The Jets are not the only struggling team in the New York football market. The New York Giants are also one of the laughably bad teams in the NFL and they can’t seem to get things right either. In fact, early win totals have the Jets over/under at 5.5 while the Giants are at 4.5.

This week’s back pages in New York city belong to the Giants as they signed not one, but two journeyman quarterbacks to their roster just under a month away from the NFL Draft. The Giants first gave former first overall pick Jameis Winston a two-year deal for a guaranteed $8 million. They then signed Russell Wilson to a one-year contract worth up to $21 million but is only $10 million guaranteed.

These signings could have major implications on the draft and on the New York Jets. For starters, the fact that the Giants signed Wilson hours after University of Miami’s Cam Ward’s pro day, tells me the Giants don’t believe that the Tennessee Titans, who currently own the number one overall pick in next month’s draft, are willing to move out of that spot. So, the Giants had to make alternate plans.

According to most opinion, there are only two quarterbacks worth taking high in the draft this year as it is a weak quarterback class. After Miami’s Cam Ward and University of Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, there is plethora of guys who don’t warrant a high pick. With Cam Ward seemingly already off the board at one, the Giants now face a scenario where if Sanders goes at two, either to the Cleveland Browns who may be in the market for a QB, or to a team that trade’s up, the Giants could have been left starting Tommy DeVito for an entire season.

I don’t believe that the Wilson and Winston signings take the Giants out of mix for a quarterback at the third overall pick. These feel like cover your ass signings by the team especially given the lack of guaranteed money in the deals. If the Giants were to draft Sanders third overall and he wins the job in camp and starts all 17 games for New York this season, then Winston and Wilson would only cost the team $14 million combined. That’s not a bad gamble.

But, if the Giants are happy with a QB room that includes Wilson and Winston and decide on a different player third overall, what does that mean for Shedeur Sanders? The New England Patriots won’t take him at four, neither will the Jacksonville Jaguars at five or the Las Vegas Raiders at six. That means the New York Jets could be staring at Sanders at seven and might feel like they can’t pass him up.

Personally, I am not a fan of Sanders as the future of the New York Jets. He is not a bad QB, but I don’t think he is a franchise QB. There is plenty to dislike about his leadership abilities and it simply not a gamble worth taking.

The Jets already spent $40 million on Justin Fields to be the QB for the next two seasons. Sanders and Fields are very different QB’s and it wouldn’t make sense to ask a first-year offensive coordinator to develop Sanders, a natural pocket passer, while creating a win-now offense with Fields who can’t play from the pocket if you chained him to it.

That being said, Sanders feels like the kind of player Woody Johnson would covet. He is a brash, young, headline grabbing player with a legendary father and enough skill to justify an early pick. I could see Darren Mougey getting his first taste of life under Woody Johnson where he is told to draft Sanders whether he wants to or not.

There is even a nightmare scenario where the Giants use their newly found leverage to get the Jets to trade up to three to take the quarterback. According to the draft trade charts that could mean the Jets giving up anywhere from their second and third round choices to their third and fourth round selections depending on the trade chart the teams use. That’s a steep price to pay considering all the holes currently on the Jets roster.

With the draft just a few weeks away, there will be a lot of speculation, lying and negotiating between now and when the Jets are on the clock April 24^th.

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