Do the New York Giants really love Shedeur Sanders? Maybe, maybe not

Don’t believe anyone who tells you the Giants know with 100% certainty what they will do at No. 3 in the draft

ESPN’s Matt Miller reported on Friday that he still believes the New York Giants will select Shedeur Sanders at No. 3 in the 2025 NFL Draft and that a scout told him “New York loving Shedeur is the worst-kept secret in the league right now.” [ESPN Insider]

Jordan Reid added that “finding a young QB is still at the top of the priority list for the Giants.”

I fully believe Reid is right that the Giants will be selecting a potential quarterback of the future, at the least a rookie who gives them an option, in the upcoming draft.

Will it be Sanders? I think that ball is firmly up in the air and whether it lands on “yes” or “no” — if the Giants even have the opportunity to select Sanders — has yet to be determined.

Miller, and others who have pointed it out, are right that the Giants have paid an inordinate amount of attention to Sanders going all the way back to last fall. That, though, does not mean the Giants are guaranteed to draft him.

Remember how much attention the Giants paid to J.J. McCarthy in the run-up to last year’s draft? Well, Malik Nabers is a Giant and McCarthy is a Minnesota Viking. That should be a cautionary tale for those convinced right now that the Giants will take Sanders.

Here were some of the Giants-McCarthy headlines during the 2024 draft process:

• April 24: J.J. McCarthy on Giants: ‘I’ve spent most of my time with them’
• April 19: Chad Reuter 7-round mock draft: Giants take the J.J. McCarthy plunge
• April 16: Peter Schrager mock draft: Giants trade up for J.J. McCarthy
• March 28: Giants will hold private workout for J.J. McCarthy
• March 27: Ex-GM Mike Tannenbaum explains why NFL teams love J.J. McCarthy
• March 27: ‘A lot of people think the Giants’ guy is J.J. McCarthy’
• March 20: Mel Kiper: J.J. McCarthy ‘makes sense’ for New York Giants at No. 6
• March 19: J.J. McCarthy visits New York Giants, cranking up the QB speculation
• March 8: Giants mock draft tracker: J.J. McCarthy support takes huge post-Combine jump

There are several other Giants-McCarthy posts on the pages of Big Blue View. I am particularly drawn to the March 27 ‘A lot of people think the Giants’ guy is J.J. McCarthy’ post. That is almost a year to the day of the reporting on the Giants’ love for Sanders.

Maybe the Giants will take Sanders. Maybe they won’t. I have talked to enough knowledgeable people and gotten enough different opinions to know one thing right now — anybody who says today that they know exactly what the Giants are going to do is blowing smoke.

Sanders has yet to perform at the upcoming Colorado Pro Day, have a 30 visit with or do a private...