QB Room: All the pressing offseason questions, starting with the Raiders, Giants, Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward

There was a clean path. But as they tend to do in recent years, the New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders made it a big mess.

Two weeks ago, both franchises were well positioned, sitting at the intersection of quarterback need and draft availability, with a pair of forthcoming prospects offering at least an attempt at answering a longstanding problem: finding a centerpiece QB that was worthy of being written into long-term plans. For intents and purposes, Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders and Miami’s Cam Ward were the remedies for what ailed the Raiders and Giants, even if the league’s annual draft sorting process had yet to hit a higher gear. Maybe both would make it through to April’s draft unscathed, or maybe they wouldn’t. But the bottom line in mid-December was that the season-long pain of losing was finally taking shape, giving the Giants and Raiders options.

Each franchise was in the game. Two weeks later, the options are now vastly more complicated.

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Once almost certain of nailing down two of the top three picks in the 2025 NFL Draft — which would have put each franchise squarely in reach of the two best quarterbacks available — the Giants and Raiders now sit at fourth and eighth, respectively, in the draft order after a spate of wins.

In front of New York? The New England Patriots at No. 1 overall, needing multiple players but not a quarterback, and willing to shop their draft choice to anyone who calls. At No. 2? The Tennessee Titans, who are either punting on Will Levis as their starter, or at the very least, getting into formation to do so. And at No. 3 sit the Cleveland Browns, who are stuck in a Deshaun Watson nightmare and also likely to shop their pick to the highest bidder.

The situation is even worse for the Raiders, who have fallen all the way down to eighth, giving them the same problems as the Raiders in terms of draft position, but with the New York…

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Publish date : 2025-01-03 00:10:00

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