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Skill position analyst visits ‘Valentine’s Views’ podcast
One of my favorite conversations each year as the NFL Draft approaches is with Matt Waldman of The Rookie Scouting Portfolio. Waldman joined the ‘Valentine’s Views’ podcast on Monday for a lengthy conversation about the New York Giants and many of the top quarterbacks in the 2025 draft class.
If you aren’t familiar with Waldman’s work, he is one of the pre-eminent skill position analysts in the industry.
Below is a breakdown of much of what we talked about. The full show is also included at the end of the post.
“The Giants continue to be a fascinating team and I I like a lot of where the Giants are going even though maybe fans are frustrated with what the expectations were vs. the reality. They intrigue me this year.
“I’m happy coming back and and being able to see that Daniel Jones is out of New York and that Malik Nabers started off so strong even with or without a quarterback.”
An optimistic Waldman believes the Giants are “maybe two to three players away from being a solid wildcard team.”
Even with the veterans Wilson and Winston, the Giants are expected to add a rookie quarterback. Waldman believes the Giants have set up a good quarterback room for whoever that rookie is.
“It’s a good quarterback room for a young quarterback,” Waldman said. “Even though some people might look at the narratives involving Russell Wilson and James Winston and go ‘how can that be a good quarterback room?’ But I think in a lot of ways it can.”
Waldman believes Wilson will give the Giants better quarterback play than they have had.
“Russell Wilson is a strong decision maker who puts the ball in a position for his receivers to win it And that mean that’s great for Malik Nabers. He’s good in the play-action game. So, this is a team that Wilson could provide a lot of stability ... When you watch the best of Russell Wilson you see a player that has an undying belief that he can help his team win.”
With GM Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll potentially facing the end of their tenures if 2025 doesn’t go well, some might consider the Giants a difficult landing spot for a rookie quarterback. Not Waldman.
“While it seems like the GM and the coach to varying levels are on shaky ground from a Giants perspective the one thing that I’ve always admired about the Giants is that they tend to be patient and see the course about things,” Waldman said. “They tend to give people an opportunity to grow and develop. And I think that in the background ... they’ve built a solid nucleus and they’re not that far away from becoming a really strong nucleus as a team.
“Now you have a quarterback room...
