The New York Giants have a below-average offense and rank in the bottom half of the NFL in passing offense.
But that hasn't stopped rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers from quickly ascending into the upper-echelon of the league's top receivers. Though he's missed two games due to injury, Nabers ranks in the top 10 in both targets and receptions, and many feel if the Giants had a better quarterback Nabers could really put up some eye-popping numbers.
Quarterback Daniel Jones is having a decent season (62.1 completion percentage, 1,343 yards passing, six touchdowns, four interceptions), but he's far from a top-10 passer.
Jones isn't even top-15, which is why FanDuel recently proposed a trade in which the Giants send second- and fifth-round picks in the 2025 NFL Draft plus linebacker Isaiah Simmons to the Los Angeles Rams for two-time Pro Bowl QB Matthew Stafford.
The 36-year-old Stafford has two-and-a-half more seasons left on his four-year, $160 million contract, which would give the Giants a top-tier passer through the 2026 season and allow the team to regularly compete for the playoffs while also pairing one of the NFL's top QBs with the current Offensive Rookie of the year favorite.
Stafford is averaging nearly 250 yards passing per game with three touchdowns and three interceptions this season, and he would mark a significant upgrade over Jones, who's never had a 4,000-yard season or thrown more than 24 touchdowns.
Conversely, Stafford has nine 4,000-yard seasons and six years of 25 or more touchdowns under his belt.
The downside of adding Stafford is the Giants would then have two $160M quarterbacks on their roster, meaning Jones would either have to be traded or released. If cut pre-June 1, Jones carries a $69.3M dead-cap penalty. If cut post-June 1, that number goes down slightly to $47.1M.
However, if the Giants were to trade Jones post-June 1, the dead money would only be a little over $11M and New York would gain $36.75M in cap savings.