The New York Giants seemingly actually needed to draft Drake Maye within the 2024 NFL Draft, however the New England Patriots actually needed to take the North Carolina quarterback.
That’s precisely what Eliot Wolf, Jerod Mayo and the remainder of the Patriots’ soccer operations crew ended up doing with the No. 3 decide. Regardless of hypothesis or options they need to commerce the decide to beef up an ongoing rebuild additional, the Pats emphasised crucial place in soccer and took Maye.
However it wasn’t for a scarcity of effort from the Giants to pry that No. 3 pick of the Patriots’ fingers.
The Giants, as we’ve seen on episodes of this offseason season of “Exhausting Knocks,” had been legitimately focused on buying and selling up from No. 6. After seeing an NFL scouting mix interplay between Maye and Giants coach Brian Daboll, it certain seemed just like the G-Males needed the Carolina gunslinger. One other “Exhausting Knocks” scene confirmed Joe Schoen and Wolf discussing on the mix what it would possibly take for the Giants to accumulate that No. 3 decide.
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Now, because of a teaser clip from the NFL, we all know much more about New York’s efforts to swing a take care of the Patriots. The clip for Tuesday evening’s episode exhibits a snippet of a draft-day dialog between Schoen and Wolf the place the latter makes it slightly clear it was going to take a generational provide to surrender the choice.
Schoen: Are you guys nonetheless listening, or are you guys making a call? What are you guys pondering?
Wolf: I believe we’re fairly pleased with sitting right here choosing.
Schoen: OK.
Wolf: However in case you provide us, like, 1, 2, 3 this 12 months, 1, 2 subsequent 12 months — I imply, you already know, I’m exaggerating.
Schoen: However I imply it’s going to be one thing loopy like that?
Wolf: It will most likely should be fairly important.
Schoen: OK, so, like a one this 12 months … a one subsequent 12 months and one thing extra this 12 months isn’t going to do it? It’s gotta be multiples in ’25?
Wolf: Uhh, we’re simply on this state of affairs the place we’re most likely going to sit down and take a quarterback, ya know?
Schoen: OK
Once more, we will’t say for certain the Giants had been eying Maye, however the proof is tough to disregard. On the very least, it’s gotta be a tricky look ahead to incumbent quarterback Daniel Jones for whom Schoen has expressed confidence this offseason. New York virtually definitely wasn’t making an attempt to maneuver as much as take something aside from a quarterback.
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Granted, if the Patriots had been capable of land the No. 6 decide plus the Giants’ second- and third-round picks this 12 months plus a first- and a second-rounder subsequent 12 months, they’d be loopy in the event that they didn’t a minimum of take into account it.
It’s an fascinating improvement from the Patriots’ aspect of issues, too, although. They stunning clearly had been thrilled to get Maye at No. 3, however that is additionally proof of a minimum of a slight willingness to take heed to gives proper up till draft day. And whereas earlier reporting already prompt as a lot, it’s nonetheless fascinating to listen to.
