How New York Giants may approach quarterback this year

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00:00 I believe with the quarterback situation, what the Giants are going to do is sort of

00:05 similar to what they did when they brought in Tyrod Taylor.

00:08 If you remember, they signed Tyrod Taylor because they weren't really sure what they

00:12 were going to get from Daniel Jones at the time.

00:15 They had declined his fifth year option and they brought in Tyrod Taylor and they structured

00:20 that contract in such a way that if Taylor started, he got a bump in his pay raise.

00:27 If he didn't, then he had a modest salary that he earned as the backup.

00:33 The difference here though is that if the Giants do add a young quarterback, and again,

00:38 I do think they will, not necessarily in round one, unless they buck the trends and they

00:46 go up and they trade for one, which I still say doesn't make sense, at least as of this

00:52 already, but I do think a quarterback is in the mix.

00:58 The reason why I say it kind of makes sense to run it back with Daniel Jones, if he is

01:03 healthy, is twofold.

01:07 Number one, we all know he's going to be on the roster.

01:10 His salary cap figure makes it impossible for the Giants to cut him.

01:16 They're just not getting rid of him.

01:18 Whether you like it or not, he's going to be on this roster.

01:22 Now this is of course the escape patch here.

01:26 After this year, the Giants can move on from him if they want to.

01:30 So let's say, for example, the Giants bring in a veteran.

01:34 Let's just pick a name out of the hat.

01:35 Let's say it's Jacoby Brissett.

01:38 They draft the quarterback in the second round.

01:40 Again, let's pick a name out of the hat.

01:41 Let's say it's JJ McCarthy out of Michigan.

01:45 Do you honestly think JJ McCarthy is going to be ready to roll week one?

01:50 Probably not.

01:51 They're going to probably want to develop him a little bit, help him acclimate to the

01:55 NFL, get him ready, learn the offense, make sure that the offensive line is stabilized,

02:02 get the receiving game up to snuff, have everything ready for when the transition ultimately comes.

02:10 So in the interim, you have Daniel Jones who knows the system.

02:17 You let him play it out.

02:19 For as long as he's healthy, you let him play it out.

02:22 So this way you can take your time.

02:24 If you do bring in a young player, you can develop him.

02:27 You don't have to rush him out there.

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