The call came in Thursday night, not long after the 2024 draft opened up and the news it relayed gave Daniel Jones a stay of execution.
And because it went the way it did, Jones lives for another day, or season, and it is up to him to make the most out of the reprieve he has been granted.
In this case, it was not the governor issuing a pardon. Rather, it was Eliot Wolf, the Patriots director of scouting, finally shutting down any and all inquiries to trade out of the No. 3 overall pick. The Giants, hot for quarterback Drake Maye, put their bid in — believed to be the No. 6 pick this year, their second-round pick (No. 47 overall) and their 2025 first round pick. In reality, nothing other than a ridiculous trade offer was going to prevent the Patriots from taking Maye.