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Why dismissing Kyler Murray would be ‘big mistake’ for Giants

Someone will look at Kyler Murray and see a franchise quarterback.

The Giants, given their redwood quarterback history, will undoubtedly look at Kyler Murray and see a 5-foot-9 Doug Flutie.

Different strokes for different folks and all that, and the lurking shadow of Major League Baseball over Murray will not go away for some NFL teams.

But given their urgency to find a successor to Eli Manning, the last thing the Giants should do is automatically sell Kyler Murray short without taking a longer look at him.

“I think that teams are starting to get burned by retaining their old-school values when it comes to player evaluation,” Fox Sports college football analyst Joel Klatt told The Post.