You can follow along with live updates on the draft at our live blog here The NFL draft kicks off Thursday night and Miami quarterback Cam Ward is still the overwhelming favorite to be selected with the No.

New York also has his family in its corner. The Giants draft target revealed his parents’ “favorite” landing spot in a pre-draft interview with CBS Sports' Aditi Kinkhabwala. “Right now, their favorite is New York, but we’ll see what happens,” he said.

But Carter wants it to be clear: These weren’t freudian slips. He badly wants to (and thinks he will) be a Giant and continue the legendary pass-rush legacy forged by his all-time favorite player, Lawrence Taylor.