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Why didn’t the Giants select a quarterback at No. 2?

Quarterback, quarterback, quarterback, quarterback.

For months leading up to the 2018 NFL Draft, many were obsessed with the idea that the New York Giants had to select a quarterback with the No. 2 overall pick. Didn’t they? Eli Manning is 37 and, to be polite, didn’t play well in 2017. Davis Webb? An unknown third-round pick drafted by a GM who wasn’t employed by the Giants anymore.

Our own Chris Pflum did exhaustive studies of the quarterbacks all expected to be first-round picks, and possibilities for the Giants. Dan Pizzuta did several in-depth quarterback studies.