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After the Giants selected Daniel Jones with the No. 6 pick in the draft, Dwayne Haskins smirked and shook his head. Haskins was eventually taken by the Redskins at No. 15 and, in his estimation, was on the board far too long.

“The league done messed up,’’ Haskins posted on social media.

Haskins and the Redskins come to town this weekend, but a Jones-Haskins duel will have to wait (these teams play again Dec. 22 in Landover, Maryland). Even though the Redskins are 0-3 and Case Keenum turned the ball over five times in Monday night’s 31-15 loss to the Bears, coach Jay Gruden is not ready to make the popular move to Haskins.

“Well, we’ve played three games, and there’s 13 games left in the season,” Gruden said Tuesday. “This season is not lost. It’s not over. I know everybody wants to say, ‘It’s over, and the season is over, so go ahead and play Haskins.’ … If we feel like Dwayne gives us the best chance to win in a coming game, we’ll definitely put Dwayne in there. If we feel like it’s Colt [McCoy] when he gets healthy, it could be Colt. Right now, we feel like it’s Case Keenum, and we’re going to move forward with him this week.”

Haskins and Jones were a fascinating case study. Haskins, in only 14 career starts at Ohio State, threw nearly as many touchdown passes (50) as Jones (52) did in 36 starts at Duke. The Giants preferred the entire Daniel Jones package. Haskins grew up in New Jersey and wanted the Giants to take him. It didn’t happen. The chance for payback will have to wait.

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