It sounds simple enough for the New York Giants. All the Giants need to do is send off three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to the San Francisco 49ers in a deal that would see the Niners exchange the No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft for the Giants' own selection at No. 6 overall. Maybe swap or throw in a few mid or late-round selections to make it all work, right?

Perhaps. And according to Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio, a possible blockbuster deal for Beckham between the Giants and 49ers is a real possibility.

Here's why it won't happen, though.

Sure, San Francisco is in the market for a wide receiver, particularly after no Niners wideout even reached 500 receiving yards in 2018. That's why the 49ers have been regularly linked to trade speculation surrounding disgruntled Pittsburgh Steelers wideout Antonio Brown the past few weeks.

In some ways, that makes more sense than the Giants jettisoning Beckham. Brown has been very vocal about his trade wishes, while there has been nothing of the sort from Beckham's camp.

Player wishes aside, one has to fathom why New York would consider such a deal in the first place. True, it's highly possible the Giants look to April's draft as a means to finally find an heir apparent for veteran quarterback Eli Manning. And in a thin quarterbacking class, one which boasts essentially three first-round talents (Ohio State's Dwayne Haskins, Oklahoma's Kyler Murray, and Missouri's Drew Lock), it's understandable why the G-Men may want to move up to that No. 2 overall spot.

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For now, though, they may not need to.

A key franchise in the prospective quarterback race on draft day would have been the Oakland Raiders, who appeared very non-committal to their franchise quarterback, Derek Carr, for much of 2018. But his $19.9 million in guaranteed money for 2019 went official on Feb. 6, meaning the Raiders won't cut him, and trading him would be exceptionally more difficult than before.

Why does that matter? Well, the Raiders are selecting at No. 4 overall in the NFL Draft. Ahead of them are the Arizona Cardinals, 49ers, and New York Jets from spots one through three, respectively. None of those teams will be looking at quarterbacks. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers could, in theory, consider one at No. 5 overall, but they already picked up the fifth-year option for quarterback Jameis Winston.

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As things stand now, the Giants are the first team on day one of the draft in need of a quarterback.

Granted, none of this eliminates the possibility of other teams trading ahead of New York to get a bead on a player like Haskins or Murray. Even if that happens, though, exactly how does Beckham become the figure piece of a deal with the 49ers?

To cast further doubt on such a deal, consider what ESPN's Bill Barnwell told San Francisco's KNBR 680's Gary and Larry Show (h/t David Bonilla of 49ers Webzone):

I think the Giants are still where he stays. $16 million in dead money for them next year if they trade Odell Beckham. Again, I just don't see the historical evidence for it.

Odell Beckham is a good teammate. I think when people contrast him to Antonio Brown, people in that locker room love Odell Beckham. He works super hard. He's there frequently. Can he be temperamental during games? Of course, but it's not like he's a bad teammate. Even to an extent that people would say Antonio Brown in some cases could be a bad teammate.

I don't buy that he's moving this offseason. I could be wrong, certainly, but I think he's going to stay with the Giants.

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Barnwell later stated, if Beckham does wind up being on the move, the Giants would ask for at least two first-round draft picks.

That poses a problem for the Niners. While a trade down might be enough to satisfy part of New York's asking price, dishing off a potential 2020 first rounder isn't exactly something a still-rebuilding San Francisco squad is in good position to do.

As far as the Giants are concerned, whose offense ranked 16th in scoring last year, how does moving a player like Beckham, still just 26 years old, make sense when he's one of the team's top two weapons entering 2019?

True, New York could be considering “blowing it all up” and creating a new post-Manning era. The G-Men may also be taking into account Beckham's injury history the past two years. Yet the reality of the situation seems to point much closer to Beckham staying put this season and not donning the red and gold in 2019.