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April 25, 2024

New York Giants news for Draft Day 2024

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GM Joe Schoen keeps plans ‘close to the vest’ in buildup to draft | Giants.com

The Giants will pick sixth in the first round Thursday night. Unless they don’t, which would happen if they trade up or back. Schoen is not letting his intentions leak outside the team’s draft room at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center.

“There’s going to be a lot of smoke this week: ‘This is the Giants’ guy and this is who they’re taking,'” Schoen said. “And nobody knows because there’s one person that does and I’m keeping things pretty close to the vest in terms of what we’re going to do. The more people that know what’s going on, you maybe put them in a predicament you don’t want to put them in where they know the information, it gets out and then you’re looking at them sideways. So, try to keep as much information in house and that’ll continue through Thursday in terms of when I get a feel for what’s going to happen around us.”

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UNC’s Drake Maye liked watching Tom Brady tape with Giants’ Brian Daboll | New York Daily News

NC QB Drake Maye said he liked watching Tom Brady Patriots tape with Giants HC Brian Daboll.

“Makes me want to play in that type of offense. It was just really cool watching the old Patriots tape and seeing him coach Tom and say, ‘Hey, this what Tom was thinking, he’s taking Gronk across the middle.,” said Maye at an event in Detroit. “Some of that stuff was pretty cool, and it makes me want to play in that type of offense.”

Boomer: Giants dump Daniel Jones if they draft quarterback | WFAN.com

If the Giants indeed do trade up to get Drake Maye, Boomer says it would have to be the end of Daniel Jones in New York, even if the escape hatch in his contract doesn’t activate until after the upcoming season.

“If you get Drake Maye, then what happens to Daniel Jones? You can’t keep Daniel Jones here with Drew Lock. You can’t,” Boomer said. “You’d have to trade him or cut him. If you traded him, you may have to do what the Jets did. you may have to add some incentive for a team to take him…but if you draft a kid, and trade up to get him in the first round and put him in that locker room, and Daniel Jones is still there, it’s not fair for the kid…and it’s certainly not fair for Daniel Jones.”

Cases for why Giants should take QB, WR, OL in 2024 NFL Draft | New York Post

Unless they trade up or down, the Giants will make their selection after five players are off the board, and there are several routes they could go with the No. 6 overall pick.

JJ McCarthy talking about his Giants visit (around the 2:45 mark)

Intrigue and conversations surrounding @jjmccarthy09 have been vast pre-#NFLDraft and the National Championship winner definitely surprised when he said the team he’s spent the most time with:#NFL #DaBears #HTTC #ForeverNE #BoltUp #NYGiants pic.twitter.com/71Kwd7TwS4

— Rich Eisen Show (@RichEisenShow) April 24, 2024

2024 NFL Draft: One prediction for all 32 NFL teams | PFF

New York Giants: Don’t Draft a Quarterback in Rounds 1 or 2

The caveat here is that I think the Giants would be delighted if Drake Maye slid to No. 6, but failing that, I don’t see them drafting a quarterback in the first round. New York could draft Michael Penix Jr. or Bo Nix if they fell into the second round, but it seems more likely that they draft a developmental passer in the third round and run it back with Daniel Jones in 2024 before taking stock after the season.

Eli Manning learned of his Giants trade from an NJ kid during NFL Draft 2004 | The Record

Eli Manning was doing interviews as the Chargers’ No. 1 draft pick in 2004 when an 11-year-old from NJ told him he was a Giant. Meet Dylan Sherwyn and where he is now.