We’re four weeks away from the 2025 NFL Draft and the Giants’ plan for the No. 3 pick remains a mystery.
It’s safe to assume they want a QB, but what if Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders are off the board? And even if Sanders falls to them, what if GM Joe Schoen doesn’t deem him worthy of a top 3 pick investment? He did sign Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston this past week, after all…
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If any of these scenarios play out, Schoen might be tempted to trade down for a haul — which would make sense. If he strikes a deal with, say, the QB-needy Jets (No. 7 pick), Schoen could probably come away with a first-round pick swap, a second-round pick and more, according to the Jimmy Johnson trade chart. Not a bad return at all.
But he shouldn’t do that in this draft.
The top two prospects this year, according to most scouting experts, are Abdul Carter and Travis Hunter. Carter is a freak edge rusher who has drawn comparisons to Micah Parsons, while Hunter wants to be the NFL’s Shohei Ohtani, playing both wideout and corner. They would be locks for 1 and 2 if the Titans and Browns weren’t so desperate for a new QB (in fact, ESPN’s Adam Schefter thinks Cleveland will take Carter at No. 2 anyway).
If one of these super athletes falls into the Giants’ laps at No. 3, Schoen should hand in the draft card without a second thought. Hunter would fit their needs more, but they can surely make Carter work too — even with Brian Burns and Kayvon Thibodeaux on the roster.
Schoen has done a decent job filling the Giants’ biggest non-QB needs this offseason. He doesn’t need a dump truck full of picks to make the 2025 Giants interesting. He needs to start adding game-changing athletes to the mix.
Of course, this would leave them without a reliable long-term answer at QB, but Sanders might not be that anyway. That’s why he should take the player with the much higher ceiling.
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