ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter raised eyebrows when he advised Monday that among the New York Giants’ pre-draft actions could have been associated to hoping that Notre Dame Combating Irish offensive deal with Joe Alt would fall to the sixth choose of the NFL Draft.
In articles posted on Tuesday, each Mike Reiss and Jordan Raanan of ESPN insisted the Giants wished to amass the draft’s third choose from the New England Patriots with a view to seize North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Drake Maye. New England stayed at No. 3 and chosen Maye this previous Thursday evening.
Particularly, Reiss revealed {that a} supply stated the Giants “had provided the No. 6 total choose and their 2025 first-round choose” to New England for the third selection. Raanan, in the meantime, talked about that “a number of sources” advised him the Giants “made affords that concerned their first and second-round picks this yr and first-rounder in 2025” for No. 3.
Roughly one week earlier than the draft obtained underway, whispers emerged hinting that the Giants’ alleged curiosity in Michigan Wolverines quarterback J.J. McCarthy was little greater than a smokescreen. It is broadly assumed the Giants had no sensible likelihood of protecting the Chicago Bears from making USC Trojans star quarterback Caleb Williams the draft’s first choose and of stopping the Washington Commanders from taking LSU Tigers signal-caller Jayden Daniels at No. 2.
This previous Friday, Albert Breer of Sports activities Illustrated wrote that the Giants “did wind up placing their 2025 first-round choose of their provide to maneuver from No. 6 to No. 3.” Breer added in that piece that the Minnesota Vikings provided the Patriots picks No. 11 and No. 23 this yr, a 2025 first-round choice and “choose swaps favoring the Vikings” for the third selection.
Such info, coupled with what Reiss and Raanan shared, signifies the Giants have been by no means all that near incomes the appropriate to draft Maye at No. 3.
The Los Angeles Chargers finally took Alt with the draft’s fifth choose, whereas the Giants chosen LSU large receiver Malik Nabers as a substitute of McCarthy at No. 6.
Giants basic supervisor Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll could also be counting down till they will half methods with 2023 Week 1 beginning quarterback Daniel Jones subsequent offseason. Schoen nonetheless seemingly by no means known as New England concerning a so-called “Godfather provide” for what turned the Maye choose.
