On Monday morning, the New York Giants opted to shake things up by trading a fifth-round draft pick to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for quarterback JJ McCarthy. The move gives the Giants another option at the quarterback position after the recent news that starter Jaxson Dart would be out for the season after suffering a knee injury.
Now, more has come to light on the historical significance of the Giants’ trade for McCarthy.
“According to the Elias Sports Bureau, J.J. McCarthy is 1 of 4 first-round QBs in the past 25 years to start 10 or fewer games for the team that drafted them. The others: Paxton Lynch, Trey Lance, Johnny Manziel,” reported Kevin Seifert of ESPN on X, formerly Twitter.
Indeed, McCarthy didn’t get an exceptionally long leash with the Vikings, but he struggled immensely during his starts for the team last year after having missed his entire rookie season due to injury.
McCarthy ended up losing the starting job to veteran Kyler Murray before the current season kicked off, with many fans speculating that a trade could be on the horizon at some point.
Now that it has come to pass, it will be fascinating to see if New York makes McCarthy their new starter right off the bat or still gives the reins to Jameis Winston for the time being.
Many have thought that any chance of the Giants realistically competing this year ended with Dart’s injury, although they do sit at 2-1 currently and have a winnable game against the Arizona Cardinals coming up.
That game is slated to get underway on Sunday at 1:00 pm ET from the Meadowlands.
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