The Giants lastly are No. 1 in one thing: the NFL Draft order.
Joe Schoen’s Giants (2-11) would maintain the No. 1 total choose within the 2026 NFL Draft if the season ended now after Week 14 of the 2025 season.
They maintain that spot over the No. 2 Raiders (2-11) and No. 3 Titans (2-11) in the meanwhile as a result of Giants’ simpler power of schedule so far.
There are nonetheless 4 weeks remaining for the NFL Draft order to alter. However it’s loopy to assume how low the Giants have fallen beneath Schoen.
The Giants picked at No. 24 total after their 2022 playoff season, Schoen’s first as GM. Since then, they’ve held the No. 6 total choose in 2023 and the No. 3 total choose in 2024.
Now they’re assured to complete with a high 10 choose, prone to maintain a high 5 choose and at the moment holding the No. 1 choose.
In all seriousness, if a workforce had been tanking and deliberately attempting to lose, it will be troublesome to do any worse — or higher, relying on one’s perspective — than choosing within the high six three years in a row.
The Giants did type of throw within the towel on final season’s finale in Philadelphia, however they’ve largely truly been attempting to win. That’s the scary half.
Touchdown the No. 1 choose in subsequent April’s draft, after all, may assist the franchise to proceed attempting to climb out of this gap in the event that they performed it proper.
They may commerce again and safe significant capital, since they have already got a quarterback in Jaxson Dart. Or they might goal a high participant at a place of want.
Proper now, Professional Soccer Focus‘ high 5 NFL Draft prospects are Miami edge rusher Rueben Bain Jr., Ohio State security Caleb Downs, Ohio State linebacker Arvell Reese, Clemson defensive lineman Peter Woods and Arizona State broad receiver Jordyn Tyson.
The Giants’ possibilities of holding on to the No. 1 choose, nonetheless, are seen as unlikely by some dependable fashions for the rest of the NFL season.
ESPN analytics initiatives the Giants solely have a ten% likelihood to complete with the No. 1 total choose resulting from their softening schedule the remainder of the best way.
They’re closing the season with video games in opposition to the Washington Commanders (3-10), Minnesota Vikings (5-8), Raiders (2-11) and Dallas Cowboys (6-6-1), together with three of 4 at dwelling. Solely Vegas requires a street journey.
The Raiders are ESPN’s probably workforce to land the No. 1 total choose (38.0%), adopted by the Titans (23.7%), Browns (14.7%) and Giants.
The Giants do have a 54.4% likelihood of securing a high 5 choose, nonetheless, and a 98.4% likelihood of touchdown within the high 10.
This all places extra strain on the Giants group to make the correct resolution at GM to find out who might be making this newest excessive draft choose.
Their future relies on it.
