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From Big Blue View
- Kayvon Thibodeaux trade rumors: Right now, there don’t appear to be any
- Giants free agency tracker 2026: Rumors, cuts, signings, news, analysis
- Giants will have lots of eyes on highly-anticipated Ohio State Pro Day
- Ohio State Pro Day: Caleb Downs says knee questions have been answered
- NY Giants 2026 NFL Draft: Prospect profiles
- NY Giants 2026 NFL Draft scouting report: Kayden McDonald, iDL, Ohio State
- Pro Day tracker: Schedule, results, Giants attendance, more
- NY Giants NFL Draft meetings tracker 2026: Players the Giants have met with
- Survey: What is the Giants’ biggest need going into the draft?
- Fantasy Football 2026: AFC and NFC South burning questions for your draft planning
Other Giant observations
2026 NFL free agency: Giants among teams in line for turnaround after signings/trades | NFL.com
New coach John Harbaugh has made clear he wants to make the playoffs in his first year with Big Blue, and the roster is certainly improved with the arrival of players like tight end Isaiah Likely, who followed Harbaugh north from Baltimore. Likely will be a reliable weapon for Jaxson Dart and Darnell Mooney should stretch the field. Tremaine Edmunds and Greg Newsome II should upgrade the defense and the makeover of special teams with kicker Jason Sanders and punter
Jordan Stout is welcome news for a team that suffered from a lack of consistency there. The Giants probably need more on the offensive line, but there was already talent on the New York roster. Harbaugh’s hiring was one of the most significant offseason moves in the entire league. Contending for a playoff spot would not be a surprise.
Jeremiyah Love on his meeting with the Giants
Could New York Giants be a surprising turnaround team in 2026? | USAToday.com
The Giants had enough talent to compete most weeks. A stat compiled by NFL analyst Warren Sharp revealed the Giants held the lead for 377 snaps, more than 15 other teams, including Dallas, Kansas City, Tampa Bay, and John Harbaugh’s Baltimore Ravens.
With a new coaching staff, improvements on defense, upgrades up and down the roster, and a dedication to things such as conditioning and depth, the Giants can easily be one of those teams that make a significant turnaround in the standings this year.
How the Giants fashioned a risk-reward receiver plan to replace Wan’Dale Robinson | New York Post
The Giants signed three players to replicate Wan’Dale Robinson’s production. Cue the Brad Pitt line in “Moneyball” about replacing Jason Giambi: “I told you, we can’t do it. Now, what we might be able to do is recreate him in the aggregate.’’
2026 NFL free agency class rankings: Most improved rosters | ESPN.com
26. New York Giants. I loved: The first half of the linebacker plan. Moving on from Bobby Okereke and using that cap relief (and then a little extra) to grab Edmunds is good business. Edmunds is younger, has far greater range and should bounce back after an injury-riddled 2025. But he needs a running mate, as the Giants had a Micah McFadden issue before he suffered a major foot injury in Week 1 of last season. Once I see the Sonny Styles pick at No. 5 in April, I’ll really love the plan.
I didn’t love: The redundancy at wide receiver. The Giants added Calvin Austin III and Mooney to a depth chart featuring Malik Nabers and Darius Slayton. I’m not sure what these additions accomplish. Mooney and Slayton are both drop-prone field stretchers. Austin fills some of the Wan’Dale Robinson role, but was the slot role in desperate need of help with Nabers serving as a wonderful slot option and flex tight end Likely also spending time there?
What we learned about the New York Giants’ roster-building philosophy | The Athletic
The lack of investment (to this point) in the trenches is a reflection of an overall commitment to staying disciplined in free agency. The Giants didn’t want to overspend on any player, which is easier said than done in a system that features B-level players consistently getting A-level money.
It’s too soon to say whether the restrained approach is the right one. Having quarterback Jaxson Dart on a rookie contract provides a window that could have justified more aggressive spending on the rest of the roster, but free agency is littered with regrettable overpays. That won’t be the case for the Giants, as none of the contracts they handed out over the past two weeks will create a cap crunch in the future.
Favorite, least favorite 2026 free-agency moves for all 32 NFL teams | PFF
Favorite Move: T Jermaine Eluemunor. Eluemunor put together the best season of his career with the Giants in 2025. He gave up pressure on just 3.3% of pass plays, which led all right tackles. The Giants were able to sign him to a three-year contract worth $39 million, which makes him just the 13th-highest-paid right tackle in the league.
Least Favorite Move: LB Tremaine Edmunds. While Edmunds enjoyed a breakout 2022 season with the Bills in a contract year (81.9 PFF overall grade), he failed to replicate that throughout his time in Chicago. His best season came in his last year with the Bears, but even then, he ranked just 35th with a 66.0 PFF overall grade and 48th with a 52.9 PFF coverage grade. It was slightly surprising that the Giants made him the 11th-highest-paid linebacker in the NFL.
Yes, the analytics/stats backup how the Giants defense was with Tae Banks on the field last year
This Ohio State star still impressing Giants with Styles and substance | The Record
You need just one hand to count them all.
Sonny Styles has missed three tackles in two years while starring in the middle of the Ohio State defense, emerging as one of the best players in the 2026 NFL Draft with a stat line that only tells part of his impressive story.
“Just watching him around the other prospects here this week – and right now they haven’t even stepped on the field – he’s the one you notice,” one NFL scout told NorthJersey.com and The Record. “The vibe he gives off is just, ‘I’m the leader, follow me.'”
John Harbaugh heads into 2026 as the Coach of the Year favorite | Pro Football Talk
Harbaugh is currently the betting favorite to win the NFL Coach of the Year award, with +500 odds. Given that track record of Giants coaches, Harbaugh might win Coach of the Year if he goes 9-8.
After Harbaugh, the coach with the next-best odds to win Coach of the Year is his successor in Baltimore, Jesse Minter, at +800. He’s followed by Titans coach Robert Saleh at +1000, Saints coach Kellen Moore at +1200, Bills coach Joe Brady at +1200 and Steelers coach Mike McCarthy at +1200.
Tom Coughlin to be honored for his charity work
Around the league
Tush push to remain in 2026 as NFL has no plans to discuss play at owners meeting | The Athletic
Is Leo Chenal the Commanders’ Best Free Agent Signing? | Hogs Haven
Brian Schottenheimer talks NFL draft strategy | Blogging the Boys
Seahawks to kick off 2026 NFL regular season on Wednesday, Sept. 9 in Seattle | NFL.com
Report: Jets schedule private workout with QB Ty Simpson | Pro Football Talk
Sources: Free agent Zach Wilson agrees to deal with Saints | ESPN.com
Joe Flacco calls teams ‘dumb’ for not signing him as starter | CBSSports.com
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