Shedeur Sanders left impression during soft interview with Giants brass

MOBILE, Ala.— There are boxes.

Always boxes. How does he throw it? How does he run? How does he learn? How is his personality? Check or no check? Here is a different one: What’s his dad like? “It’s a little bit cliché, but he checks all the boxes of a dad that’s a football coach and the passion that he approaches the game with,’’ Giants general manager Joe Schoen said Tuesday from the Senior Bowl. Schoen was referring to the son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, and the famous father, Deion.They are not a package deal, but they are connected far more than most — when it comes to football and projecting what sort of NFL player Shedeur will be, and what sort of player-dad Deion will be. Shedeur Sanders is not attending this all-star gathering, but he did show up last week in Frisco, Texas, for the Shrine Bowl — though he opted not to participate in practice or play in the East-West Shrine Bowl game. There was no need for him to step onto the field.

His work in college at Colorado vaulted him into the highest stratosphere as far as the NFL draft, as either he or Cam Ward will be the first quarterback selected, and it is likely both are off the board within the first five picks.They might go first and second, to the Titans and Browns, and the Giants at No.

3 would surely take whichever one of them might be available. The Giants have been on the trail of these two quarterbacks from start to finish of the recently completed college season, and they will stay on the trail for the entire lead-up to the draft. There were videos posted of Sanders chatting with Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll last week in Texas. “He’s a great kid,’’ Schoen said, “Really good personality.Football smart. “It was good getting the meeting.

He’s had a really good career in Colorado, and obviously, look forward to getting to know all those guys the rest of the process.’’ Ward did not attend the Shrine event and he is not at the Senior Bowl.The Gia...