The 2023 NFL draft is a long way off but our friends over at Touchdown Wire never sleep. With a charge led by Mark Schofield, they’ve recently released a “way too early” mock draft.
In it, the New York Giants select seventh overall — indicating another poor season — and find a replacement for quarterback Daniel Jones. And like many of the previous 2023 mocks we’ve seen, that comes by way of Kentucky quarterback Will Levis.
First things first. With the Giants declining Daniel Jones’ fifth-year option, you would think that the writing is on the wall regarding his tenure with the organization. Certainly if the Giants are picking inside the top ten, then he has not taken the step forward that Giants fans have been waiting for the past few seasons. Plus, with a new head coach and general manager in town — who were not part of the decision to draft Jones in the first place — they might want to add their own choice at quarterback.
Could Levis be that player?
There is a lot of projection involved with making him a first-round pick, let alone someone inside the top ten. Assuming he improves with ball placement in 2022, he could put himself into the first-round mix. But we will need to see that from him this fall.
As we’ve noted, the decision to decline Jones’ fifth-year option was more about business than a statement on his future in East Rutherford. There was no sense hitching that wagon at such a high guaranteed price, but it does leave an obvious door open if the Giants want to move on a year from now.
Unfortunately for general manager Joe Schoen & Co., even in this scenario they end up with only the third-best (based on early projections) quarterback prospect available. Both C.J. Stroud and Bryce Young go over the first three picks.
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