Late Round Quarterbacks For The Giants

Posted on by Tom C

The Giants have an opportunity in the draft to select Pro-Bowl level wide receiver. This could be a 1,000+ yards receiver and elevate the quarterback play on the team. I look at Miami with the two thousand yard receivers of Waddle and Tyreek Hill and see how that has moved Miami into a legit post season contender. In 2022 Daniel Jones passed for only 340 yards less than Tua Tagovailoa that year and Tua had his two 1,000 yard receivers. Our highest receiver of Slayton had only 724 yards. Career wise Jones has a slightly higher passer rating (97 vs 94.7) than Tua on deep throws. For these reasons I hope the Giants pass on a quarterback in round one and draft Rome Odunze. Even in the second round pass again on the quarterbacks and get two star quality players for a team that is in dire need of more talent. Offensive line, edge rusher, cornerback and/or defensive tackle are all positions that could be upgraded. I would even not be adverse to drafting another wide receiver with one of those picks in a talent rich wide receiver class. One that interests me there would be Ja’Lynn Polk. Then starting in the third round start looking at developmental quarterbacks that could sit behind Daniel Jones and perhaps start off fulfilling a backup role.

I created a spreadsheet of these later round quarterbacks here Late Round Quarterbacks. From that data here are four that interests me. They are presented in no explicit order.

Austin Reed

    • Only FBS quarterbacks thrown 70 TDs over last 2 seasons: Bo Nix, Michael Penix, Austin Reed.
    • Only FBS quarterbacks that have thrown for 8000 yards over the last 2 seasons: Caleb Williams, Austin Reed.
    • Reed had the second highest total TDs responsible for per game (3.23) among active career leaders in total TDs responsible for. Only Caleb Williams was higher (3.24)
    • In 2023 Reed had 207 passing yards against Ohio State. It was the most any team had against Ohio State which averaged 149 opponent passing yards.
    • In 2023 was fifth in passing plays of 70+ yards (3). In 2022 was first in passing plays of 20+ yards (77) and 30+ yards (35), third in passing plays of 10+ yards (173) and 40+ yards (17)
    • Tenth quarterback o PFF’s big board (# 142 overall)

Spencer Rattler

    • Highest active career completion percentage among draft quarterback prospects at 68.5% and ranked 10th in active career passing yards per attempt.
    • Rattler is sixth in career efficiency rating (152.16) among quarterback 2024 draft prospects. He trails only Caleb Williams (169.32), JJ McCarthy(160.54), Jayden Daniels (158.39), Drake Maye (154.14) and Jason Bean (153.97).
    • In 2022 was second in passing plays of 60+ yards (5). In 2020 was 7th in passing plays of 10+ yards (124), 9th in 20+ (47), 8th in 30+ (28), 9th in 40+ (13) and 4th in 80+ (1).
    • Spencer Rattler was named the Senior Bowl MVP in the American team’s 16-7 win over the National team in Mobile.
    • Eighth quarterback on PFF’s big board (#84 overall).

Sam Hartman

    • In his career he has averaged 2.23 passing touchdowns per game. He was fifth in the NCAA in passing touchdowns for both 2021 and 2022.
    • Hartman in 9th in active career leaders in passing yards per attempt (8.25). He is fifth among 2024 draft prospects trailing only Caleb Williams (9.17), Jayden Daniels (8.87), Jordan Travis (8.49), and Drake Maye (8.42).
    • Hartman is eleventh among draft prospects active career leaders in total offensive yards per play (7.05). He trails Jason Bean (8.02), Caleb Williams (7.96), J.J. McCarthy (7.85), Jayden Daniels (7.8), Michael Penix Jr. (7.7), Jordan Travis (7.39), Drake Maye (7.36), Joe Milton III (7.31), Bo Nix (7.25) and Jayden de Laura (7.24)
    • In 2023 was Sixth in passing plays of 60+ yards (4). In 2022 was 9th in passing plays of 30+ yards (26) and 10th in passing plays of 10+ yards (149). Im 2021 was 7th in passing plays of 10+ yards (166), 8th in 20+ yards (58), 2nd in 30+ (33), 8th in 60+ (5).
    • Of PFF’s top 15 quarterbacks in the draft Sam Hartman had the top passing grade over the last two seasons in passing from a clean pocket. He was 5th in the consensus ranking using all stable metrics since 2022.
    • Fourteenth quarterback on PFF’s big board (#275 overall)

Michael Pratt

    • Pratt made the list of 24 active career leaders with 4,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing. He is ninth on the list for total yards (10747) and tenth for yards per game (234). He is seventh on the list for yards per game among draft prospects. On that list he trails Drake Maye (307.6), Jayden Daniels (291.5), Bo Nix (278.1), Jaxson Dart (273.0), Brennan Armstrong (240.6), and Darren Grainger (234.4)
    • In 2022 was 4th in passing plays of 70+ yards (3).
    • Pratt averaged a career 1.96 passing touchdowns per game and 0.61 rushing touchdowns per game. He was fourth among draft prospects in career total TDs responsible for per game (2.59). He trailed only Caleb Williams (3.24), Austin Reed (3.23), and Drake Maye (2.63).
    • Pratt’s PFF 17.4% uncatchable pass rate since 2022 is a top-20 mark among all FBS quarterbacks.
    • Pratt is PFF’s seventh ranked quarterback on their draft big board (# 68 overall).

Here is a mock draft I ran that had a couple of trade downs for the Giants.

11 Rome Odunze WR Washington trade-icon
39 T’Vondre Sweat DT Texas
42 Ennis Rakestraw Jr. CB Missouri trade-icon
48 Adisa Isaac EDGE Penn State trade-icon
70 Ja’Lynn Polk WR Washington
96 Christian Haynes OG UConn trade-icon
108 Christian Mahogany OG Boston College
109 Spencer Rattler QB South Carolina trade-icon
185 Dominick Puni OT Kansas
Trade 1: MIN Trade 2: JAX
RECEIVED RECEIVED
Pick 6 Pick 47
Dallas Turner Jalen McMillan
NYG Pick 140
RECEIVED Sedrick Van Pran
Pick 11 NYG
Rome Odunze RECEIVED
Pick 42 Pick 48
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Adisa Isaac
Pick 109 Pick 96
Spencer Rattler Christian Haynes

What do you thin of the plan and the mock draft? Let me know in the comments.