Giants made right move to get Daniel Jones the No. 1 WR he needs

The New York Giants suffered through Daniel Jones' six terrible games last season, lived through his torn ACL and considered his two neck injuries in the past three years. Yet they still essentially committed to him for at least one more season when they didn't draft a quarterback in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night.

That's not likely to be a popular move among many in their disgruntled fan base.

But it was absolutely the right one.

The Giants did make an attempt to trade up for North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye, but once they were rebuffed by the New England Patriots, who took Maye at No. 3, they wisely declined to reach for another replacement for Jones. Instead, they stayed put at No. 6 and took LSU's Malik Nabers, who has been described by multiple scouts as the most explosive wide receiver in the draft.

In doing so, they gave the 26-year-old Jones the kind of weapon he's never had — the kind that every quarterback needs to have a chance in this pass-happy NFL era. Giants general manager Joe Schoen described Nabers as "electric." Giants coach Brian Daboll called him "a dog." 

The Giants haven't had a receiver that could be described like that (with a straight face) since Odell Beckham was traded away in 2019.

Nabers really is that kind of receiver. He has a chance to be what Plaxico Burress was for Eli Manning early in his career, or what Beckham was for Manning later. He is a game-changing, sure-handed receiver with 4.3 speed and a burst that allows him to take short passes and turn them into long ones.

The Giants haven't had a single receiver top 66 catches or 751 yards in a season since Jones arrived in 2019. They've had nobody that worried a single defensive coordinator they faced. 

Nabers