The New York Giants maintain the sixth total choice within the first spherical of the 2024 NFL draft.
Many mock drafters are predicting Large Blue grabs a stud vast receiver with the decide as the highest 4 quarterbacks could possibly be off the board by the point they’re on the clock.
However, if by some probability, a kind of 4 gamers — USC’s Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels of LSU, Drake Maye of North Carolina, and Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy — fall to the Giants, Trevor Sikkema of Professional Soccer Focus believes Maye could be the most effective match for common supervisor Joe Schoen’s Giants.
I nonetheless have Maye as my QB2 on this class, however even then, I can acknowledge that he must hone his fundamentals, make his throwing movement extra repeatable and constant and never put the ball in hurt’s manner as a lot as he did in 2023.
Brian Daboll is the perfect coach to get that achieved with Maye. He did so with Josh Allen when he was the offensive coordinator in Buffalo for 4 seasons. He allowed Allen to nonetheless be who he’s as a quarterback whereas limiting his errors.
The situation is turning into an increasing number of unlikely because the groups choosing first and second — Chicago and Washington — are anticipated to take Williams and Daniels, respectively, and New England is asking for a king’s ransom for the decide in a commerce.
If a crew doesn’t meet the Patriots’ value, they’re anticipated to take both Maye or McCarthy, as is any crew buying the decide.
The Giants buying and selling as much as No. 3 would doubtless entail them sending No. 6 and No. 47 on this yr’s draft plus subsequent yr’s first-round decide to the Pats.
If the Giants do find yourself with Maye, he might not be the starter on Day 1. Daniel Jones remains to be the starter, relying on the standing of his knee, and Schoen inked Drew Lock to a one-year deal in free company. There’s a little bit of a site visitors jam for Maye to beat.
However Maye is the kind of participant that Daboll desires to run his offense. He must information Maye by the NFL acclimation course of at first earlier than handing over the keys.
