EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Even when the New York Giants win today, it comes at a price.
The Giants fell out of pole place for the No. 1 total decide within the 2025 NFL draft with a 45-33 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
With per week of video games nonetheless to play, the No. 1 decide within the draft at the moment belongs to the New England Patriots (3-13), with the Giants falling to No. 4 — behind the Cleveland Browns and Tennessee Titans — after their third win.
Strength of schedule serves because the tiebreaker for the draft, and the Patriots at the moment have the best slate. The quarterback-needy Giants have the toughest schedule of the group.
“That’s why you’ve a [general manager], all these assistants and scouts,” offensive sort out Jermaine Eluemunor stated.
The Giants entered Sunday with a 57% likelihood of ending with the No. 1 total decide within the draft, based on ESPN Analytics. It would have ballooned to 86% with a loss. Instead, it dipped to five%. The Patriots, in the meantime, at the moment are the heavy favorites at over 78% to land the highest decide.
The Giants would have been in prime place to draft a quarterback had they misplaced their last two video games in opposition to the Colts and on the Philadelphia Eagles.
Colorado‘s Shedeur Sanders and Miami‘s Cam Ward are projected to be the highest quarterbacks chosen and have been linked to the Giants all through the season. New York normal supervisor Joe Schoen has been to Colorado and Miami on a number of events this yr.
“I do not obtained nothing to say about that,” stated huge receiver Malik Nabers, who elevated the hype by enjoying catch with Sanders within the streets of New York in current weeks. “The draft would be the draft.”
Nabers, the No. 6 total decide on this yr’s draft, had a career-best 171 yards and two lengthy touchdowns on seven catches Sunday. He helped New York snap a franchise-record 10-game skid and keep away from turning into the primary staff to complete 0-9 at house in a season.
The Giants’ offensive explosion included quarterback Drew Lock being chargeable for 5 touchdowns (4 passing, one speeding) whereas the staff reached 30 factors for the primary time this season.
“It was plenty of enjoyable. Lots of enjoyable. We had been clicking,” Lock stated. “We knew we had it in us. It was simply time to exit and present it and do it and make performs after they had been there. Sure sufficient, we went out and did that in the present day. So, it was a enjoyable time. Really good time.”
For Giants followers, draft place has been the first matter of dialog in current weeks. That wasn’t the case for the gamers earlier than and after a win that finally eradicated the Colts from playoff competition.
“Not one bit. That’s not talked about with us,” Giants huge receiver Wan’Dale Robinson stated. “Guys are out right here enjoying for his or her livelihoods. This is their job. Lots of guys, they may not be on this staff subsequent yr.”
The Giants at the moment are in a trickier spot after benching and reducing beginning quarterback Daniel Jones final month. Lock and backup Tommy DeVito will even be free brokers — simply months after the Giants had been proven on “Hard Knocks” searching for a quarterback within the draft.
