Giants locked into No. 3 pick in 2025 NFL Draft

PHILADELPHIA — The Giants inched a little closer Sunday in their pursuit of Shedeur Sanders or Cam Ward to be the next franchise quarterback.The Giants will pick No.3 in the 2025 NFL Draft after head coach Brian Daboll’s curious fourth-down management and the return of an impotent offense allowed for a 20-13 loss to the Eagles and a 3-14 final record.

The big break was the Patriots beating the Bills to fall out of the No.1 slot and behind the Giants, who moved up from No.

4.The tank — or good impersonation of a tank — came one week after a surprise 45-33 victory against the Colts bumped the Giants out of possession of the No.1 pick in the draft order.Entering Sunday, the Giants knew that the earliest that they could pick was No.

2 and the latest was No.9 — depending on their own result and seven others.

There was no way for the Giants to get in front of the Browns, who lost Saturday to the Ravens.The Giants lost, but so did the Titans (to the Texans).The Giants had the best strength of schedule, which caused them to lose tiebreakers against all of the other 3-14 teams.So, the Titans will pick No.

1, followed by the Browns and Giants.If the Patriots had lost, they could’ve auctioned off the No.1 pick because they have rookie quarterback Drake Maye (who was pulled after one series Sunday to further enhance chances of losing).The Titans are in the franchise quarterback market, and the Browns need to bring in competition one way or another for the underachieving and oft-injured Deshaun Watson.The first three picks in the draft might be Sanders and Ward — bumped up because of the emphasis placed on drafting quarterbacks — and two-way receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter.The threat of being left without a first-round-caliber young quarterback to develop puts the Giants into a pickle, where they might need to trade up to get Sanders or Ward rather than hope their preference falls to No.

3.The second- and third-round options all come with their own major...