‘Hard Knocks’: Patriots rejected Giants’ draft day trade offer on Maye
The New England Patriots had options to trade the No. 3 overall pick, right up until several hours before the 2024 NFL draft, but it would have taken “something crazy” to get them to move out of the spot that eventually netted North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Drake Maye.
Credit the New York Giants for at least trying. They wanted to make it happen in the worst of ways. It just would have taken a “pretty significant” package for the Patriots to even flinch. And by significant, they meant a Ricky Williams-style cupboard of picks.
General manager Joe Schoen called the Patriots at 3:32 p.m. ET on the afternoon of the draft’s first round and offered the Giants’ first-round pick (No. 6 overall), a first-rounder in 2025 and another pick this year. It was not even close to enough.
Patriots executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf didn’t flinch when presented with that offer. His reasoning? The Patriots needed a quarterback!
Here’s how the conversation played out on the latest episode of “Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants.”
Schoen: “You guys still listening [to offers]? You guys still making a decision? What do you think?”
Wolf: “I think we’re pretty happy with sitting here picking. But, again, if you offer us [your first, second and third-round pick] this year, [your first and second-round pick] next year …. I mean, I’m exaggerating. But it’s going to be something crazy like that.”
