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New York Giants headlines for Thursday
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ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper gave an interesting comparison for the young quarterback.
“Chad Pennington would probably be my comp for Shedeur,” he said. “I loved Chad coming out (in 2000). I even had him top-five on the big board. He ended up going 18... He went 18 to the Jets. Ended up playing in Miami. Had a really great career. Was he a Hall of Famer? No. But could you get to a Super Bowl with Chad Pennington? Yeah, you could have if you had a supporting cast around him.”
Jeremy Fowler wrote "Quarterback Russell Wilson foresaw a New York Giants signing well before his eventual signing last week. Sources said that Wilson, who attended Super Bowl LIX, came out of that week thinking his chances to become a Giant were high. Perhaps he anticipated the dominoes falling the way they did, with Pittsburgh targeting Justin Fields and Aaron Rodgers and the Giants being a runner-up for both Stafford and Rodgers. But he's apparently seen blue for a while now.
Round 1: No. 3 overall: Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado
Round 2: No. 34 overall: Tyler Booker, OG, Alabama
Sanders seems destined to play under the bright lights of the big city. The Giants signed veterans Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston to relatively inexpensive short-term contracts, but the team still needs a future leader. Sanders commands the offense from the pocket and is effective on the run while carrying the same kind of self-confidence his father is well known for. If Booker's lack of pure athleticism causes him to drop out of the first round, the Giants would snap him up to fill their need for a tough-minded interior blocker with experience at left and right guard.
