If he does, and if the Giants view him as a participant worthy of that spot within the draft, they should have no hesitation in selecting him. There may even be a powerful argument in favor of doing so.
For one, not one of the quarterbacks on the roster — Wilson, Winston or Tommy Devito — are potential long-term options given their ages and long-term upsides. Wilson is simply signed for one season, whereas Winston’s contract pays him like a backup. DeVito just isn’t anyone you need making greater than a handful of begins in a season and solely when completely essential.
They’re all placeholders and bridge quarterbacks at finest.
The issue is no one actually is aware of who they’re placeholders for, as a result of there may be not presently anyone on the roster that matches into the long-term plans. There may be additionally no assure they are going to be positioned to seek out that long-term reply subsequent 12 months.
That’s the place a participant like Sanders may nonetheless are available in to play.
There may be precedent for a group to signal a veteran quarterback in free company after which use a top-10 choose on a quarterback, because the Atlanta Falcons did that precise factor a 12 months in the past by signing Kirk Cousins and drafting Michael Penix Jr. In that state of affairs, Cousins was signed to a considerably longer and costlier contract than both Wilson or Winston bought. It additionally ended up most likely figuring out for the very best because the Cousins experiment didn’t work out as anyone deliberate.
It will additionally permit New York to provide a rookie quarterback a chance to sit down and be taught for a 12 months with out having to be thrown into the deep finish of the pool behind a nasty group.
The query would all come down as to whether or not the Giants have that top of a grade on Sanders, or if he even lasts till the No. 3 total choose.
Whereas the Tennessee Titans appear prone to choose Miami’s Cam Ward with the highest choose, there may be some debate as to what the Cleveland Browns will do at No. 2 and if they might take Sanders, or go in a unique route with any person like Abdul Carter or Travis Hunter.
The Giants a minimum of have some choices which may have the ability to assist them put a formidable offense on the sector for the 2025 season. They nonetheless want any person past that. The short-term choices for this season shouldn’t cease them from additionally including a possible long-term possibility in April.
