Giants called ‘nice landing spot’ for Bryce Young
The New York Giants will almost certainly be in the market for a quarterback this offseason. With days to go before the 2024 NFL trade deadline, could the Giants make a pre-emptive move at the quarterback position?
ESPN’s Dan Graziano thinks that 2023 No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young, who has failed to impress with the Carolina Panthers, to the Giants makes sense. Graziano says:
Panthers quarterback Bryce Young to the Giants for a fourth-round pick. I don’t think Carolina’s going to do any better than a fourth-rounder for Young right now (which could be a reason to actually hang onto him), but if the Panthers have decided to move on, New York would be a nice landing spot for him. Young and Giants coach Brian Daboll didn’t overlap at Alabama, but they surely know a lot of the same people at the school, and Daboll might view Young as a player he could develop.
The Giants don’t know what their future at quarterback holds in 2025 and beyond, and a cheap flier on a guy who was the No. 1 pick just 18 months ago could be worth it.
Valentine’s View
The Panthers obviously chose wrong in 2023 when they selected Young instead of C.J. Stroud, who went No. 2 to the Houston Texans and was named Offensive Rookie of the Year.
Young had a miserable first season as the Panthers went 2-14. This year, he was benched in favor of Andy Dalton after just two games.
Should the Giants take a flier?
That depends entirely on how head coach Brian Daboll and GM Joe Schoen feel about Young.
Personally, I was not a big believer in Young coming out of Alabama. He is small at 5-foot-10. He is also slight. Young is listed at 204 pounds, but most observers believe he weighs less than that. He doesn’t make a lot of plays with his legs. He doesn’t have a big arm.
Before the 2023 draft, Lance Zierlein of NFL.com wrote that Young was “slightly built with measurables that fall below the standard for the quarterback position,” but that he “possesses a full offering of intangibles that helps set him apart from some of the more physically gifted quarterbacks in this class.”
Those intangibles have not led to success in Carolina. Is that due to the situation he was dropped into with the Panthers, where the coaching staff that was in place when he was drafted didn’t even make it through his rookie season? Did evaluators misjudge Young’s ability to overcome his physical limitations against the best defenders in the world?
Daboll had success with the Buffalo Bills in helping mold Josh Allen, a rocket-armed 6-5, 237-pound quarterback with the ability to run through defenders. Daniel Jones is 6-5, 230. The quarterback the Giants tried to trade up for in the 2024 NFL Draft, Drake Maye, is a big-armed 6-4, 225-pounder.
Young doesn’t fit that archetype, obviously. Jones is often criticized for his inability to connect on the deep ball. A year ago, Young was 39th out of 40 qualifying quarterbacks in deep ball accuracy, hitting just 13 of 47 attempts (27.7%).
Is this a move the Giants should make? It comes down to whether the coach and GM think there is something there they can work, and possibly succeed, with.
Even if the Giants make a move like this, giving up a Day 3 pick, they can’t look at this as their “answer” at quarterback. It should not be a move that keeps them out of the quarterback market this offseason.
Your thoughts, Giants fans?
