Giants land QB and field-stretching WR in two-round mock draft

Washington Huskies wide receiver Rome Odunze.

Many think the Giants, who currently hold the No. 6 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, should move on from QB Daniel Jones and take a quarterback with their first-round pick.

However, CBS Sports’ Josh Edwards believes they will wait until the second round to address the position in his latest two-round mock draft.

According to Edwards, New York will first select Washington wide receiver Rome Odunze with pick No. 6.

“Rome Odunze gives the Giants a player capable of working underneath and stretching the field vertically,” Edwards writes. “New York is hoping that Odunze can offer the stability the team has been lacking at the position since Odell Beckham Jr. departed.”

If Odunze’s play translates to the next level, he should offer the Giants exactly that. The 21-year-old currently ranks as Pro Football Focus’ third-best wide receiver and No. 8 overall prospect on its big board after posting 167 catches for 2,785 yards and 20 touchdowns over the past two seasons.

New York has simply not had enough production from its wide receivers. In 2023, the team didn’t have a player eclipse 800 receiving yards or five receiving touchdowns. Odunze would likely change that as a rookie.

Edwards then believes the Giants will land Oregon QB Bo Nix with pick No. 39 in the second round.

Nix is an intriguing prospect after leading college football with 45 passing touchdowns in 2023 while adding six more scores on the ground. He also protected the football very well, throwing just three interceptions on 470 attempts.

However, the 24-year-old’s draft stock has dropped a bit over the past few weeks, now ranking as PFF’s fifth-best quarterback and No. 35 overall prospect.

If he were to fall to New York in the second round, taking Odunze with its first-round pick makes a ton of sense. However, that is obviously not guaranteed and a risk the team will have to consider if it doesn’t want to go QB with its first pick.

It would be surprising if the Giants were ready to move on from Jones after handing him a four-year, $160 million contract last offseason.

In 2022, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft threw for 3,205 yards, 15 touchdowns and just five interceptions, rushed for 708 yards and seven touchdowns and led his team to a postseason win.

It will be risky, but Edwards is right that it makes the most sense for the Giants to build around their quarterback, whether it be Jones, Nix or someone else, in the first round and then see if another QB falls to them in the second.

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