The roster is far from complete – at quarterback or otherwise.
The Giants have eight overall picks, including five choices in the first 105, thanks to a compensatory selection that the team gained in the third round. Schoen believes you can find a quarterback past the first round, but he won't take one just for the sake of it.
People need to ask, "What if there's not a guy?"
"The assumption is there is going to be a guy [in the first round]," Schoen said of the outside perception. "Like I understand the narrative of that. As we do our homework, if there is not a guy, we'll take one that checks the box. If there is not a guy, that's not a good plan."
Schoen added: "So, if there is another guy in the second or third or Mr. Irrelevant that can become a franchise quarterback, heck yeah, you would love to do that. We're going to do our homework on all the quarterbacks and all the positions. We've set it up where we're not backed into a corner that we have to take any particular position at any point."
Furthermore, even with the draft less than a month away, the information-gathering is not complete. That is true for all 32 clubs, including possible trade partners.
"There are still pro days, particularly, because the position I know you're talking about, Colorado doesn't go until Friday," Schoen said. "Miami just went last week. Last week was a big day for pro days, some of the schools that went. We'll continue to gather information. There is still information coming in. I think most of the clubs – again, it's incomplete still until you get all the information. We'll see on that."
The same is true for non-quarterbacks.
"We're going to continue to gather information," Schoen said. "Still a little bit incomplete. Two of the players I'm assuming you're talking about haven't even worked out. We're still gathering that information. Again, we're in a position where we can take who we think is the best football player at that time."