— that is the question posed by BBV reader David Whitford. Let’s explore the possibilities."WhiteFanposts
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Corey Ballentine NFL Jersey , Week 17New York Giants NewsBBV mailbag outtake: How the Giants should manage their draft capital toward getting a
franchise quarterback New,134commentsTo trade or not to trade assets — that is
the question posed by BBV reader David Whitford. Let’s explore the
possibilities.EDTShareTweetShareShareBBV mailbag outtake: How the Giants should
manage their draft capital toward getting a franchise
quarterback?NorthJersey.com-USA TODAY NETWOREach week, BBV editor Ed Valentine
sorts through his mailbag and picks out a reader-submitted question for me to
develop into a longer post. This week’s post is in response to a letter from
David Whitford, as follows:David, I think you are definitely on to something. If
the Giants do not draft their next franchise quarterback in this draft — and I
would be absolutely stunned if that were the case — I think the plan is to fill
as many holes as possible on both sides of the ball which would then put them
into a situation where come next year, they will have at least two extra comp
picks (projected by Over the Cap’s Nick Korte as a third for Landon Collins and
a seventh). With a tentative count of nine picks in the 2020 draft, if the
Giants draft well this year and plug a lot of those holes, then next
year
Corey Ballentine NFL Draft , they can afford to give up the farm to move up to get their franchise quarterback if there is someone they feel is worth
going up to get. It’s a long-term strategy and it’s a risky one, and certainly
it would help the Giants if they end up drafting in the Top 10 again (or at the
very least, the top half of the draft in 2020). But again, if you draft well in
2019 and those picks prove to plug the holes you have, now you’re pretty much
set for 2020, which is a point newest BBV writer Matt Williamson made in his
debut column.There is one other facet worth exploring here that I think offers
up a clue, and that is the Giants unrestricted free-agent list for 2020. With
the team having extended receiver Sterling Shepard, who probably would have been
their top UFA next year
Corey Ballentine Buffalo Bills Jersey , the rest of the list largely consists of players whom the Giants will likely either move on from or re-sign
for very reasonable extensions. If you prescribe to the theory of using free
agency to set up your draft, those players you lose in free agency next year are
probably depth/role players that you can replace with Day 3 picks in the 2020
draft.This in turn frees up your premium picks to where if you need to package
something together to move up to get your next franchise quarterback, you can do
so provided, again, that you have the majority of your holes plugged.And to your
point about if Eli Manning doesn’t return for 2020, would they sign a veteran, I
think that’s definitely the scenario. The Giants, remember
Color Rush Corey Ballentine Jersey , signed Kurt Warner back in 2004 after Kerry Collins was said to have declined wanting to hang around knowing that he
wasn’t assured of being the full-year starter. I would think with there being 36
quarterbacks set to be UFAs next year (and yes, I’m sure that number will
decrease, though probably not by a lot), there might be a quarterback or two
interested in extending his career to where he would be willing to come in and
start for the Giants, be it for a full season or part of the season, while a
rookie gets up to speed.I would think in an ideal scenario, the Giants would
prefer to have Manning as that guy, which of course would mean extending his
contract one year
Youth Corey Ballentine Jersey , something I know won’t sit well with a lot of Giants fans. As I noted in this article for Forbes, such an extension could
contain a per-game roster bonus to where if the youngster is ready to start, the
Giants could make the transition and save a little something on their cap in the
process by not having to pay Manning a per-game roster bonus.NOTE: There will be
a full mailbag on Saturday.Giants injury report, 9/5: Evan Engram out of
concussion protocol The New York Giants got some good news on Wednesday as tight
end Evan Engram has cleared the concussion protocol and will be available for
Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.Engram suffered his concussion in
the third preseason game when he caught a pass over the middle and was
sandwiched by two New York Jets defenders.Head coach Pat Shurmur also said that
defensive end Olivier Vernon is “making great progress” as he tries to return
from an ankle injury suffered in practice more than a week ago.“From what I’ve
seen he looks to be a fast healer,” Shurmur said. “He’s working his way
back.”Shurmur indicated that Vernon would probably not practice on Wednesday and
did not directly address his status for Sunday, but the report seemed to be an
optimistic one.Wednesday Injury ReportGiantsDid not practiceLB Tae Davis
(hamstring)LB Olivier Vernon (ankle)JaguarsDid not practiceTE Austin
Seferian-Jenkins (core muscle)Limited participationC Brandon Linder (knee)OL
Jeremy Parnell (knee)
