There was a brief moment in time when the New York Giants being tied to Justin Fields didn’t sound like the dumbest idea on the table. He was young, mobile, and not far removed from a moment or two in Pittsburgh that at least made you want to see a little more. The price tag wasn’t ridiculous either, just two years, $40 million, and the risk didn’t seem all that steep compared to giving Daniel Jones $160 million.
But instead of forcing a fix, the G-Men did something that felt borderline un-Giants-like: they played it smart.