One of the biggest takeaways from this week’s episode of Hard Knocks featuring the New York Giants comes courtesy of the draft room. In a behind-the-scenes look at the Giants draft war room, we learned that head coach Brian Daboll was ready to move up to land a new quarterback.
Specifically, Daboll indicated that he would have been fine trading up to land LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels. The Heisman winner wound up being the No. 2 overall pick to New York NFC East rival, the Washington Commanders.
“Daniels?” Daboll says when asked if he would trade up. “Yeah I would.”
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The Giants wound up staying put at No. 6 overall and selected Daniels’ LSU running mate, wide receiver Malik Nabers. New York did not select a quarterback in 2024.
The revelation about Daniels comes a week after it appeared that the quarterback didn’t handle a pre-draft interview question from Daboll very well.