New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen keeps saying he’s looking under every rock to find a quarterback, but at this point, he might be digging underneath the rocks too. The G-Men went from wanting Matthew Stafford to sniffing around Mason Rudolph in record time. How did we get here?
Schoen has been playing the waiting game with Aaron Rodgers, hoping the four-time MVP might choose New York over Minnesota or retirement. That decision is still hanging over their heads like a bad cliffhanger, and in the meantime, they’ve thrown out lifelines to Russell Wilson, Joe Flacco, and Jameis Winston.
And now? They’re getting left at the altar by Mason Rudolph.
This isn’t even about whether Rudolph would have been a good signing (he probably wouldn’t have been). It’s about how the Giants’ quarterback search has become so desperate that they’re getting curved by career backups. While the rest of the league gears up for 2025, Schoen is out here scrambling, getting ghosted on Zoom calls.
The craziest part? The quarterback market has already dried up. The Tennessee Titans are rumored to keep the No. 1 pick, free agency’s best options are off the board, and if the Giants miss out on Rodgers, their best hope is that maybe Russell Wilson or Jameis Winston will still be available. That’s the plan?
With each passing day, the Giants’ quarterback situation somehow finds a new rock bottom. The only question left is, how much lower can they go?
Mason Rudolph was supposed to meet with the Giants before signing with Steelers
Talk about a twist. Literally out of nowhere, NFL Network's Mike Garafolo blew up Schoen’s spot with news of the G-Men being interested in Rudolph while speaking on Good Morning Football:
“Last week, Joe Flacco and Russell Wilson paid their visits to the New York Giants. They were also going to have a Zoom with Mason Rudolph, but then he decided to go with the Steelers. So they’re going through all these veteran options.”
And just like that, another quarterback option slipped through their fingers—if you can even call this one an “option.” Can't even get Rudolph on a Zoom call? A Zoom call? Brutal.
If the Giants were actually considering Rudolph as their emergency plan, things are even more dire than we originally thought. Rudolph appeared in eight games last year with the Titans, starting five (1-4 record), completing 64 percent of his throws for 1,530 yards, nine touchdowns, and nine interceptions.
At this point, New York’s quarterback search isn’t just sad—it’s bordering on parody. At this rate, the Giants might be one more rejection away from seeing if Eli still has one more run in him.