The New York Giants (0-2) appear to be going nowhere fast and will likely consider a reset under center sooner than later if circumstances don't change.
If the team turns away from long-time starter Daniel Jones, it will be forced to turn to either Drew Lock or Tommy DeVito.
Lock and DeVito each have some past moments in the NFL, but both of those shows have had their runs and neither was in danger of racking up primetime awards for best performance of any kind. Lock is 9-14 as a starter over stints with the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks, while DeVito was 3-3 with the Giants last season.
GM Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll arrived in New York in 2022 and are now in their third year on the job. After making the playoffs following their first season, last year was a relative disaster and the 2024 campaign has started off about as poorly as possible.
If the Giants' decision makers decide to throw a proverbial Hail Mary to change the fortunes of the franchise, and potentially save their jobs in the process, a trade for Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young could make sense.
The Panthers selected Young No. 1 overall in 2023, but new head coach Dave Canales just benched the second-year signal caller for veteran Andy Dalton. With that relationship likely all but unrepairable at this point, the Panthers will probably listen to trade offers for Young despite saying publicly that dealing him isn't at the top of their current agenda.
Young's trade value has plummeted since Carolina took him with the top pick, though he still wouldn't come cheap. New York owns picks in rounds 1-5 as well as two seventh-rounders next year.
The franchise is likely to pick early in each round. As such, a third-rounder in 2025 and a sixth-rounder (or the like) in the following draft might be enough to get the Panthers listening.
Young is in the second year of a four-year, $38 million rookie deal with a team option on a fifth season. That isn't a small salary to add, but if the Giants can unload Jones in a trade elsewhere or are simply willing to release him after the season and bite the financial bullet, Young would become a viable flier option in the Big Apple.
