​JJ McCarthy was supposed to be picked by the New York Giants in 2024, but the Giants went for Malik Nabers instead and McCarthy went to Minnesota Vikings being the No. 10 overall pick.Two years later, injury has caused a quarterback urgency and Giants have finally signed JJ McCarthy in this September. One close family member of the Giants’ general manager Joe Schoen has welcomed the QB enthusiastically.GM’s daughter welcomes JJ McCarthy to the GiantsIn the 2024 NFL Draft, the New York Giants held the No. 6 overall pick. After Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, and Drake Maye were selected ahead of them, general manager Joe Schoen chose LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers instead of Michigan quarterback JJ McCarthy. At the time, the Giants still had Daniel Jones under a multi-year extension and viewed wide receiver as a higher priority.Aug 10, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy (9) warms up before the game against the Las Vegas Raiders at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY SportsReports indicated real interest and that they had scouted him but the organization graded him more as a second-round talent. McCarthy went 10th overall to the Minnesota Vikings. Nabers immediately validated the pick, posting 109 catches for 1,204 yards and seven touchdowns as a rookie. McCarthy went 10th overall to the Minnesota Vikings.Two years later, the paths crossed again. In late September 2026, the Vikings traded McCarthy to the Giants for a 2027 fifth-round pick. Joe Schoen himself has not publicly commented in detail on the irony of now acquiring the quarterback he passed on in 2024. However, his daughter Sydney Schoen addressed it directly.After the trade was announced, she shared a post of the news on her Instagram story. ““ifykyk,” she wrote as caption which indicates the phrase “if you know you know.”The move had and the story made a lot of the fans recall the 2024 NFL draft and how almost McCarthy joined Giants back then but now the bigger question is how he is going to contribute two years later.Giants’ QB situation has become urgent after Jaxson Dart’s injuryThe Giants’ quarterback situation became urgent after starter Jaxson Dart suffered a season-ending knee injury in Week 2 of the 2026 season. Dart underwent surgery and was ruled out for the remainder of the regular season, leaving the team thin at the most important position.Backup Jameis Winston stepped in and started the following game, but his early performances were uninspiring. The Giants’ only other healthy option was practice-squad quarterback Jake Haener, who has very limited NFL experience. Head coach John Harbaugh said the team began “turning over every stone” immediately after Dart’s injury.“Well, we’ve been talking about it ever since I think Jaxson got hurt, that we would need to add a quarterback, quarterbacks. That’s part of the process. We’ve been turning over every stone. This was an oppo