The NFL has been unable to find another team to do HBO’s ‘Offseason Hard Knocks‘ in 2025 after the brutal exposure of the Giants‘ flawed process one year ago.
Joe Schoen was asked Tuesday if any other GMs had called him to ask about his experience as the league seeks a new club, and the Giants GM had a sense of humor about it.
“No, I haven’t gotten any calls on that,” Schoen said with a laugh. “I think I know what I would tell them.”
Schoen’s son, Carson, famously told his father on the 2024 series that he needed to trade up and draft eventual Washington Commanders offensive rookie of the year Jayden Daniels.
The Giants passed on the remaining quarterbacks at No. 6 overall and went 3-14.
“Jayden Daniels. Trade up and get him, why not?” Schoen’s son told him in the show. “You only get this job once, might as well try to win.”
Carson Schoen is a freshman quarterback at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J. So a reporter asked Schoen what he tells his son are the two most important traits for a QB:
“We just had this conversation: completions and winner. I want a winner,” Schoen said with a smile. “I want a guy that can win and complete passes. That’s the most important thing. He likes to throw these go-balls and deep balls all the time. Take the gains. Take the positives. Take completions and win games. That’s what I tell him.”
So that broached the biggest question: since Carson correctly predicted which QB was going to a star last year, which one he does prefer in this year’s NFL Draft class?
“He sent me some clips this morning, it’s funny you said that,” Schoen said. “I’m not gonna tell you.”
Then Schoen noted: his son didn’t arrive at the Daniels conclusion alone.
“And listen: last year, he knows where that came from,” Schoen said with a smirk. “So that wasn’t all his idea.”
SUPER SAQUON
Schoen said he was “happy” for Saquon Barkley, whom he let walk to the rival Eagles and win a Super Bowl in his first season with Philly.
“I’m happy for Saquon,” Schoen said. “He obviously went on to win the Super Bowl. We wish him nothing but the best. Always gonna evaluate all the decisions you make, and we were at a different place in our build. And again, love Saquon and wish him nothing but the best.”
NO THROWING? NO PROBLEM
Schoen said he has no issues with quarterbacks such as Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders deciding not to throw at the combine.
“To me you’ve never thrown to these receivers before,” Schoen said. “If they throw, that’s great. I’m never gonna downgrade them for not throwing. And then if they don’t have a great throwing session, I’m not gonna downgrade them for that, either.
“Because they’ve never thrown to these guys, and it’s timing anticipation, the guys’ abilities to run certain routes,” Schoen added. “So if a guy decides he doesn’t want to throw and wants to throw at his pro day, I’m OK with that. We’ve seen all of these guys throw whether it’s practices, games. I’m OK with that.”
DABOLL QUIET UNTIL OWNERS
Head coach Brian Daboll does not speak at the NFL Combine, which stands out league-wide.
Daboll is one of only five of 32 head coaches who had no plan to talk to the media in any way this week. And he is one of only three of 32 head coaches who is here in Indianapolis but still not doing an interview.
Schoen was asked if the Giants are changing offensive play-callers, as co-owner John Mara said he would prefer.
“You guys can ask [Daboll] that at the owners’ meetings,” Schoen said. “That’s something him and I have not discussed over the last couple of weeks, and ultimately that’s gonna be his decision.”