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The Giants enter the 2025 NFL Draft with the third overall pick.
After a 3-14 season, how will New York use its first-round selection?
Here’s what the experts have the Giants doing…
Connor Hughes, SNY
QB Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
No. 2 pick via trade with Cleveland Browns
The real question here is how much it will cost the Giants to move up. The Browns would love if another team like the Raiders, Jets, or Saints gets involved in the bidding to drive up the price. The difference in value between the No. 3 and 2 picks, per OverTheCap’s chart, is roughly 206 points. That would mean the Giants giving up some picks in the sixth or seventh rounds.
That obviously isn’t going to happen. You overpay any time you’re making a move for a quarterback – especially when someone else wants to do the same. In 2017, the Bears went from No. 3 to No. 2 to select Mitchell Trubisky. It cost them third- and fourth-round picks in that draft, plus a third-round pick the next year. That’s probably what Schoen is looking at.
Josh Edwards, CBS Sports
QB Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
New York wants a reason to be excited and a young quarterback delivers that belief. The Giants are desperate for an upgrade at the game’s post important position and Shedeur Sanders is more than capable of handling the pressure in the Big Apple.
Joel Klatt, Fox Sports
QB Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
No. 1 pick via trade with Tennessee Titans
I don’t think Sanders is going to want to play in Tennessee and I don’t believe that any other player should be taken No. 1. Sanders is the best quarterback and the Titans can either not take him at No. 1 or they can get some more draft capital instead. They can potentially fall back to a pick where they can get Cam Ward, too.
So, I’m trading the No. 1 pick in my mock draft, with the Giants moving up. The Giants have a great relationship with Sanders and they’ve vetted him out several times. I think the interest between the player and team is reciprocal there, too.
If you really evaluate Sanders as a quarterback and you take the name out of it, I think he’s a clear No. 1 quarterback. He has a beautiful combination of the ability to be a prototypical passer from the pocket and he’s also got the ability to be an artist. That combination doesn’t come around a lot.
Field Yates, ESPN
QB Cam Ward, Miami
The two teams most pressed to upgrade at quarterback this offseason are the Giants and Raiders, and I wouldn’t rule out New York pursuing a veteran via trade before we even get to the draft. Under present roster constructions, though, I have the Giants taking Ward as the first signal-caller off the board.
Ward dazzled during his lone season at Miami, throwing for the most touchdown passes (39) and second-most passing yards (4,313) in the FBS. Though he most clean up his footwork and decision-making, Ward has a very high ceiling.
Charolette Carroll, The Athletic
QB Cam Ward, Miami
In our simulation, the Titans selected Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders at No. 1, while the Browns took Sanders’ teammate, Colorado CB/WR Travis Hunter. Ward was the easy choice after that. The 6-foot-2, 223-pound Ward, who completed 67.2 percent of his passes for 4,313 yards and 39 touchdowns against seven interceptions last season, isn’t a perfect prospect, but he’s the best QB in this draft.
Brentley Weissman, Pro Football and Sports Network
QB Cam Ward, Miami
Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen enter next season firmly on the hot seat and must perform well to keep their jobs. The team desperately needs a new quarterback and Cam Ward has the playmaking ability to excel in Daboll’s offense.
Ward is a big-armed quarterback with outstanding ability to find the open man at all three levels of the field. He has the highest upside of all the passers in this year’s class. Ward showing promise as a rookie passer may just do the trick in saving this regime’s jobs.
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