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NFL Pro: Highest priority fix for every NFC team in 2026 | NFL.com
Giants: Support Jaxson Dart
Support Jaxson Dart
Amid 13 losses — seven by a single score — it’s easy to forget the Giants lost their bona fide number one receiver in Malik Nabers (and their sparkplug starting running back in Cam Skattebo) to injury. Per NFL Pro, they did not have a single receiver with 50+ targets and a positive catch rate over expected, as Wan’Dale Robinson, Darius Slayton and even tight end Theo Johnson struggled to log consistent production with Nabers sidelined.
New York also surrendered the seventh-highest pressure rate in the league (37.8%) and right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor, who allowed the most pressures and sacks on the team, is an impending free agent. This team could take a major leap if they build better around promising young QB Jaxson Dart — and that probably means a legitimate WR2 and a new right tackle. Perhaps Ohio State wideout Carnell Tate or Miami tackle Francis Mauigoa in the draft (both mocked to New York by multiple NFL.com analysts) or names like Alec Pierce and Braden Smith in free agency.
One potential 2026 salary-cap cut for every NFL team: Joe Mixon, Kirk Cousins and more | The Athletic
Giants: Bobby Okereke
The Giants have some obvious cuts (RB Devin Singletary, OL James Hudson and K Graham Gano) to create much-needed cap space. Okereke will be the biggest cap decision. The Giants can create $9 million in cap savings while eating $5.5 million in dead money if they cut him this offseason. A captain during each of his three seasons in New York, Okereke plays every snap as the leader of the defense. But the 29-year-old’s performance has declined, so the savings from cutting him could be spent on an upgrade. A decision will come before a $3 million roster bonus is due on March 13.
Eli Manning reacts to latest Pro Football Hall of Fame snub | New York Post
“It doesn’t keep me up at night. I’m not going to be bitter at it. I’m not bitter at the game of football,” Manning said. “I loved my teammates, I loved the relationships, the friendships, the championships, the parades. When I think about football, I think about touchdowns, and my buddies, and wins, and plane rides home. I don’t think about the interceptions. I don’t think about the bad stuff. If I ever get in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, I’ll take it as a positive and I’m not going to think about the years I had to wait to get in.”
Giants 2026 NFL Combine Preview: What to watch for as John Harbaugh-Joe Schoen partnership begins | SNY
What to watch for at NFL Combine
Can the Giants retain some of their own?
Internal evaluations of players change with a new regime. While Schoen remains, this is very clearly Harbaugh’s show now. The Giants have four primary starters set to hit free agency: Receiver Wan’Dale Robinson, tackle Jermaine Eluemunor, cornerback Cor’Dale Flott and linebacker Micah McFadden.
All four want to get paid. The markets for Robinson and Flott figure to be the highest. Will the Giants compete for them all? You figured that to be the case after the season, but there is a chance Harbaugh views each differently than Brian Daboll and Schoen did.
The combine will present the Giants with an opportunity to sit down with each player’s representatives to begin ironing out where their markets are and how eager New York is for a reunion.
How effective is the Harbaugh-Schoen relationship?
Things are peachy right now, or at least that is what every indication suggests. The two also have not faced any trial or tribulation. Harbaugh was focused on rounding out his staff and Schoen on scouting.
This is the first time it all comes together. They will evaluate players together. They will begin putting together a free-agent plan. They will figure out who they want to target and retain.
If the two survive this test together, a long-term partnership might work beyond the NFL draft.
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