From early March by the second Friday of April, rumors and tales have hinted that the New York Giants are both hoping they’ll land Michigan Wolverines quarterback J.J. McCarthy through the sixth choose of the 2024 NFL Draft or are prepared to maneuver up within the draft order to take him.
Giants legend and present NFL analyst Tiki Barber clearly is not a fan of both plan.
“The J.J. McCarthy factor, I’m uninterested in listening to it,” Barber stated throughout Thursday’s version of the WFAN “Evan and Tiki” program, as shared by Matt Ehalt of the New York Submit. “Cease with the J.J. McCarthy factor. His movie doesn’t say he’s a first-round quarterback. His movie doesn’t say, ‘I must do away with all my property and go draft this man,’ as a result of numerous what he does doesn’t translate.”
Barber could have little to fret about concerning his beloved Giants presumably going all-in on McCarthy.
Assuming analysts and reporters are proper about USC Trojans star Caleb Williams and LSU Tigers quarterback Jayden Daniels turning into the primary two picks of the draft, the New England Patriots might choose McCarthy over Drake Maye of the North Carolina Tar Heels through alternative No. 3.
Even when the Patriots go along with Maye, it is believed a membership such because the Minnesota Vikings, Las Vegas Raiders or Denver Broncos will transfer up forward of choose No. 6 to take McCarthy.
As for the Giants’ supposed want to maneuver on from 2023 Week One starter Daniel Jones subsequent offseason, they might take a flier throughout the upcoming draft on both Washington Huskies quarterback Michael Penix Jr. or Oregon Geese signal-caller Bo Nix.
Some assume New York might wait till the 2025 player-selection course of to seek out Jones’ substitute if Penix and Nix grow to be first-round picks on April 25.
“The scheme that he ran at Michigan — and possibly that is an indictment on the scheme and never essentially on him — but it surely didn’t spotlight the issues that it’s worthwhile to do, second-, third-level reads, a number of combo routes that you need to get right,” Barber added about McCarthy. “He didn’t do any of that stuff. They had been run-based and he thrived in it…”
As of Friday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Vikings because the betting favorites at +125 odds to pick out McCarthy. The Patriots had been second at +250, adopted by the Giants at +320.
