The Giants’ third-overall pick continues to represent one of the fascinating story lines on this yr’s draft. While recent reports have suggested that the organization may skip the QB position and go for Travis Hunter or Abdul Carter, that won’t stop the organization from taking an extended take a look at one in all the draft’s top signal callers.
Based on NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Giants plan to work out Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders privately on Thursday. The workout will happen in Boulder, Colorado.
This isn’t the primary time the Giants have signaled some interest in Sanders. Coach Brian Daboll and a big contingent of other Giants decision makers attended the QB’s pro day earlier this month. While that obviously coincided with Hunter’s pro day, the event was truly an prolonged showcase for the signal caller. Further, as Pelissero notes, the Giants scouted Sanders “extensively” in games and practices over the past yr.
There was even a report last week that the Giants could get creative and pursue each Colorado stars. Nonetheless, subsequent rumblings indicated that the Giants weren’t necessarily as high on Sanders, and there was a little bit of skepticism surrounding the team’s QB pursuit following the addition of Russell Wilson.
Cam Ward is all but guaranteed to go first-overall to the Titans, and despite the Browns’ (No. 2) and Giants’ (No. 3) potential need for a quarterback, there’s been talk of Sanders potentially falling down the draft board. While this yr’s draft lacks top-end talent, there isn’t an extended list of teams which might be desperate for first-round QB prospects. That’s opened the door to a possible draft-day disappointment for Sanders.
Ryan Dunleavy of Latest York Post has expressed some doubt surrounding Sanders’ declining draft stock, noting that it’s “premature.” Dunleavy also says the Colorado product has “all the time” been within the conversation for the No. 3 pick, and while he may not necessarily be the favourite, the team hasn’t made any definitive decisions.
In fact, the Giants’ workout with Sanders later this week could simply be due diligence, because the team doesn’t have anything to lose by getting one last take a look at the quarterback. Dianna Russini of The Athletic seems to echo this sentiment, noting that the Giants plan to take an extended take a look at all the draft’s QB prospects. On the flip side, the Giants surely wouldn’t be putting in any such effort in the event that they weren’t a minimum of considering Sanders with the third-overall pick.
