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Could the Giants really get their pick of the quarterbacks?
Another milestone on the road to the 2025 NFL Draft, another batch of mock drafts released.
The last week in January saw a week of practice for both the East-West Shrine Bowl and the Reese’s Senior Bowl, as well as the games at the culmination of the practices. With new information, new prospects surfaced in practices, and (most importantly) a chance to talk to contacts around the league, the major outlets are releasing another wave of mock drafts.
ESPN’s Matt Miller released his two-round mock (ESPN+) on Monday morning, and it’s one that Giants fans could (potentially) love.
3. Cam Ward, QB, Miami
The Giants are in quarterback-or-bust mode, as they passed on Michael Penix Jr., J.J. McCarthy and Bo Nix for wide receiver Malik Nabers in 2024 and then cut Daniel Jones.
While Nabers was fantastic, he needs a reliable point guard under center. Ward has a big-time arm, excels at finding passing windows and can create with his feet. He led the FBS with 39 touchdown passes in 2024 and was second in QBR (88.7).
The Giants — who were 28th in QBR this season at 44.9 — need a quarterback who can move in the pocket and has the arm talent to maximize Nabers’ special skills. Ward is that quarterback and can help turn things around for this offense.
Raptor’s thoughts
It’s interesting to me that there seems to be a bit of a consensus building that Abdul Carter and Travis Hunter will go 1-2 in the draft and the Giants will get their pick of quarterbacks.
(By the way, Shedeur Sanders goes sixth to the Las Vegas Raiders)
Listening to folks with connections around the NFL, there are two notions that seem to be forming. First, nobody seems to know quite what the Titans and Browns are planning, but they might be willing to wait on a quarterback.
Second: The Giants are drafting a quarterback. Dianna Russini of The Athletic went so far as to say that the G-Men “look like a team that is motivated and locked in to draft a quarterback.”
So I’m reading the last couple drafts that have Cam Ward going to the Giants in that light. Mock drafters with league connections are pretty sure the Giants are drafting a quarterback in the first round, and Ward is viewed as QB1.
I’m in the process of doing my quarterback deep dives for this year, and I won’t be offering my final evaluations of this class until those are complete. So until then, take what I say about the quarterbacks with a grain of salt because my thoughts on them will ultimately fit the data, and that could force a change of opinion.
But at least for right now, I’ll say that if the Giants have the chance to get Cam Ward, they need to take it.
Miller talks about Nabers, and that’s part of the...
