The Giants‘ quarterback search is starting to look like the menu at a rundown diner: 10 pages long with one special and nothing else that’s good.
The team reportedly was going to hold a remote Zoom call with career backup Mason Rudolph last week, but Rudolph decided to re-sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers instead, per NFL Network.
That is quite an update to a desperate free agent search that already has included a failed attempt to trade for Matthew Stafford, an ongoing pursuit of Aaron Rodgers and in-person meetings with Joe Flacco, Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston.
Winston, 31, was in town on Tuesday as the latest veteran quarterback option for GM Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll as they enter Year Four of their regime on the hot seat.
The Giants also still could end up drafting a rookie quarterback in late April.
OJULARI FOLLOWS BARKLEY TO PHILLY
The pull of a Super Bowl and a Georgia football reunion was strong.
Giants edge rusher Azeez Ojulari agreed to a one-year, $4 million contract with the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday, per ESPN.
He followed former teammate Saquon Barkley to the reigning Super Bowl champions and also reunited with several former Georgia Bulldogs college teammates on defense: Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis, Nakobe Dean and Nolan Smith.
It’s believed the Giants could have gotten a fifth-round pick for Ojulari at last year’s trade deadline after he recorded five sacks in three games.
But the team held onto Ojulari with Kayvon Thibodeaux out and injured. Then Ojulari got hurt and missed the final six games of the season. And now the Giants likely will receive nothing in return as he jets for their archrival.
Ojulari, 24, a 2021 second-round pick, battled injuries during his four seasons in New York. And he is not a consistent edge-setter in the running game.
But he has 22 sacks in 46 career games, including eight in his rookie season. And the Eagles could be the perfect fit to further unlock his explosiveness and bend around the edge as a situational pass rusher in Philly’s rotation up front.