The Giants are in control of the trade market.

After the Jets boldly sent three second-round draft picks to the Colts to move up from No. 6 to No. 3 in the NFL Draft, it is Giants general manager Dave Gettleman's turn to field offers on their No. 2 pick and see if they can hold quarterback-needy teams hostage for a boatload of picks.

The Jets clearly intend to pick a quarterback of the future and did not want to gamble that at least one of USC's Sam Darnold, UCLA's Josh Rosen, Wyoming's Josh Allen and Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield would be on the board by the time the No. 6 pick rolled around.

The Colts are not targeting a quarterback even with Andrew Luck's uncertain health and might otherwise have shipped No. 6 to a quarterback-needy team like the Cardinals, Bills or Dolphins who jumped in front of the Jets in the order.

Two of those teams just so happen to be in the AFC East Division with the Jets.

So the Jets probably just forced the Browns to pick a quarterback at No. 1 overall and put the Giants in the driver's seat.

If a team eyeing a young quarterback wants to move up ahead of the Jets, the Giants can send a ransom note.

"The No. 2 pick will cost you..." What?

Here is a starting point: In 2016, the Eagles traded five draft picks over the course of three years -- two first-rounders, a second-rounder, a third-rounder and a fourth-rounder -- to move up from No. 8 to No. 2, where they picked NFL MVP candidate Carson Wentz.

It changed the course of the franchise for the Super Bowl champions.

This year's crew of potential trade partners -- the Dolphins (No. 11), the Bills (No. 12) and the Cardinals (No. 15) -- all hold draft picks in the top half of the first round. And all are lower than No. 8, so you can increase that Wentz-based package.

But those picks all are low enough that the Giants would not be able to get a premiere non-quarterback like pass-rusher Bradley Chubb, running back Saquon Barkley, offensive guard Quenton Nelson or defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick, so it would be a risk perhaps not worth taking.

The most logical partner for both sides in a trade might be the Broncos, who hold pick No. 5 but have five quarterbacks on the roster, including just-signed veteran Case Keenum.

Gettleman's poker face will be tested.

The Giants are firmly in the mix to draft a quarterback, even though 37-year-old Eli Manning will start in 2018 and 2017 third-round pick Davis Webb could be next in line.

They met with all the top quarterbacks at the NFL Combine and commonly are projected to pick one in expert mock drafts. Asked about trading down at the Combine, Gettleman sounded like the Godfather.

"If someone makes me an offer I can't refuse, would I move back?" Gettleman said. "It depends upon who is there. If there is a guy that is worthy enough of being the second pick of a draft? And what we are basically saying if we answer that question to the affirmative (is) you are drafting what you think is going to be a Hall of Fame player You can't get too cute about the whole thing."

One variable to consider when matching trade partners: For two seasons (2015-16) during Gettleman's stint as general manager of the Panthers, Bills general manager Brandon Beane was Gettleman's right-hand man.

The Bills hold five of the top 65 picks in the upcoming draft, so they have the assets necessary to entice the depth-needy Giants. Any starting point for negotiations would include the two first-rounders -- No. 12 and No. 22 -- and probably at least one second-rounder based on the past market.

Ryan Dunleavy may be reached at rdunleavy@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @rydunleavy. Find our Giants coverage on Facebook.

