{"id":63931,"date":"2019-04-21T06:44:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T10:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=63931"},"modified":"2021-05-30T21:01:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:01:12","slug":"new-york-giants-trace-mcsorley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/04\/21\/new-york-giants-trace-mcsorley\/","title":{"rendered":"What If New York Giants Picked up Trace McSorley?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever forget watching Trace McSorley<\/strong> in 2016’s Big Ten Championship. Mostly because I worked at a Penn State<\/a> bar at the time. There were many moments of celebration that night; Still, I remember particularly the start of the fourth quarter, when McSorley cannoned the ball to Saquon Barkley<\/a><\/strong> for an 18-yard touchdown, giving Penn State their first lead in the game. Security lifted me and another bartender onto the counter of the bar, as we held sparklers and poured Jameson into the many cheering open mouths below.<\/p>\n

McSorley won the MVP of that game, and with reason. For all intents and purposes, Penn State should have lost. But the Nittany Lions’ clutch leading man escorted the pack from a 21-point deficit to a victory. Now, he has declared for the 2019 NFL Draft and is projected by NFL.com<\/a> to go unclaimed and enter free agency after a slump this past year, likely due to the loss of Barkley. So wouldn\u2019t a reunion with his former passing partner show the NFL what McSorley is really made of? After all, plenty of excellent quarterbacks went undrafted in previous years (see: Tony Romo<\/a><\/strong>, championship-winning Kurt Warner<\/a><\/strong>, and Hall-of-Famer Warren Moon<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Getting the Band Back Together: Trace McSorley would Thrive if Picked Up By the Giants<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A Nittany Lion for the Ages<\/h3>\n