• The New York Giants are going through the final pieces of preparation on the quarterbacks for the NFL draft, and as such they’ll close the loop on Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders this week with a private workout on campus.
Is this a reconsideration, given the late juncture of the session?
One thing that I think has made John Mara a good owner over the years is his willingness to ask good questions of his football people without being overbearing or interfering too much in football decisions (and, yes, I know the recent track record isn’t great). So, in this case, I see this, and this is just me talking, as
They’ve passed on such opportunities before with mixed results. Last year, they tried to trade up for Drake Maye, then passed on Michael Penix Jr., J.J. McCarthy and Bo Nix to take Malik Nabers with the sixth pick. Two years before that, they twice passed on Kenny Pickett in the top 10. And the year before, they took Daniel Jones. In 2018, they took Saquon Barkley second with Sam Darnold, Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson still on the board.
Add that up, and you’d probably say they were right once, wrong once, and the jury’s still out on last year’s decision.
Either way, with a decision this big, the more information they can get, the better. I seriously doubt it’ll cause them to pass on Abdul Carter or Travis Hunter with the third pick, in part because the vast majority of the NFL doesn’t see Sanders as worthy of a top-five pick. But it could mean, if Sanders starts falling, he becomes a more serious consideration, either in a trade up from 34—or if the Colorado quarterback simply falls into the Giants’ laps there.
Clearly, there are a very wide range of possible outcomes for Sanders next week. The Giants, in going through their process, plan on being ready for all of them.
(And, by the way, Sanders is just one of three QBs the Giants are traveling to work out this week, with trips to see Louisville QB Tyler Shough and Alabama QB Jalen Milroe also on the docket.)
