GM speaks to team’s official website
In an exclusive interview with the team’s official website, New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen said the team “could go any position” at No. 3 in the 2025 NFL Draft.
“Since I’ve been here, we’ve tried to set it up on draft day that we could go play a game [that day]. I feel like we’re there now. That way you don’t get backed into a corner or force yourself to do anything,” Schoen said. “The only year that didn’t happen was probably my first year. We had to cut several players just to get under the salary cap. There were a lot more holes, so maybe you get into some need-based picks in that scenario. But now we’re in a situation where you go through the roster and say, OK, throughout the draft where can we still upgrade? We’re not done. We still want to upgrade. We have five picks in the top 105. We could go any position, so we’re not ruling any position out.”
On signing quarterback Russell Wilson …
Schoen said he was “happy with the way” the team’s pursuit of veteran quarterbacks ended up.
“He’s a 10-time Pro Bowler, a guy who’s throwing for over 20 touchdowns, I believe it’s every year except for two in his career. He played 11 games last year and threw for 16 [touchdowns]. So, the production, he knows what it looks like. He knows how to win. Leadership. I’m just excited to have a guy in the building with as many skins on the wall as he has at the quarterback position.”
On adding Paulson Adebo and Jevon Holland to the secondary …
“Both of them, instincts and ball skills. The ability to take the ball away is something we struggled with last year in terms of creating turnovers. Both of those guys have a history of taking the ball away and they both have instincts. Obviously, [Tyler] Nubin had 13 interceptions at Minnesota. You’ve got guys back there now who have really good ball skills. I have a lot of faith in our defensive line that if we can create some leads during the season, those guys can pin their ears back. Then have guys on the back end that can take the ball away, are instinctive, route-savvy, and also good tacklers. The other part of that is Adebo and Holland, Tae Banks, Dru Phillips, Nubin, all those guys are under contract. They will be with each other for the next three years. Tae, as well, if we do his fifth-year option. So, there’s a young core, a nucleus, along with Dexter [Lawrence] being under contract for three more years and Burns for four.”
