On the latest episode of the Scoop City podcast (starts at 10:00 mark), The Athletic's Dianna Russini reported toward the end of the 2024 season the Giants had Sanders ranked as the No. 1 quarterback on their big board. "Once they realized they weren't gonna get Cam Ward," Russini reported, "Shedeur to them was their top quarterback."

We know the Tennessee Titans rejected a lucrative offer from the New York Giants in exchange for the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. By that point, the Titans had fallen in love with Cam Ward, and as GM Mike Borgonzi allegedly put it,

The Tennessee Titans were so convinced in their belief that Cam Ward was their guy to choose with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft that they reportedly turned down at least one offer to give up the opportunity to draft him.