{"id":296827,"date":"2023-11-12T12:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T12:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=296827"},"modified":"2023-11-12T12:54:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T12:54:01","slug":"giants-gm-joe-schoen-has-attended-college-games-featuring-top-qbs-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/nfl\/giants-gm-joe-schoen-has-attended-college-games-featuring-top-qbs-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants GM Joe Schoen has attended college games featuring top QBs this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The New York Giants are at a fork in the road.<\/p>\n

They enter Sunday at 2-7 prepared to start undrafted rookie quarterback Tommy DeVito, who began the season as a third-stringer, against the Dallas Cowboys due to multiple injuries and face the prospect of a long final eight games of the season.<\/p>\n

What awaits them if the struggles continue is a high draft pick (they entered Week 10 with the No. 4 overall selection). What they do with that pick will have long-term ramifications.<\/p>\n

If the season plays out as it has up to this point, these appear to be their options: Use a high pick to potentially select one of the draft’s top QBs or use a high pick to support current franchise quarterback Daniel Jones, who will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his ACL on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n

We won’t know which direction they’ll choose until after the season.<\/p>\n

If the Giants decide to select a QB next spring, they could be well-situated to do so — thanks in part to the homework and due diligence they’ve been doing this fall.<\/p>\n

Giants general manager Joe Schoen spent Saturday at a game between Alabama and Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, a quick stopover to scout some of the top talent in college football before traveling to Texas for New York’s game against Dallas.<\/p>\n

Schoen has scouted some of college football’s top passers in recent weeks due in part to the proximity the college contests have been to where the Giants have played that weekend. Schoen’s scouting path is based on reports from beat writers who cover college football, cross-checked with various sports information directors around the country.<\/p>\n

Schoen was in-person for North Carolina’s game on Sep. 2 against South Carolina in Charlotte. That game featured UNC’s quarterback Drake Maye, an underclassman who will have until Jan. 15, 2024 to petition the league for draft eligibility. That game took place before Jones played a down on his four-year, $160 million contract he signed this offseason — a deal that will pay him $46 million this season.<\/p>\n

Schoen was not on the QB trail at that time — it was just part of his Labor Day travel plans — but his attendance afforded him the opportunity to watch Maye live.<\/p>\n

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