The Giants might have a chance to land quarterback Josh Rosen, after all.

Talk around Indianapolis among league sources was incessant during the NFL Combine that the Arizona Cardinals are legitimately considering Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray with the No. 1 pick. If the Cardinals are shopping Rosen, the Giants should be the first team to pick up the phone.

According to Bleacher Report’s Matt Miller, the Giants would have “serious interest” in trading for Rosen.

As they should.

Last spring the Giants were among the teams interested in Rosen, before passing on taking a quarterback in favor of running back Saquon Barkley at No. 2. Meanwhile, the Cardinals traded up to No. 10 to take Rosen.

Rosen’s rookie season was underwhelming with 11 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. However, the Cardinals’ offense was a mess under former head coach Steve Wilks, who was fired at season’s end, and Arizona’s offensive line was ranked worst in the league by Pro Football Focus.

Owners of the No. 6 overall selection in April’s NFL Draft, there’s no guarantee that either Murray or Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins will still be available when the Giants go on the clock. General manager Dave Gettleman made no secret he’d like to follow Kansas City’s model of pairing a young quarterback with a veteran such as Eli Manning in 2019.

Trading a second or third-round pick for Rosen would allow the Giants to target the best available player in a rich edge-rusher and offensive tackle class in the first-round, who can provide immediate help towards competing for a playoff berth this season and giving Gettleman a young quarterback of the future.

If the Giants trade for Rosen, he wouldn’t be forced to start immediately, could sit behind Manning for at least part of the upcoming season before taking over an offense that includes Saquon Barkley, Odell Beckham Jr., and Evan Engram.

From a team-building standpoint, the Cardinals have already paid Rosen’s signing bonus and he would be on a team-friendly deal for the next three years with a cap number of just $2.08 million per season.

Arizona would likely ask for a third-round pick in return, which the Giants do not have after taking cornerback Sam Beal in the Supplemental Draft last summer. However, it might be worth the Giants overpaying for the opportunity to draft the likes of Alabama’s Quinnen Williams, Michigan’s Rashan Gary, Houston’s Ed Oliver, or Clemson’s Dexter Williams to bolster the league’s No. 31 rated pass rush while bringing a potential franchise quarterback of the future into the fold as well.

Matt Lombardo may be reached at MLombardo@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @MattLombardoNFL