Connor Hughes

Medford, Princeton

NFL Reporter at SportsNet New York (SNY)

NFL reporter for @SNYtv covering Jets & Giants. Basically, I watch football, then write & talk about it || Cancel ‘iron sharpens iron’ || Big fan of my dog

Articles

2025 NFL Mock Draft Top 10 4.0: Who will Jets and Giants pick?

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Connor Hughes

The NFL Draft is just over two weeks away, as crazy as that sounds. The uncertainty at the quarterback position has caused chaos when trying to analyze what’s to come. Two weeks ago, Cam Ward-Shedeur Sanders seemed like the most obvious 1-2 pick. Now, there’s talk of a Sanders slide. This is our fourth crack at predicting the first 10 selections. It’s also our first that doesn’t have Sanders in the first five picks.
2025 NFL Mock Draft Top 10 4.0: Who will Jets and Giants pick?

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Connor Hughes

The NFL Draft is just over two weeks away, as crazy as that sounds. The uncertainty at the quarterback position has caused chaos when trying to analyze what’s to come. Two weeks ago, Cam Ward-Shedeur Sanders seemed like the most obvious 1-2 pick. Now, there’s talk of a Sanders slide. This is our fourth crack at predicting the first 10 selections. It’s also our first that doesn’t have Sanders in the first five picks. It’s pretty crazy how this evolved over the last few weeks.
Giants must find their next franchise quarterback, but GM Joe Schoen won't act recklessly

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Connor Hughes

PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Giants need their franchise quarterback. They know that. Jameis Winston is an entertaining backup. Russell Wilson is a serviceable bridge. There’s nothing on the other side, though – no future. At least not yet. General manager Joe Schoen would love to get that player in this year’s draft. Organically at No. 3: Perfect. Aggressive trade up: He’ll never shy away from big swings, by his own admission, at the position. AdvertisementWhat he won’t do is force the issue.
The time is now for Jets GM Darren Mougey to extend Garrett Wilson, Sauce Gardner

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Connor Hughes

PALM BEACH, Fla. – It’s not happening yet. That’s fine. The Jets want to get through the draft first. Once they do, GM Darren Mougey said, they’ll talk to representatives of Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson about contract extensions. Those conversations shouldn’t take long. Neither should whatever process follows. AdvertisementThe Jets goal: Find good, young players. Then keep those good, young players. Gardner and Wilson aren’t good. They’re great. Take care of them now.
Russell Wilson signing shouldn't change Giants' quest for franchise QB

4 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Connor Hughes

This shouldn’t change anything for the Giants. It can’t change anything. This team needs their future at quarterback. They need it now. That’s why they must find a way to come out of the draft with either Cam Ward or Shedeur Sanders. That was the case before Russell Wilson signed. It still is now that he has. Nothing else matters until New York’s future is in that locker room. Wilson is a fine enough player, assuming you adjust expectations.
Giants Mailbag: How likely is Shedeur Sanders to Big Blue?

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Connor Hughes

No, the Giants aren’t losing anything waiting for Aaron Rodgers. That’s exactly what they’re doing right now, too: waiting. Yes, they signed Jameis Winston. No, they didn’t yank their outstanding offer to Rodgers after Winston accepted his. The same goes for Russell Wilson. There is a world where general manager Joe Schoen completely reinvents his quarterback room, entering 2025 with Rodgers or Wilson, Winston, and a quarterback-to-be-drafted later. Probable? No. But possible.
Jets Mailbag: Is Justin Fields the unquestioned starting quarterback?

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Connor Hughes

The Jets are the NFL’s offseason champs no moreMajor free-agent signings and trades have been a staple of New York’s offseasons as they tried to band-aid fix so many of their fundamental issues. Unsurprisingly, it never worked. The Jets are in the midst of a 14-year playoff drought for that reason (among others). That’s what made this offseason so unique. There were no real splashy signings. There were no groundbreaking trades.
Jameis Winston gives Giants flexibility and stability in QB room they sorely need

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Connor Hughes

They were right to pursue him. The Giants need a bridge to their quarterback-to-be-drafted later. Aaron Rodgers, on paper, is perfect for the role. He’s a four-time MVP and Super Bowl champion who can still play. That wealth of information is invaluable to whomever the Giants select next month. He could have saved some jobs with his own play in the meantime. It’s become clear that, right now, the Giants are not what Rodgers wants, though. That’s why, weeks after he could have signed, he hasn’t.
Giants make the right moves to fix their defense in free agency - up next, quarterback

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Connor Hughes

John Mara is refreshingly honest. Brutally so. You know when he’s mad. More importantly: You know why he’s mad. He minced no words at his year-end news conference while shredding apart his defense, lamenting how tired he was of watching “teams go up and down the field on us.”General manager Joe Schoen received said message. Fixing Big Blue’s bruised and battered defense was clearly among the offseason’s top priorities. Free agency was his first chance to see that through.
Why Jets' low-risk signing of Justin Fields is worth the potentially-high reward

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Connor Hughes

There’s no grandiose expectation Justin Fields is the Jets new franchise quarterback. In all likelihood, he’s not. There’s a reason the Bears traded him. There’s a reason the Steelers benched him. Those reasons are why the Jets are his third team in as many years. But the Jets needed another quarterback this offseason – someone to pair with Tyrod Taylor. Assess those available, and if you’re going to take a chance, there’s no better than the former first-round pick. He has athleticism.