3. Low Risk, High Reward
The New York Giants have options at quarterback, but the question facing Jerry Reese is: which player is actually worth the risk? A number of quality prospects exist, but New York has other needs to fill in the early rounds of the draft.
Thus, if the Giants can select Evans with a sixth or seventh-round draft pick, or even a fourth or fifth-rounder, it would be a wise decision.
Evans has the potential to be a high-level quarterback, but the inexperience to warrant fear and a decline down draft boards. He also suffered a knee injury early in his career that could turn some executives off early in the draft.
If Evans’ decline down draft boards goes as expected, then the Giants could conceivably select their quarterback in a low-risk round.
The worst-case scenario in drafting Evans in the later rounds is that he doesn’t pan out and the Giants still have at least three prior rounds of draft picks to work with. The best-case scenario is that he exceeds all expectations and is a steal of a prospect.
Every draft pick carries some measure of risk, but the New York Giants wouldn’t be risking much by selecting Jerod Evans in one of the later rounds.