The Clue of Pat Mahomes to this years draft

I think its always important to look big picture rather than the current hubbub by the media over the pick.

When we look big picture at the Giant organizations intentions rather than the current maneuverings of the GM and remember the condition in which he was hired under.

Lets look back to last year and we find that the Giants actually tried trading UP in the draft for QB Pat Mahomes.

ESPN's Anita Marks reported Friday that the Giants tried to trade up for Mahomes, but ultimately failed in that endeavor. Now, the Giants are "very upset."

What we found is that the Giants were in a trade competition for Mahomes and lost

“Last year with Patrick (Mahomes), there were four or five teams that desperately wanted him, so it just set up a trade scenario. It was just a function of how high would Kansas City go above Arizona and the New York Giants and different teams who were interested to get him. So Nic’s job is to impress an individual team in this process.”

This should be an important lesson for the Giants as well. Its not so easy to just get a QB any year and especially if you need to move up and get.

So, what did the media know beforehand as the Giants obviously were heavily interested in Mahomes to attemp a trade up.

I linked an article by Paul Schwartz of the New York Post as he has been a name heavily involved in this years media narrative of Giants draft plans.

Schwartz did not cite a source in the article but was tipped off by the fact that McAdoo attended Mahomes Pro Day, had a private meeting with him and interviewed him at Combine. This was only QB we did that with.

This should tell us that interest level at these events is more than “due diligence” and does mean something.

In addition. Schwartz misread the signal and downplayed the Giants interest as only being if Mahomes fell all the way to Giants pick at 23, if which there was no chance with 4-5 teams attempting a trade up.

“Though it does not necessarily mean the Giants are hot after Mahomes or they are intent on taking a quarterback early in this year’s draft, they could select a quarterback in the first few rounds, if things fall a certain way.”

Mara said of the draft ‘I Was hoping we would draft a QB at some point” and referred to a Parcells quote about Webb “lets not get his bust ready for Canton yet” and having to see him play on the field until you know what you have.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/new-york-giants/0ap3000000807371/Mara-I-was-hoping-Giants-would-draft-a-QB-at-some-point

So if we frame this failed attempt to get a QB as a picture we also see that the Giants ownership did this is in November as Mara directed his staff to look at the QBs in this Draft.

“There was a directive given several weeks back by co-owner John Mara to start looking closely at the top college quarterbacks, multiple sources told ESPN.”

http://www.espn.com/blog/new-york-giants/post/_/id/54741/sources-giants-looking-closely-at-sam-darnold-top-qb-prospects

Mara as we know is the one who initiated what became the Eli benching.


Mara said a few weeks ago he mentioned to Jerry Reese the team should be thinking about getting a look at QBs Geno Smith and Davis Webb. Mara hoped Eli would agree to start the games and then come out.
4:49 PM - Nov 29, 2017

This should also be looked at in recognition of the fact that HC Ben McAdoo actually thought Geno Smith could replace Eli Manning. As cracy as it sounds he did. No one took him seriously when he said it.

McAdoo also said “I don’t see why not’’ when asked if newly acquired Jets castoff Geno Smith could be the heir apparent to Manning, and proceeded to laud Smith’s physical skill set. First, Smith has to make the roster.

So obviously when Mara gave that directive about Geno he knew that that his HC actually did think he was a potential replacement.

https://nypost.com/2017/03/28/mcadoo-with-jaw-dropper-geno-smith-can-be-giants-future/

Lastly, we see this quote from Mara on “wholesale changes”.

"When was the last time we changed a general manager and a head coach in the same year? It was 1979, and there might be another change or two or three happening in the future. For me, that's pretty wholesale."

1979 is a big hint. The Giants drafted Phil Simms in the 1st round. He is saying GM/HC/QB equal “wholesale changes”. He was hinting more coming which is QB.

The picture is clear. The Giants pursued a replacement to Eli Manning in last years draft. To the point they attempted to trade UP and lost a 4 way competition for him. They benched him at mid-year at Mara’s initiation. Mara directed his staff to look at this years draft for a QB replacement. Mara promised wholesale changes and hinted QB is part of that mix and coming.

This is all coming from ownership. John Mara. This is the condition of which Dave Gettleman is hired.

In the video clip I posted of last years draft Mara was very clear. He is in room for every pick and has “final approval” over every draft pick. I know people are going to say Gettleman may do things differently or its his ideas now but he was hired by Mara. Mara obviously hired him under a certain direction. That direction is clear as day for anyone to see when looking at the timeline of the past year.

The Giants are drafting QB at the 2 pick.




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