Along with all of the optimism coming out of the New York Giants' training camp this year, there is a tad of concern regarding their secondary.
The unit, which was banged up and failed miserably in 2025, didn't get the major facelift many felt it needed and now stands as the team's Achilles' heel.
In a recent preview of the upcoming NFL season. ESPN's Jordan Raanan listed the secondary as the Giants' biggest concern heading into the regular season.
Biggest concern: The secondary. The Giants' starting cornerbacks Week 1 might be Greg Newsome II and Deonte Banks. Both come with serious question marks, and who knows where Paulson Adebo fits into the mix after a rough summer. As if that's not enough, both starting safeties -- Jevon Holland and Tyler
Nubin -- are coming off rough seasons. Can this group hold up?
Newsome, a former first-round pick in Cleveland, is considered a bit of a washout. The Browns traded him to Jacksonville last year, where he had another lukewarm season. Banks, the Giants' first-round pick in 2023, was headed for bustville, too, until the new coaching staff decided to give him a fresh start.
Adebo was last year's big-ticket free-agent add, but fell short of expectations. Coming off a knee injury, he seemed stiff and slow at times. He hasn't looked much better this summer.
The Giants have a lot invested in their safeties, Holland and Nubin, and, to be fair, were new to one another in 2025 and both missed time with injuries.
What Raanan failed to mention was that the Giants have other options at cornerback in Dru Phillips and rookie Colton Hood. Banks has looked like a different player under new coordinator Dennard Wilson, and Newsome has shown quickness and aggressiveness.
Wilson's direction and scheme alone should revive many of these players, but Raanan is right: seeing is believing. Fans and pundits will have their questions until the unit proves otherwise.
This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: Secondary named New York Giants' biggest concern of 2026
