Jeremiah Love at No. 5? Giants Smokescreen or Real Plan

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Rumors swirl that the Giants could target Notre Dame star Jeremiah Love with the fifth overall pick, but Shaun and Tiki aren’t buying it. They break down why drafting a running back that high makes little sense for a team that already has a top rushing attack and bigger roster holes, and why the chatter feels like a classic trade-down smokescreen. Plus, callers debate whether Love could help protect Jaxson Dart, how Abdul Carter should be deployed defensively, and why building around the trenches still matters more than adding another skill player. Is Big Blue setting up a move back in the draft, or is this the start of another Saquon-style debate?

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0:00.0	There's at least enough whispers on social media and from certain reporters saying don't discount the Giants taking Jeremiah Love and number five overall.
0:11.4	Why?
0:12.0	I don't want to say it's a full head of steam.
0:13.8	I think Jordan Renan mentioned something.
0:15.0	This feels like smoke to get someone to trade up with you.
0:18.8	Thank you, Tiki.
0:19.6	That was my theory.
0:20.4	Right.
0:21.5	It has to be. Your antennas have to be up. There is Thank you, Tiki. That was my theory. Right. It has to be.
0:23.0	Your antennas have to be up.
0:24.2	There is no way.
0:26.9	Unless they're really concerned about Cam Scadaboo.
0:27.6	Okay.
0:33.4	Which, again, I haven't heard any reports on him yet about health-wise and whether or not his ankle is back to 100% or where he is in his, I don't know, rehabilitation.
0:40.3	But I do know that you have Tyrone Tracy, who's a pretty damn good running back.
0:45.0	Well, and this is part of it, right?
0:46.6	I understand that John Horrible probably wants to, you know, have the ground game working.
0:51.1	That seems to be an area of strength for the Giants with Scatibu and Tracy.. Yes, I agree. And Scadabu screams the type of football player that John Horbaugh preached that he wants to have. He is on his rookie deal. Why would you add a second running back like Jeremiah Love, who if you take it five overall, has to be the bell cow. Yes. You cannot do a running back by committee and use your fifth overall pick as an asset on a running back. You can't. You've now marginalized two really good players on your team. Exactly. And that doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense. So I'm glad you said that when I hear these murmurs and I hear those whispers, I mean, you're also the amount of John Harbo had no problem leaving Derek Henry on the sidelines at points.
1:28.9	But that's not all. That wasn't all on him. I know. Part of that was Todd Munkin, just getting ahead of himself or maybe not overthinking it, I think. Which is fine, but I'm glad you brought up smokescreen because it has to be that. Germia I love, A lot of people might think could be the best prospect in the drift
1:43.5	But again, still a running back
1:44.6	He has to be the Belkow
1:45.5	The Giants at fifth overall
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