The New York Giants had the sixth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. On Tuesday’s episode of Hard Knocks, general manager Joe Schoen walked into the press box that the New England Patriots were in and Schoen talked to Eliot Wolf.
At the time of the scouting combine, rumors were going around about the possibility of the Patriots trading out of the third pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Wolf told Schoen that there were a couple of teams who called New England about that selection.
Schoen told Wolf to keep the Giants in the back of his mind. The New York Giants were no doubt interested in trading up from the sixth pick to the third pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
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The Patriots did not know what they were going to do with that pick at the time. There was no doubt that the Chicago Bears and the Washington Commanders were going to draft quarterbacks, but the New England Patriots needed more than just a quarterback.
The New York Giants at the time were ready to move off of Daniel Jones. This is one of the reasons why Schoen talked to Eliot Wolf about the New England Patriots.
