Giants management each side of draft future vs. Bears

Coaches and gamers on the Giants and the Bears clearly will play one another Sunday with the objective of successful the sport. That by no means is in query, nor ought to it’s.

However successful or shedding in Chicago this week will immediately influence the Giants’ draft standing following their fifth straight season with not less than 10 losses. They management their very own first-round choice and that of the Bears, who traded their 2022 No. 1 choose on draft day to the Giants to pick quarterback Justin Fields at No. 11.

The Giants later grabbed extensive receiver Kadarius Toney with the twentieth general choose, which additionally was acquired from Chicago.

Fields has been listed as questionable however is not going to begin Sunday, with veteran Andy Dalton getting the nod, Chicago coach Matt Nagy introduced Friday.

The Giants (4-11) at present personal the fifth choose within the 2022 draft, with their closing regular-season recreation to be performed in opposition to Washington subsequent Sunday.

The Bears, who improved to 5-10 with a comeback win final week over Seattle, will conclude their season subsequent week at Minnesota (7-8). Their first-round choose at present is listed as No. 8 general, with sliding Washington (ninth) the lone 6-9 crew after dropping every of its final three video games.

Two wins by the Bears to shut their season would possibly drop their choose exterior the highest 10 (at 7-10), however the Giants would cement a top-five alternative — and presumably bounce into the primary three slots — ought to they lose their closing two contests to complete 4-13.

The Texans (with video games remaining in opposition to the 49ers and Titans) and the Jets (Buccaneers, Payments) additionally at present are sitting at 4-11. The Panthers and Seahawks — who traded their choose to the Jets within the Jamal Adams deal — are 5-10. Carolina has street video games remaining at New Orleans and Tampa Bay, whereas Seattle will face Detroit at residence and playoff-bound Arizona on the street.