All the pressing offseason questions, starting with the Raiders, Giants, Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward WSOC TV [Video]

There was a clean path. But as they tend to do in recent years, the New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders made it a big mess.

Two weeks ago, both franchises were well positioned, sitting at the intersection of quarterback need and draft availability, with a pair of forthcoming prospects offering at least an attempt at answering a longstanding problem: finding a centerpiece QB that was worthy of being written into long-term plans. For intents and purposes, Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders and Miami’s Cam Ward were the remedies for what ailed the Raiders and Giants, even if the league’s annual draft sorting process had yet to hit a higher gear. Maybe both would make it through to April’s draft unscathed, or maybe they wouldn’t. But the bottom line in mid-December was that the season-long pain of losing was finally taking shape, giving the Giants and Raiders options.

Each franchise was in …