You do not always get what you want in the NFL draft, but it sure feels as if the Giants prefer to come out of this week’s three-day talent grab with a new quarterback they can groom as Eli Manning moves ever closer to the big 4-0.
Manning, 36, is under contract for three more years. The Giants do not want to go through a reprise of the dark days after Phil Simms retired following the 1993 season, when they wandered through the desert with Dave Brown, Kent Graham and Danny Kanell until finding a temporary oasis with Kerry Collins before taking a one-year flier on Kurt Warner as a babysitter to the rookie Manning.