J.J. McCarthy, and by extension Michael Penix and Bo Nix, were not serious considerations for the New York Giants at No. 6 in the 2024 NFL Draft. Assistant GM Brandon Brown confirmed that and explained why on this week’s ‘Official Hard Knocks Podcast’ with Peter Schrager.
“We took all the quarterbacks through the whole gauntlet ad nauseum,” Brown told Schrager. “When we got down to it, there was a separation in terms of how we onboard them, what the return may be early on, then compared to the playmakers, whether it’s Marv, whether it’s Malik.