It is hardly a secret that how New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll and basic supervisor Joe Schoen tackle the membership’s quarterback state of affairs may in the end decide if the 2 are nonetheless employed by the group right now subsequent yr.
For a mailbag printed on Wednesday, Giants/NFL insider Connor Hughes of SNY indicated that Schoen may goal Colorado Buffaloes star signal-caller Shedeur Sanders this spring.
“The discuss round league circles has been Sanders,” Hughes mentioned about which to-be rookie quarterback Schoen prefers. “It’s been that means since earlier than the season ended. The Giants really had a accomplished report on Sanders prepared if he declared for final yr’s draft. He would have been a goal within the second or third spherical.”
The Giants at present maintain the third general choose of the upcoming draft, and it is far too early to say if Sanders will likely be obtainable at No. 3. For a mock draft printed on Wednesday, The Athletic’s Dane Brugler predicted that the Tennessee Titans will seize Miami Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward with the primary selection and that Sanders will fall to the Giants. Hughes talked about that “a number of league sources” not too long ago mentioned neither Sanders nor Ward can be “higher than the fourth-best (QB) possibility in final yr’s class.”
Earlier than the Giants make a closing name relating to their curiosity in Sanders or Ward, Large Blue will nearly definitely purchase a so-called “bridge possibility” to function its 2025 Week 1 QB1. Hughes revealed that the identify he’d “keep watch over” is Kirk Cousins of the Atlanta Falcons.
Cousins misplaced the beginning job in Atlanta to 2024 first-round draft choose Michael Penix Jr. in December and likely will become a salary-cap casualty in March. He theoretically may signal a team-friendly cope with any membership in free company, but it surely’s unclear how he feels in regards to the Giants this winter.
Previous stories linked Cousins with a Cleveland Browns workforce that additionally wants a beginning quarterback for 2025. Cousins had Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski as his quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator after they have been with the Minnesota Vikings in 2018 and 2019.
Curiously, the Browns theoretically may lure Cousins to Cleveland after which take Sanders with the draft’s second choice until Schoen pulls off a blockbuster commerce earlier than the night time of April 24 arrives. Then once more, some suppose Cleveland may move on Cousins and signal Aaron Rodgers if he is minimize by the New York Jets in March.
