{"id":198160,"date":"2025-07-11T07:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/198160\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T07:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:02:13","slug":"titans-rejected-giants-offer-for-no-1-overall-cleveland-new-york-discussing-trades-back-into-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/198160\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans Rejected Giants’ Offer For No. 1 Overall; Cleveland, New York Discussing Trades Back Into Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Giants held the No. 1 overall pick going into Week 17, but a Drew Lock<\/a>-led upset win over the Colts dropped them out of that slot and vaulted the Titans to pole position. Week 18 did not change Tennessee\u2019s draft position, and the team now appears a day away from adding Cam Ward<\/a> as its next franchise centerpiece.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Around the Combine, we heard the Giants as a team interested in acquiring the No. 1 pick. Even as Ward-Titans links emerged, the Giants took their shot. They called the Titans multiple times with trade offers for No. 1, according to The Athletic\u2019s Dianna Russini<\/a>. New GM Mike Borgonzi confirmed Tuesday<\/a> the Titans are staying at 1, with a Ward pick imminent.<\/p>\n

Multiple offers emerged, per Russini, who describes the Giants as being the most aggressive team with regards to acquiring the pick. Although the Giants\u2019 offer included at least their 2025 third-rounder (per ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter<\/a>), the full trade package is unknown, but this push \u2014 presumably for Ward \u2014 reminds of their Drake Maye<\/a> pursuit last year.<\/p>\n

New York made a strong offer for New England\u2019s No. 3 overall pick. The deal would have given the Patriots the Giants\u2019 first- and second-round picks last year and first-rounder this year; instead, the Patriots took Maye. The Giants then passing on J.J. McCarthy<\/a>, Michael Penix<\/a> and Bo Nix<\/a> thrust them into their current predicament, holding a top pick without a quarterback deemed worthy of it.<\/p>\n

Strongly linked to passing on a QB at No. 3 to take one of this draft\u2019s top two talents \u2014 either Abdul Carter<\/a> or Travis Hunter<\/a> \u2014 the Giants look to be readying to trade back into Round 1 for a passer. They are in talks with teams with picks near the bottom of the first round, Russini adds. They join the Browns in that effort. Cleveland, New York and New Orleans appear in this boat, as the Saints have also been tied to tabling their QB need beyond their No. 9 overall pick.<\/p>\n

Both the Browns and Giants added two veteran QBs apiece, which at least would send a capable starter for both teams into Week 1. But Joe Flacco<\/a> and Russell Wilson<\/a> are not enviable options for 2026; they are bottom-half options for 2025. Yet, each team has access to this draft\u2019s best players. It is looking like the Browns and Giants\u2019 trade-up efforts will need to be monitored after Hunter and Carter go off the board. The Giants may be split on Sanders, but more Jaxson Dart<\/a>\u2013Brian Daboll buzz is circulating<\/a>. Chatter continues that Daboll likes the Ole Miss QB more than Sanders or any other non-Ward option, ESPN.com\u2019s Dan Graziano notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Although the Browns have still been linked to Carter in recent days, Hunter looks more likely to be Cleveland-bound. When asked about his potential draft destination, Carter\u2019s reply (via SNY<\/a>) pointed to a New York landing. The Giants traded for Brian Burns<\/a> last year and used a top-five pick on Kayvon Thibodeaux<\/a> in 2022. The latter has not quite justified that investment, though he has not been a bust like 2022 No. 7 overall pick Evan Neal<\/a>. Carter, however, could displace Thibodeaux in New York\u2019s lineup. Then again, the team has a past (under John Mara) of adding on the edge (Mathias Kiwanuka<\/a>, Jason Pierre-Paul<\/a>) when it already possessed a strong group.<\/p>\n

The Steelers\u2018 No. 21 overall pick has come up with regards to a trade-up spot, per Graziano<\/a>. That information comes after an early-week report indicated Pittsburgh is interested in trading down<\/a>. This would seemingly add the Steelers to the list of QB-needy teams who do not believe Shedeur Sanders<\/a> or one of the other second-tier options is worthy of the pick. Mike Tomlin being a Sanders fan<\/a> would stand to negate a trade-down move, but the Steelers were not originally planning to use No. 21 on a QB. A Sanders fall could change that, and that will be a Day 1 draft subplot to monitor.<\/p>\n

Teams are also potentially leery of the Rams at No. 26, Graziano adds, with trade-up discussions appearing to factor Matthew Stafford<\/a>\u2018s age into this equation. The Giants pursued Stafford aggressively in February, but the Super Bowl-winning QB regrouped and stayed with the Rams. It would seem unlikely the Rams would use their top draft asset on a QB in a maligned class, but the team is running short on time to add a Stafford heir apparent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Giants held the No. 1 overall pick going into Week 17, but a Drew Lock-led upset win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[80,291,200,54,7,58,56,6,57,17,526,394,2411,527],"class_list":{"0":"post-198160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-2025-nfl-draft","9":"tag-abdul-carter","10":"tag-brian-daboll","11":"tag-cleveland-browns","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-los-angeles-rams","14":"tag-new-york-giants","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","17":"tag-shedeur-sanders","18":"tag-tennessee","19":"tag-tennessee-titans","20":"tag-tennesseetitans","21":"tag-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114833322457396542","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}