Giants Draft War: Is Taking a Running Back at No. 5 Insane?

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The episode turns into a full-blown showdown over one question Giants fans can’t stop arguing about: would drafting a running back at No. 5 be a smart move or a major roster-building mistake? What starts as a draft conversation becomes a bigger debate about positional value, team-building philosophy, and whether blanket rules like “never take a running back in the top 10” ignore the reality of a team’s actual situation. The hosts clash over the Giants’ roster, Jaxson Dart’s development, the state of the offensive line, and whether adding a player like Jeremiah Love would elevate the offense or repeat past mistakes from the Saquon Barkley era. Along the way, callers weigh in, comparisons fly to stars like Derrick Henry, Christian McCaffrey, and Terrell Davis, and the discussion expands into whether the Giants are finally in a position to draft the best player available instead of reaching out of desperation.

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0:00.0	There has literally only been two quarterbacks in this generation.
0:06.3	Take it in the top 10 in the post-2000 world that won a Super Bowl for the team that drafted them.
0:14.3	Same logic Sean likes to use.
0:16.5	Eli Manning, which we all know, even though technically I could be a jerk and say the Giants didn't draft him.
0:22.3	True.
0:22.7	But that's not fair.
0:23.8	They orchestrated the draft. Right. And Patrick Mahomes, who has taken 10. That's just crazy to think about that. Think about that. So Matthew Stafford was on a different team. Sam Darnold, who just won a Super Bowl on a different team. Peyton Manning, of course, was on a different team
0:35.9	for one of them, but prior to that, was drafted
0:38.1	in the 90s. That's it?
0:39.9	Ben Rothelberger was in the top.
0:41.0	Ben Rathlisberger was in the top of time. Ben Rutherberg was number 11, if I'm not mistaken, but I'd have to double check that. Number seven. Are you sure about that? Yeah. All right. Let me see. He was taking number 11. I was right again. So you can apologize. Sorry. So my point of this is that was the same draft. Yes. Yeah. Yeah.
0:56.5	I thought it was one four seven. Well So you can apologize. Sorry. So my point of this is that...
0:54.6	That was the same draft.
0:55.5	Yes.
0:55.8	Yeah.
0:56.1	Yeah.
0:56.5	I thought it was one four seven.
0:57.5	Well, you were wrong.
0:58.5	All right.
0:58.9	All right.
0:59.0	Wow.
0:59.3	One spot out of the top ten.
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