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Trade for a quarterback? What does history say about the Giants success doing that?

Recently there have been discussions about whether the New York Giants should bring in another quarterback to supplant Eli Manning, possibly via a trade. When a team’s offensive line is mediocre to poor, obviously this requires a system that has a mobile QB in place. Everyone knows that Eli’s clock is winding down.

What does history tell us about the Giants franchise and the business of trading for a new QB?

Let’s grade some of the trades the franchise has made for quarterbacks.

Fran Tarkenton

Tarkenton was drafted in the third-round of the Minnesota Vikings very first draft.