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It’s not just angry, dismissive Giants fans telling Dave Gettleman he’s clueless.

The Giants general manager, in the wake of the stunning No. 6 pick of Daniel Jones in Thursday’s draft, said he could not wait 11 picks for the team’s next selection because two teams would have jumped on Jones. Reports have followed that the Giants were wary of the Broncos — who, later reports indicated, had second-rounder Drew Lock their No. 1-ranked QB — and the Redskins — who wound up with Dwayne Haskins at No. 15.

Washington had long been linked with Haskins, who played high school ball in their backyard. If the Giants were worried about the Redskins landing the Duke signal-caller, it appears to have been a false alarm.

“We picked the player we wanted to pick,” Washington team president Bruce Allen told NFL Network of Haskins on Tuesday night. “I’m almost positive Dave has no clue what our draft board would be. I don’t know which draft boards he knows, but he doesn’t know ours.”

It is not the pick of Jones that was so jarring but the timing of it. Most believed Jones would still be available at 17, a notion Gettleman said he knew “for a fact” was incorrect. But if the Redskins and Broncos both were set to pass on the passer, finding two teams that would have selected Jones is difficult. Perhaps Gettleman had intel other teams would trade up for the QB who compiled 52 touchdowns and 29 interceptions in three college seasons. Perhaps he was misled, or perhaps he was misleading media.

Thus far, most have shot down Gettleman, yet one ally also emerged Wednesday.

“I know things that I can’t reveal, but [Jones] would’ve gone well before that,” Duke coach David Cutcliffe said on Sirius XM, alluding to the Giants’ 17th pick. “There were people that quietly had their hearts set on him.”

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