2025 NFL Draft: With the Giants losing their No. 1 pick with a win against the Colts, here’s how far they fell in the projected order

Shedeur Sanders already owns Giants cleats.

Will he get a proper uniform next spring?

There’s now a good chance he doesn’t – because the Giants beat the Colts 45-33 at MetLife Stadium on Sunday and lost the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

At this point, they’ve fallen to third place – and could fall even further if the Browns lose at home to the Dolphins in a game that just started.

The Patriots are now in first place, followed by the Titans. New England won’t sign a quarterback, but the Titans might. The same goes for the Browns, who are currently fourth.

The Giants (3-13) entered Sunday having lost a franchise-record 10 straight games. The Raiders’ win over the Jaguars last week made the Giants the first pick.

All the Giants had to do was lose — to the Colts and then in Philadelphia in Week 18 — and the choice was theirs.

So much for that.

And now there’s a chance the Eagles rest their starters in Week 18 – which could mean another Giants win (though that probably won’t happen).

Sanders — the polarizing quarterback from Colorado — would have been a top option for the quarterback-needy Giants at No. 1 along with Miami’s Cam Ward.

What now?

Well, the Giants entered Sunday ahead of these three-win teams in the draft order: Patriots, Jaguars, Titans, Browns and Raiders.

The Patriots were already 3-13 since they lost on Saturday. The Titans lost to the Jaguars. The Browns game has just begun. And the Raiders beat the Saints – which is good news for the Giants since the Raiders now have four wins.

If the Giants had lost on Sunday, they would have finished their 100th home season at 0-9 – their worst home record ever. (Their only winless home season came in 1974 – 0-7 in the Yale Bowl.)

They would also have extended their franchise record losing streak. Before this season, they had never lost more than nine games in a row. And they would have stayed the course, finishing 2-15, their second-worst season ever, after just 1-12-1 in 1966.

The Giants had the No. 1 pick twice – in 1951 and 1965. Sixty years later, Giants fans – desperate for a new quarterback – were hoping for the first pick in 2025 as their general manager (maybe Joe Schoen, maybe someone else) gets their preferred quarterback.

So much for that.

Despite Sunday’s win, the Giants had a humbling 100th season. So it’s possible that co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch will completely clean house and fire Schoen and coach Brian Daboll. If that happens, the new regime wouldn’t face pressure to achieve a quarterback high.

In that case, the Giants — who have a ton of roster holes — could draft a non-quarterback in Round 1 and sign a free agent “bridge” quarterback to start in 2025.

Hopefully Sanders kept the receipt for those Giants cleats.