It is no secret that the New York Giants enter the offseason with a huge need at the quarterback position. After cutting Daniel Jones, New York is desperate for a starting quarterback, and with the third-overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Giants could have a shot at landing one of the top quarterback prospects. Miami’s Cam Ward and Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders are projected to be high first-round picks, and both have been linked to New York. After speaking with team sources, the early feeling is the Giants prefer Ward over Sanders but say they are not in love with either of them.
With Ward, they feel he has more mobility, more arm strength, and more upside. They feel you will have to coach out the gunslinger mentality a little bit, but that gunslinger and ad-lib ability are his special qualities. With Sanders, they like the accuracy and anticipation but have concerns about his lack of running ability for the NFL, holding the ball too long, and potentially having to deal with distraction from his father and the focus on building a brand.
Sources say the Giants are not smitten with either prospect, but if they don’t fill the quarterback need in free agency, they will probably draft one of these two quarterbacks. Both received starter grades, and they feel they have to take a shot at getting a long-term solution for the position. Unless they trade up, New York will need some help with one of the teams in front of them not taking a quarterback. That seems feasible at this time, but free agency will offer clues about what direction the Titans and Browns will go in the first two selections. In my latest 2025 NFL Mock Draft, I have the Giants landing one of these quarterbacks.
