2019: Daniel Jones, QB, Giants
Make no mistake: there wasn’t a single team in the NFL who would’ve drafted Daniel Jones with a top 15 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, which makes New York Giants’ General Manager David Gettleman’s public posturing that much more ridiculous.
It’s well understood around the NFL that Gettleman was infatuated with Jones because of the fact that he “looked” like an NFL quarterback, and he was coached by Duke University head coach David Cutcliffe, who famously coached Peyton and Eli Manning when those two were in college.
So, the Giants badly reached when drafting Jones with the 6th overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, and have put him in a situation where he’ll face enormous pressure from a fan base and media ready to pounce on every mistake he makes.