New York Giants: 2018 offseason prediction through the draft

When you think of the Giants backup quarterback situation, Davis Webb doesn’t exactly make people think the Giants can win games in the absence of a future franchise quarterback. He only was a full-time starter for one season, and it was a good one, but if there’s an injury to Josh Rosen, can he be trusted? Josh Rosen does already have an injury history coming into the NFL.

Finley wasn’t asked to do a whole lot at NC State. He did have some passes, 74 of them. However, that only represented 15.6 percent of his attempts, and that’s a rather low proportion of passes given he played in the ACC. He wasn’t great with the deep ball either.

That said, he did complete 65 percent of his passes. That’s despite 29 drops from his receivers. Also, despite a high volume of dropbacks (per Pro Football Focus Elite), 473, he only had eight interceptions on the season. So, he does protect the ball well.

He showed more than Webb did in college, and the Giants can have their franchise quarterback and his backup for at least the next four years. Finley is a more viable option than Webb, and he can provide the Giants with comfort that they can win a couple of games in the absence of Rosen, if needed.