Joe Schoen joked — sort of — not long ago when yet another question came at him wondering whether the Giants will add a wide receiver to augment what they already have.

Schoen said he understood the “obsession,’’ based on what his roster has, what his roster seemingly does not have and the recent wastefulness at the position.

There is no guarantee the Giants will go in this direction Thursday night, when the NFL draft kicks off and Schoen is on the clock at No. 25.

A case can be made that finding a starting-caliber cornerback should be the top priority.

As always, positional value, how the board stacks up and who is available will factor into the decision.

And, also this: the makeup of the head coach.

Brian Daboll displayed no tunnel vision in his first year running the show, despite his heavy background calling the plays on offense and working with quarterbacks.

Still, he is who he is and if there is a chance to add a legitimate weapon in the passing game for Daniel Jones — the newly minted (four years, $160 million) franchise quarterback — Daboll is not going to turn his back and walk away.

“The offense has a very defined plan on how they are going to utilize certain positions, and it makes it easy to go scout players for them,’’ Schoen said. “We are going through all those players regardless of position, regardless of what they look like physically, and trying to figure out what their fit would be with the team and what their role would be.’’

What they look like physically comes into play here, especially if the Giants are serious about selecting a smallish (5-foot-9, 182-pound) target such as Zay Flowers from Boston College.

In his first-ever draft running the show, Schoen last year traded up in the second round to get Wan’Dale Robinson, a smallish (5-8, 185) slot target whose rookie year was curtailed by a knee injury.

Adding Flowers to the mix could be considered duplication.

“I think Dabs, that’s one of his strengths and [offensive coordinator] Mike Kafka, taking the pieces that you have and trying to accentuate what they do best,’’ Schoen said. “They come in different size, shapes, speeds.’’

Schoen’s task a year ago was more easily defined, as the team he inherited was coming off a 4-13 season and owned the No. 5 and No. 7 selections in the 2022 draft.

Schoen addressed needs at edge rusher (Kayvon Thibodeaux) and right tackle (Evan Neal) with the first-round haul. Daboll was named NFL Coach of the Year after guiding the Giants to a record of 9-7-1 and the franchise achieved its first playoff victory since 2011.

That success knocked the Giants down into the lower reaches of the first round in this year’s draft.

The Giants have 10 picks, but seven of them are on Day 3 in Rounds 4-7.

They shipped the extra third-round compensatory pick they were awarded to the Raiders in exchange for tight end Darren Waller. With two selections in the fifth round and three in the seventh round, Schoen certainly is in position to deal away a few of these Day 3 picks to move up during the draft to get a player he is eyeing.

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There is a strong expectation the Giants will take a running back in the middle of this draft, most likely early on Saturday.

Saquon Barkley has yet to sign his franchise tender of $10.1 million for the 2023 season and it is certainly possible no long-term deal gets done and his status with the team for 2024 remains uncertain.

Schoen, according to a source, has already alerted Barkley of the plan to add a running back, which is smart on the part of the second-year general manager.

No sense having Barkley blindsided by this.

Depending on how the first round falls, taking a cornerback at No. 25 is unquestionably in play.

Expect Schoen to be aggressive. He might be eager to move up for someone such as cornerback Joey Porter Jr. of Penn State or receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba of Ohio State, if those players fall out of the top 15 and within range of a trade-up by the Giants.

Or Schoen could sit tight and take the top-rated corner left on the board, perhaps Deonte Banks of Maryland, who should be able to challenge for a starting job opposite veteran Adoree’ Jackson.

Year 1 was about building a foundation and filling obvious needs.

Year 2 is about adding difference-makers on the field, at high-impact positions.

There would be no need to add to the wide receiver room if Kadarius Toney and Kenny Golladay — players Schoen inherited — were not complete busts in 2022 and now gone.

“Right now we have 10 [picks],’’ Schoen said, “If there’s somebody we want to move up for we have some extra draft capital to do that. If we want to move back and collect some, we can do that, too.’’