The Giants’ quarterback situation has opened the door to some trade chatter, and Gardner Minshew’s name has surfaced as a possible fit.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter pointed to Arizona as a team worth watching if New York looks for help. The Cardinals have Minshew on the roster behind Jacoby Brissett and Carson Beck, and Schefter laid out why the connection makes sense.
“There are some interesting candidates out there,” Schefter said on "Get Up" this week. "Gardner Minshew is in Arizona.
The Cardinals have Jacoby Brissett, they have Carson Beck. And Gardner Minshew played for Matt Nagy in Kansas City.
Matt Nagy is now the Giants offensive coordinator and Gardner Minshew also beat John Harbaugh in Baltimore twice."
There’s also timing to consider. The Cardinals and Giants are set to meet in Week 4, so any movement would seem unlikely before that game is in the books.
On paper, the fit is easy to understand. Arizona wants to develop Beck, and getting him ready as the No. 2 could serve that goal. At the same time, the Cardinals are still approaching the season as a team that expects to compete, which makes keeping Minshew behind Brissett a reasonable setup.
There’s another layer here, too: midseason quarterback trades are rare unless a season has already gone sideways. That hasn’t happened for either team after just two weeks.
Minshew is also only signed for this year, while Beck was drafted with the future in mind. That gives Arizona reason to want to see Beck on the field at some point this season, so it can better judge whether it needs to attack the position early in the draft.
For the Giants, the immediate question is whether Jameis Winston can win enough games to make a move worthwhile. If the season starts slipping badly - say, to 1-6 or 2-7 - then the calculus changes.
At that point, New York could cash Minshew in for draft capital and give Beck a late-season look. Until then, a deal feels more like speculation than something to expect.
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