The New York Giants have the No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, but there’s a chance that pick could go to another team if the price is right.
Speaking to media Wednesday at the combine, new general manager Dave Gettleman made it clear the option to trade that pick is not off the table.
Dave Gettleman doesn’t rule out moving back from No. 2, “but you can’t get too cute.”
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) February 28, 2018
If the Giants to hold onto the pick, the team has an incredibly high standard for the type of player they’re looking for there.
Dave Gettleman has a high standard for the No. 2 pick: “You go in thinking he has to be a Hall of Famer.”
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) February 28, 2018
Given the level of desperate need around the NFL for elite quarterbacks, it’s quite possible the Giants could walk away with a king’s ransom in draft capital by trading down.
All we have to do to see what type of haul they could receive is look back to last year when the San Francisco 49ers fleeced the Chicago Bears in a trade up from No. 3 to No. 2. Looking back one more year, the Philadelphia Eagles gave up the farm to move up from No. 8 to No. 2 in a trade with the Cleveland Browns.
That said, the Giants have also said they aren’t opposed to drafting the quarterback of the future with that No. 2 pick. So, there’s quite a bit of ambiguity surrounding this position heading into the 2018 NFL Draft.