Why Giants' walkie-talkie screw-up complicates QB draft strategy

How's this for an unintended consequence: Ben McAdoo's impermissible walkie-talkie conversation with Eli Manning last season could throw a wrench in any Giants plan to pick the quarterback's heir apparent in the 2017 NFL Draft.

The NFL docked the Giants' 10 draft spots in the fourth round as part of their punishment for the Walkieleaks incident, when McAdoo illegally used a handheld radio to communicate with Manning for several plays during the Giants' 10-7 win over the Cowboys at home in Week 14. The Giants should have the 130th-overall pick, but they will instead have pick No. 140.

Barring a trade, the Giants will make their third-round pick at No. 87, then have to wait 53 picks - well over…