Giants might not have enough draft capital to make that kind of offer

If the New York Giants have designs on moving from No. 6 to No. 3 in the 2024 NFL Draft to select the Quarterback of their choice, it is going to be costly. Very costly.

You can forget what the trade charts say is the proper value. ESPN is reporting that the Patriots want “an unprecedented deal” to move off the third overall pick.

The Patriots, ESPN’s Mike Reiss reported, are “most likely” staying at No. 3 and selecting the top quarterback remaining on their board between LSU’s Jayden Daniels, North Carolina’s Drake Maye and Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy.

Adam Schefter believes the Vikings are the team most likely to make that type of offer to the Patriots, who would likely still try to move back up in front of the Giants for a quarterback. He wrote:

The Patriots, slated to pick No. 3, also have been fielding calls from teams. It would take a big offer for New England to move off that spot knowing it needs to come out of Round 1 with a quarterback, but the team has listened. And the Vikings, among others, have attempted to move up.

Some around the league believe if the Vikings can get as high as No. 3, their preference would be quarterback Drake Maye (North Carolina), who was coached in high school by Minnesota’s new quarterbacks coach Josh McCown. But many are waiting to see how the Patriots value Maye vs. J.J. McCarthy (Michigan) and whether New England could make a play like the Cardinals, who made two trades in Round 1 a year ago. At the NFL owners meetings last month, team owner Robert Kraft said this: “One way or another, I’d like to see us get a top-rate, young quarterback.”

The Giants have only six picks in this draft, most likely limiting whatever offer they could make to move up.