Pete Prisco 2025 NFL mock draft 2.0: Team trades into top five for Ashton Jeanty; three QBs taken in Round 1

The Giants, however, pass on a signal-caller

As much as I don't want to believe it, I think the New York Giants will tie the team's fate going forward to Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston and pass on taking a quarterback in Round 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft. I don't get it, but that's the sentiment around the league.

So I have them passing on Colorado's Shedeur Sanders in my latest mock draft. After the Tennessee Titans take Miami's Cam Ward first overall, I have the Browns taking Colorado receiver-corner Travis Hunter with the second pick, followed by the Giants taking Penn State linebacker Abdul Carter at No. 3. Sanders falls down the board to the New Orleans Saints at No. 9.

There are a lot of differing opinions on Sanders in the NFL, and I might not be as high on him as some, but the Giants need a young, developmental quarterback. Can this regime pass on one? Do they have time? For this mock, they do. They add Carter, who is a special edge player, to a group that already has Kayvon Thibodeaux, Brian Burns and Dexter Lawrence inside.