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New York Giants UDFAs: Get to know Rushawn Baker, RB, Elon

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Can the New York native crack the roster?

The New York Giants showed obvious interest in the 2025 NFL Draft’s running back class.

They brought several of the top runners in for “30” visits and there was a definite theme. Each of the running backs brought in were physical, downhill runners and the team ultimately selected Cam Skattebo out of Arizona State — arguably the most physical back in the draft.

The Giants have also reportedly signed Elon running back Rushawn Baker as an undrafted free agent. He, too, fits the theme at just under 5-foot-11, 220 pounds and sporting a downhill running style.

Baker is a New York Native and a star around the Rochester area and was named first team All-State as a senior. His college career started at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania before transferring to Elon in North Carolina prior to the 2024 season.

Can the Western New York native stick with Big Blue?

What does he bring?​

Baker is an interesting prospect from an athletic standpoint. He sports a compact physique at 5-foot-10⅞ inches, 218 pounds, and is explosive in short areas. Baker posted a very good 1.52-second 10-yard split as well as a 38½-inch vertical leap, both of which line up with the good initial burst he shows on tape.

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On the field, Baker runs with solid vision and patience behind the line of scrimmage. He does a really good job of anticipating defenders and giving his offensive line time to establish their blocks. He has a powerful lower half and does a good job of dropping his pad level into contact around the line of scrimmage, as well as using quick feet to make subtle adjustments to his pathing.

Baker’s burst allows him to exploit quickly closing holes, while his strength and contact balance let him survive contact around the line of scrimmage. His ability to navigate the trash around the line of scrimmage could make him the type of back who can keep an offense on schedule.

While he was able to out-athlete his competition at the CAA, Baker is ultimately a one-cut downhill runner. He won’t be confused with a scatback or a burner at the NFL level, and he was rarely used as a receiver — though that might not mean he can’t catch, just that he wasn’t often asked to.

Can he stick?​

It seems unlikely that Baker will stick with the Giants’ 53-man roster. Tyrone Tracy is likely entrenched as the starter, with Devin Singletary likely sharing reps to keep both healthy and fresh while Cam Skattebo picks up the tough yardage.

The bigger question is whether Baker can do enough to to force Eric Gray or Dante Miller off the roster bubble.

The Giants might keep two backs on their practice squad, so Baker’s best bet is to show that he’s more dependable option than Gray. Baker’s game could strike a balance between Tracy’s elusiveness between the tackles and Skattebo’s ability to pick up the tough yards. Having a player who could spell either Tracy or Skattebo could appeal to the Giants — or make him a useful emergency option to keep around

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...iants-udfas-get-to-know-rushawn-baker-rb-elon

 

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WR Gabe Davis released by Jaguars — should the New York Giants be interested?

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Brian Daboll got good production from Davis when they were together in Buffalo

The New York Giants have made it pretty clear this offseason that they are interested in creating competition for the final spots on their wide receiver depth chart.

The Giants did not draft a wide receiver, but six of their reported undrafted free agent signings have been wide receivers. They also signed veteran free agent wide receiver Lil’Jordan Humphrey and Zach Pascal.

It also seems apparent they they are seeking a “type”, as most of the receivers they have added are bigger-bodied players.

With that in mind, an intriguing free agent option hit the market on Wednesday when the Jacksonville Jaguars released wide receiver Gabe Davis.

At 6-foot-2, 225 pounds, Davis fits the body type the Giants have apparently been seeking this offseason. He also has an obvious connection to Giants’ head coach Brian Daboll. Davis was a 2020 fourth-round pick by the Buffalo Bills, and caught 70 passes for 1,148 yards (16.4 yards per catch) and 13 touchdowns over his first two NFL seasons with Daboll as his offensive coordinator.

Davis signed a three-year, $39 million free agent contract with Jacksonville last offseason, including $24 million guaranteed. That clearly did not work out for the Jaguars. Davis caught just 20 passes and and was released with a post-June 1 cut designation. The Jaguars will take a $5.7 million dead cap hit after letting him go.

Davis, who is entering his age 26 season, has 183 regular-season receptions for an average of 16.2 yards per catch with 29 touchdowns.

The Giants clearly seem to be trying to add to their depth behind Malik Nabers, Darius Slayton, Wan’Dale Robinson and Jalin Hyatt.

Should they sign Davis?

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...new-york-giants-be-interested-nfl-free-agency

 

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Shedeur Sanders knew he ‘didn’t hit it off’ with New York Giants coaches

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QB seems to have known before the draft that he wouldn’t land with the Giants

Once upon a time, Shedeur Sanders wore New York Giants-themed cleats before a game to indicate that was the NFL team he thought he would be drafted by.

By the end of the pre-draft process, though, it seems like Sanders and the Giants had gone their separate ways.

Per Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, Sanders acknowledged he “didn’t hit it off” with Giants coaches. Fowler wrote:

While the Giants worked out Shedeur Sanders the week before the draft, Sanders sensed much earlier that New York probably wasn’t in the cards for him. Sanders openly acknowledged during the predraft process that he didn’t hit it off with Giants coaches, per a source.

Draft insider Todd McShay of The Ringer had said in the days before the draft that Giants coach Brian Daboll was “not a Shedeur guy.”

Paul Schwartz of the New York Post wrote recently that there was no “bomb meeting” that soured the Giants on the former Colorado quarterback. Schwartz wrote:

What seems true is that there was no one incident or moment where the Giants soured on Sanders. That much-reported terrible Sanders meeting with head coach Brian Daboll? The one where Sanders was unprepared for an install test Daboll gave him and then balked at Daboll’s criticism? That is likely either untrue or overhyped. There was no “bomb” meeting. There were less than ideal interactions. There were touch points all along the line that provided check marks for the Giants to assign to the pro and con columns. The conclusion was that the “con” column was too overflowing to accept.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...didnt-hit-it-off-with-new-york-giants-coaches

 

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New York Giants roster move: DT Casey Rogers waived

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Rogers made the practice squad as an undrafted free agent last season

The New York Giants have begun trimming their 90-man roster to make room for undrafted free agent signings and potential rookie tryout signings. The team announced on Thursday that second-year defensive tackle Casey Rogers has been waived.

Rogers made the Giants’ practice squad as an undrafted free agent last season. He was promoted to the active roster late in the season and appeared in two games.

After cutting Rogers, the Giants have 78 players on their roster not counting undrafted free agent signings. While all of those are unofficial and the actual number could be different , 14 signings have been reported. That would mean two cuts still have to be made in order to stay at the 90-man limit.

Rookie mini-camp begins on Friday.

First injury of the year​

Edge defender Victor Dimukeje, signed as depth after the Giants lost Azeez Ojulari in free agency, has reportedly suffered a torn pectoral muscle and will miss time.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/8/24426474/new-york-giants-roster-move-dt-casey-rogers-waived

 

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Giants rookie minicamp: No. 51 will have to ‘grow’ on Abdul Carter

Abdul Carter and Brian Daboll enjoy a light moment during Friday’s practice. | Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images

First practice in the books for rookies

There was, of course, a lot of fuss about what number New York Giants rookie Abdul Carter, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, would wear.

Carter asked Lawrence Taylor if he could don the retired No. 56, and got rejected. Phil Simms broached the idea of letting Carter wear No. 11, which Carter had worn at Penn State. Simms’ wife and daughter put the kabosh on that.

Carter took the field on Friday for the first practice of rookie minicamp wearing No. 51, worn last season by Azeez Ojulari.

“It’s gonna have to grow on me a little bit,” Carter said, admitting that he didn’t necessarily “choose” it.

“Pretty much what we had available,” he said. “It’s pretty much set.”

Much was made of Carter versatility, and the Giants will likely move him around on defense. He is, for now, though working exclusive with the outside linebackers.

“iIt’s so early right now he’s just learning the beginning stages of the playbook,” said head coach Brian Daboll. “We’ll do whatever we think is best for the team.”

Michael Strahan visits practice​

Hall of Famer and legendary Giant Michael Strahan attended Friday’s practice. Strahan broke down practice at the end with a short speech.

“That was dope,” Carter said. “I just want to be a part of bringing that legacy back, bringing that greatness back to New York.”

Rookie defensive tackle Darius Alexander, the team’s third-round pick, said “it was great seeing a Hall of Famer out here on the first day ... it was awesome.”

Cam Skattebo’s chip​

Don’t tell rookie running back Cam Skatttebo he doesn’t have anything left to prove.

“How many snaps of the NFL have you seen me play? Zero, right? I’ve proved nothing,” he said. “I’ve proved what I am in college, but I’ve proved nothing at this level. So now where I’m at, I have to prove myself and if that’s for five years or if that’s for 10 years, I’m going to continue to prove myself.”

Skattebo is, of course, known for his physicality. He was asked what he loves about playing that way.

“Getting in the end zone. I mean it feels good when you run somebody over and then get in the end zone. I mean it feels good when you get in the end zone, but imagine running someone over and then running another person over and then getting in the end zone,” he said. “It’s that much better (laughs). So, it just shows that when you’re physical, it shows the work you put in in the weight room and how much you do to make your game better.”

Darius Alexander’s loyalty​

Alexanders spent six years at Toledo despite opportunities to cash in on NIL money at bigger schools.

“I don’t think the grass is always greener on the other side,” Alexander said. “I didn’t want to chase the money. I wanted to chase the goal of playing in the NFL ... I just wanted to stay true to myself and stay true to where I was at.”

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...icamp-no-51-will-have-to-grow-on-abdul-carter

 

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Giants’ coach Brian Daboll appreciates Jaxson Dart’s handling of rookie minicamp

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It looks like a good beginning for the Giants’ rookie quarterback

It has not taken New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll long to gain an appreciation for how rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart, drafted No. 25 overall, works.

“He did what he was supposed to do. He was prepared. He put a lot of time and effort into it,” Daboll said of how Dart handled the two days of rookie minicamp. “I got a lot of appreciation for how he’s gone about short amount of time his business, and that’s what’s most important is how we can get him to a routine meeting with players extra, having walkthroughs at the hotels, communication, that’s part of playing quarterback is being on top of all those little things and if he can’t be on top of him, then the other guys, if they don’t know him, he can’t direct him in the right direction ... how he’s gone about his business as a young pro at that position is important.”

Big Blue View was not in attendance for Saturday’s practice, but Dart reportedly also had a second straight solid day on the field. On Friday, he went 8 of 10 in 7-on-7 drills with a couple of excellent throws.

#Giants QB Jaxson Dart finished 7 of 13 passing today with the highlight a 45-yard TD on go ball. He was much better than the numbers indicate.

Two pretty clear DPIs. One drop. Wideout just missed one down seam. Only one true miss — underneath route that got tipped.

Good day…

— Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) May 10, 2025​

For a second straight day, offensive coordinator Mike Kafka called plays. Kafka called plays for two years, but head coach Brian Daboll took that role last season. Daboll said only “good observation” when asked about Kafka calling the plays during camp and did not commit to how that would be handled during the season.

Daboll has been giving Dart a lot of personal attention.

This has been the scene throughout practice: Daboll closely watching Jaxson Dart in drills and then conversing with the QB after every series of reps pic.twitter.com/UdsatpIyvy

— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) May 10, 2025​

Thomas Fidone on his knee injuries​

The rookie tight end missed back-to-back seasons at Nebraska with ACL tears in his left knee.

“It was definitely difficult, but I’ve always said this from college, and I wouldn’t take them back,” Fidone said. “I think that they’ve made me who I am mentally and physically, and it made me train harder in terms of just physically and being able to get back better than I was before. So that’s always the kind of goal that I had when it came from getting back from the injuries.”

“Learn, learn, learn”​

That is what offensive lineman Marcus Mbow said he was aiming to do over the weekend.

“It’s definitely not going to change when the veterans get here. I just want to continue to be the best version of myself each day and I want to be the best one day,” Mbow said. “I’m going to keep striving until I get to that one day and just learn as much as I can. Keep going each day.”

A surprise call​

Cornerback Korie Black has friends in the NFL, so most of the draft process did not surprise him. One thing that happened after the Giants selected him in the seventh round, though, did.

“On draft day, I did get a call from (quarterback) Russell Wilson, so that was a big thing,” Black said. “You get a call from a random number, a FaceTime call, and then you see him pop up on the screen. So, it was a cool experience. I even put my little brother on the phone.”

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...ates-jaxson-darts-handling-of-rookie-minicamp

 

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New York Giants rookie OL Marcus Mbow embracing his versatility

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Fifth-round pick confident he could play anywhere on the line

New York Giants rookie Marcus Mbow is playing right tackle. For now. He said Saturday that he knows he will “probably be moving everywhere.”

The versatility to play multiple positions is one of the reasons the Giants drafted Mbow in the fifth round. He’s fine with moving around.

“I like to know every position on the line, like what each role is, no matter what’s going on,” he said. “Being able to play all positions would be better for myself at tackle or at guard or at center. Just being able to know everything, know what everybody’s doing, I’ll be good. I wouldn’t say it’s too stressful.

“I feel like I can succeed at all five positions to be honest.”

As an offensive lineman practicing in shorts and t-shirts and not doing any team drills, the physical part of the work is missing at this time of year. So, what is Mbow focused on?

“For the most part, learn, learn, learn, learn,” he said. “It’s definitely not going to change when the veterans get here. I just want to continue to be the best version of myself each day and I want to be the best one day. I’m going to keep striving until I get to that one day and just learn as much as I can. Keep going each day.”

Rookies were treated to seeing Giants legends Michael Strahan on Friday and Eli Manning on Saturday.

“I mean, it’s crazy. Growing up hearing stories about them all [of the] time, watching them on TV,” Mbow said. “Everything about Strahan, the New York Giant greats – if you know about football you know those guys and a lot of those guys came through this building and it’s just phenomenal to be a part of that.”

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...okie-ol-marcus-mbow-embracing-his-versatility

 

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New York Giants rookie TE Thomas Fidone wouldn’t change his path to the NFL

Thomas Fidone chats with Brian Daboll during rookie minicamp. | Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images

Seventh-round pick missed two seasons because of knee injuries

Thomas Fidone lost two full seasons of his college career to back-to-back ACL tears in his left knee. Despite that, Fidone did enough at Nebraska to be drafted in the seventh round by the New York Giants.

On Saturday, Fidone told New York media that he would change his path.

“It was definitely difficult, but I’ve always said this from college, and I wouldn’t take them back,” he said. “I think that they’ve made me who I am mentally and physically, and it made me train harder in terms of just physically and being able to get back better than I was before. So that’s always the kind of goal that I had when it came from getting back from the injuries.”

Fidone leaned on his experience from the first knee injury to recover from the second.

“I have a very close, tight family with lot of support and good friends, good friend group, but I knew I made it through the first one, came back strong, fast and explosive, so I knew I could do the second one even better,” he said. “I almost had some experience unfortunately in a way, but just kind what to do and what it takes helped me push myself and get back to where I wanted to be.”

The 6-foot-5, 243-pound rookie is not just a football player, he is a self-taught tattoo artist. He has even done some of his own tattoos.

“It was hard just because it hurts doing it to yourself,” Fidone said. “You can’t really tell the artist no, but when you’re doing it, you have control. So being able to get through it, I guess.”

Fidone said he learned to tattoo because he “got kind of bored” during COVID.

“Once I got done training and stuff like that, we couldn’t do anything. I’d go train and lift at like seven, eight a.m. get done at probably 10, have all day, everything’s closed,” Fidone said. “It was winter, so it was like I got to do something. I just kind of picked up tattooing.

“I definitely watched on YouTube kind of just how to do it and select depth and needles and how not to get someone’s arm taken off because of an infection or something.”

Fidone played for former Giants assistant and Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule at Nebraska, which he said was an advantage coming to the NFL.

“He brought a lot of very similar things in terms of just the formations and how they family things up and stuff like that,” Fidone said. “We didn’t do one word play calls. It was long wordy, play call, and a lot of verbiage in the offense. So just being able to compartmentalize a lot of things with Rhule’s offense has helped definitely with this one.”

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...mas-fidone-wouldnt-change-his-path-to-the-nfl

 

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New York Giants sign CB T.J. Moore after rookie minicamp tryout

T.J. Moore tackles Alabama’s Jalen Milroe. | Photo by Brandon Sumrall/Getty Images

Can Moore challenge for a roster spot?

The New York Giants have signed Mercer cornerback T.J. Moore to an undrafted rookie free agent contract following a rookie minicamp tryout, per Aaron Wilson.

Moore, 6-foot, 187 pounds, was an All-American at the FCS level in 2024 after intercepting seven passes and compiling 20 passes defensed. Here is a scouting report from Dane Brugler of The Athletic on Moore:

A good-sized athlete, Moore maintains good positioning in zone and aggressively plays the football with timing (zero penalties in 2024). He flashes a burst to close in coverage and run support, although his attempts to bait throws will backfire at times, and you’d like to see more disciplined technique. Overall, Moore will get in trouble freelancing, but he is a twitched-up athlete with physicality and ball skills. He will have a chance to compete for an NFL roster spot.

The Giants drafted cornerback Korie Black in Round 7. They signed cornerbacks Ronald Delancy III and O’Donnell Fortune as undrafted free agents.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...sign-cb-tj-moore-after-rookie-minicamp-tryout

 

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New York Giants’ Russell Wilson ranked 28th among starting quarterbacks

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Can the Giants’ new starter prove the skeptics wrong?

The New York Giants have brought in three quarterbacks since the end of the 2024 season.

Over the course of free agency and the draft, the Giants added Russell Wilson, Jameis Winston, and Jaxson Dart. There won’t, however, be a dramatic quarterback competition in training camp. The Giants have already said that Wilson — a former Super Bowl champion, All Pro, and 10-time Pro Bowl selection — will be their starter for 2025.

That decision has been met with a certain amount of skepticism from around the media landscape.

The skepticism was crystalized by Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports, who ranked Wilson 28th out of 32 starting quarterbacks in the NFL.

Benjamin writes,

28. Russell Wilson, New York Giants QB

The favorite to headline the Giants’ rebooted quarterback room to start 2025, Wilson flashed his trademark play-action heaves in Pittsburgh before reverting to a more sluggish form befitting his age (36). His presence at least means New York shouldn’t have to rush Jaxson Dart into action.

It’s true enough that Wilson isn’t what he used to be. There was a time, not all that long ago, when Russ was one of the very best quarterbacks in the NFL

But 28th in the NFL? Behind J.J. McCarthy (20th) or Cam Ward (25th), neither of whom have played a snap of regular season football in the NFL?

28th? Behind Kyler Murray (23rd) and Justin Fields (24th), who have flashed potential but have yet to play anything like consistent football?

28th, behind Caleb Williams (16th), Drake Maye (19th), Bryce Young (26th), and Michael Penix Jr. (27th), none of whom have done much of anything in the NFL.

C’mon man!

Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll are apparently far higher on their offensive talent than pretty much anyone else, and seem to believe that the quarterback position has limited the offense. The general belief seems to be that their offense, which scored a paltry 14.25 points per game outside of their outburst against the Colts, is really just a quarterback away from catching fire.

The Giants don’t need Wilson to be as great as he was in the first two thirds of his career. They just need him to be consistent and competent, which he’s certainly still capable of being. There’s also evidence that Wilson is still capable of pushing the ball downfield, as both Next Gen Stats and PFF rank him among the best and most efficient quarterbacks when throwing more than 10 yards downfield.

Those plays are what the Giants’ offense has largely lacked over the last few years. We’ve seen flashes of potential when they’ve been there, but never consistently. Perhaps letting Russ cook will vindicate the Giants’ faith in their skill position players.

Really, it doesn’t matter what CBS Sports — or anyone else — thinks of Wilson in May, June, or July. What matters is whether he’s able to allow the offense to function as intended, and keep the pressure off of Jaxson Dart.

If so, he’s doing exactly his job and we might finally get to see this offense consistently play up to its potential. And Wilson will prove the doubters wrong in the process.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...ilson-ranked-28th-among-starting-quarterbacks

 

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Giants meeting with free agent WR Gabe Davis

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This was as predictable as predictable can be

Tell me you couldn’t see this one coming.

The New York Giants are reporting meeting with free agent wide receiver Gabe Davis, cut recently by the Jacksonville Jaguars just one season into a three-year, $39 million contract.

The Giants have been acting like a team looking to remake the bottom of their wide receiver depth chart, particularly with a big-bodied receiver or two. They signed two veteran free agent receivers, 6-foot-2, 215-pound Zach Pascal and 6-4, 225-pound Lil’Jordan Humphrey. The Giants also brought in five undrafted free agent receivers, most of them bigger players.

Davis fits the mold, and the Giants have extensive working knowledge of Davis from their time with the Buffalo Bills.

Davis was Buffalo’s fourth-round pick in 2020, when Joe Schoen was assistant GM and Brian Daboll was offensive coordinator. The 6-2, 225-pound Davis caught 35 passes in each of his seasons with Daboll as the play-caller, 13 of those for touchdowns.

In his five-year career, he has 183 receptions for an average of 16.2 yards per catch and 29 touchdowns.

Davis played in only 10 games last season, catching just 20 passes for 239 yards and two touchdowns. He suffered a season-ending torn meniscus, and with a new head coach in Liam Coen and a revamped front office Jacksonville decided to move on.

The Giants have Malik Nabers, Darius Slayton and Wan’Dale Robinson at the top of their wide receiver depth chart, with the thus far disappointing Jalin Hyatt as the fourth receiver. None of them qualifies as a true big wide receiver.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/13/24429705/new-york-giants-meeting-with-free-agent-wr-gabe-davis

 

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New York Giants 2025 NFL schedule release: Leaks, rumors tracker — Week 1 at Commanders

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We know who the Giants will play, now it’s time to find out when

The 2025 NFL schedule will be released this week. We already know who the New York Giants will be facing in a critical season for the Joe Schoen-Brian Daboll regime. By Wednesday night, May 14, we will know for sure.

Truthfully, we will likely know before then. The NFL, masters of being at the forefront of the 24/7 sports news cycle, will release major games on the schedule in tiny bites over the next couple of days. Every media member with a potential scheduling source will be trying to beat the official announcements by posting rumored game dates.

We will be tracking it all here.

Rough way to start​

The Giants reportedly won’t have an easy start to the season. Per northjersey.com, the Giants start the season with back-to-back road games against NFC East rivals, first the Washington Commanders and then the Dallas Cowboys.

Things don’t get easier when they return home. They reportedly open at home against the AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football (Sept. 21, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC), then face Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers.

Giants’ 2025 opponents​

Home opponents

• Dallas Cowboys
• Philadelphia Eagles
• Green Bay Packers
• Kansas City Chiefs
• Los Angeles Chargers
• Minnesota Vikings
• San Francisco 49ers
• Washington Commanders

Away opponents

• Chicago Bears
• Dallas Cowboys
• Denver Broncos
• Detroit Lions
• Las Vegas Raiders
• New England Patriots
• New Orleans Saints
• Philadelphia Eagles
• Washington Commanders

— See the full list of opponents for every NFL team here.

Flex scheduling rules​

• Sunday Night Football: Allowed up to twice between Weeks 5-10; any week during Weeks 11-17.
• Monday Night Football: May be used any week in Weeks 12-17.
• Thursday Night Football: Allowed up to twice between Weeks 13-17.
• Sunday afternoon: Games may also be moved between 1:00 p.m. and 4:05 p.m. or 4:25 p.m. ET, as well as moved to Sunday night, Monday night, or Thursday night.
• Week 18: the scheduling of the Saturday, Sunday afternoon, and the Sunday night games will be announced at the conclusion of Week 17

Flex timing, per NFL.com:

For Sunday Night Football in Weeks 5-13 and for Monday Night Football in Weeks 12-17, the NFL will decide and announce no later than 12 days in advance of the game, which game will be played on Sunday night and which game will be played on Monday night.

For Sunday Night Football in Weeks 14-17, the flexible scheduling decision will generally be made no later than 6 days prior to the game.

For Thursday Night Football in Weeks 13-17, the flexible scheduling decision will generally be made no later than 21 days prior to the game.

Full schedule release​

The NFL will release the entire 2025 schedule at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday on NFL Network, NFL.com, the NFL app and NFL+.

International games​

After playing in Germany last season, the Giants will stay on U.S. soil this time.

Giants’ 2025 schedule (unofficial)​

Week 1 (Sept. 7) — at Washington Commanders via Art Stapleton, Ryan Fowler)
Week 2 (Sept. 14) — at Dallas Cowboys (northjersey.com)
Week 3 (Sunday, Sept. 21, 8: 20 p.m., NBC) — vs. Kansas City Chiefs (Jordan Schultz)
Week 4 — vs. Los Angeles Chargers (northjersey.com)
Week 5 —
Week 6 — (Sunday, Oct. 12) — vs. Philadelphia Eagles | NOTE: There is a report that this could be the Week 6 Thursday Night Football game.
Week 7 —
Week 8 —
Week 9 —
Week 10 —
Week 11 —
Week 12 —
Week 13 — (Sunday, Nov. 30) — at New England Patriots
Week 14 —
Week 15 —
Week 16 —
Week 17 (Sunday, Dec. 28) — at Las Vegas Raiders
Week 18 —

Expected win total​

Entering the schedule release, FanDuel has the over/under for Giants’ victories in the 2025-26 season at 5.5.

Here are odds from FanDuel at a variety of win totals:

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...fl-schedule-release-rumors-leaks-news-tracker

 

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4 takeaways from the New York Giants’ 2025 schedule

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Looking at the schedule from 30,000 feet

The New York Giants’ 2025 schedule is now known.

We don’t know what the ultimate results of that schedule will be. We don’t know how many games the Giants will win, nor which games the Giants will win.

As we sit here now in May, the schedule does look daunting.

The Giants have two games against the two teams to face off in the NFC Championship in the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders, as well as the AFC Champions in the Kansas City Chiefs. Despite finishing with a 3-14 record and last in the NFC East, the Giants have 10 games against teams who won 10 or more games last year. They also have teams who were expected to be good but fell off badly due to injury in the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers.

The Giants are unlikely to be favored in any game this year, at least not before the season starts. But there’s plenty of time to worry about all that between now and September.

For now, let’s just take a step back and see what we can take away from the Giants’ schedule as a whole.

All gas, no breaks​

We’ve known since the end of the 2024 season that the Giants will have a tough schedule, at least on paper. There are only two games on their schedule that appear to be “likely wins” as we sit here in May — the New Orleans Saints and Las Vegas Raiders.

The Giants start to the season — Washington Commanders, Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, and Los Angeles Chargers — has already garnered quite a bit of attention. It’s been called “brutal” and a “murderer’s row” to start the year.

In recent years we’ve gotten used to seeing tough stretches balanced against easier stretches over the course of the season.

Fans searching for the “breather” portion of the Giants’ schedule aren’t going to find one.

Looking at the schedule, the closest thing to an “easy” stretch the Giants have is their games against the San Francisco 49ers (Week 9) and the Chicago Bears (week 10). Other than that, perhaps their week 13 game against the New England Patriots and then their Week 14 bye week.

Of course, we don’t actually know what the year will look like for the Giants. Teams we think will be good could fall off, teams we don’t expect to be strong could take an unexpected step forward.

But for now, this season looks like one long marathon from September to January with no breaks in between.

The late bye... is a good thing?​

One of the first things we do when we get a schedule is look for the bye week. Traditionally, a bye week somewhere between weeks 7 and 10 is preferable. Not too early, not so late that the players are inordinately beat up by the time the bye rolls around.

The Giants’ bye is in Week 14 (Dec. 8) this year, between their games against the New England Patriots and Washington Commanders. Waiting until the second weekend of December is rough, at least on paper.

The advent of Thursday Night Football changed things.

TNF is a mixed bag as far as the quality of the game goes and the quick turnaround from the previous week tends to make the game itself poorer. However the extra rest from Thursday to the following Sunday is almost like a second bye week — a mini-bye.

The Giants’ mini-bye this year is between Weeks 5 and 6, almost neatly dividing their schedule into thirds. The Giants are also in the bottom half of the league in terms of travel distance. We don’t know how the Giants will fare this year, but they could be in good shape for a stretch run in December. The timing of their rest week and traveling half as many miles as teams like the Chargers could be a low-key advantage this year.

Can’t catch the youngsters early​

The Giants have several opportunities to face inexperienced quarterbacks this year — as well as quarterbacks with new coaches and offensive schemes. However, they won’t get to see most of them until they’ve had a chance to settle in.

Their first opportunity will be when they play the Saints in Week 5. We don’t know yet who the Saints’ starter will be, but it’s likely Tyler Shough or Spencer Rattler. Barring an early season change, the starter will likely have had at least a month to settle in. However, their youth and inexperience is an advantage for Shane Bowen and the Giants’ defense.

The rest of the Giants’ opponents featuring inexperienced quarterbacks in unfamiliar surroundings aren’t until later in the year.

• Caleb Williams is in his first year with Ben Johnson, but the Giants won’t see him until Week 10.
• Drake Maye is in his first year with Mike Vrabel and Josh McDaniels, however the Giants don’t play the Patriots until Week 13.
• J.J. McCarthy is essentially a rookie thanks to injury, but the Giants don’t play the Vikings until Week 16.

While Johnson hasn’t proven himself as a head coach yet, he’s very well regarded as an offensive mind. Vrabel and Kevin Stefanski are both very good coaches. They should have their charges comfortable and up to speed by December.

How will progress be measured?​

All offseason there has been the assumption that Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll’s jobs will be determined by the balance of the wins and losses.

We’ve also known all along that the Giants face a very tough schedule in 2025, at least on paper. So squaring the circle — that the Giants’ leadership needs wins to save their jobs, but that might be out of their control — has proven difficult at best.

But what if that assumption is wrong, and the Giants’ progress isn’t measured by wins and losses?

What if John Mara instead channels the spirit of Grantland Rice and decides that it matters more how the Giants played the game than how many of those games they won?

There’s a very real possibility that the Giants find themselves in the same position that the Detroit Lions did in 2022, coming off their own three-win season. A team who probably won’t make the playoffs, but whom nobody wants to play at the end of the year. If the Giants are in every game, giving playoff teams all they can handle — and perhaps get a surprise win or two — would that be enough?

Another three-win season will likely get both fired. But what if the Giants just barely beat the Vegas line of 5.5 wins?

If the Giants win six or seven games, but end the year with wins over the Packers, Raiders, and Cowboys while taking the Lions and Vikings right to the brink, fans would likely be excited. John Mara would probably be feeling pretty good too, and that would likely be enough to reassure him that the team is heading in the right direction for 2026.

Giants’ week-by-week schedule​

[NOTE: This is unofficial and subject to change until the NFL makes the official schedule announcement at 8 p.m. on Wednesday.]

Week 1 (Sept. 7, 1 p.m.) — at Washington Commanders
Week 2 (Sept. 14, 1 p.m.) — at Dallas Cowboys
Week 3 (Sunday, Sept. 21, 8: 20 p.m., NBC) — vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week 4 (Sunday, Sept. 28, 1 p.m.) — vs. Los Angeles Chargers
Week 5 (Sunday, Oct. 5, 1 p.m.) — at New Orleans Saints
Week 6 (Thursday, Oct. 9, 8:15 p.m., Amazon Prime Video) — vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Week 7 (Sunday, Oct. 19) — at Denver Broncos, 4 p.m.
Week 8 (Sunday, Oct. 26) — at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m.
Week 9 (Sunday, Nov. 2) — vs. San Francisco 49ers, 1 p.m.
Week 10 (Sunday, Nov. 9) — at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m.
Week 11 (Sunday, Nov. 16 ) — vs. Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m.
Week 12 (Sunday, Nov. 23) — at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m.
Week 13 (Monday, Dec. 1, 8:15 p.m., ESPN) — at New England Patriots
Week 14 — BYE
Week 15 (Sunday, Dec. 14, 1 p.m.) — vs. Washington Commanders
Week 16 (Sunday, Dec. 21, 1 p.m.) — vs. Minnesota Vikings
Week 17 (Saturday, Dec. 27, TBD) — at Las Vegas Raiders
Week 18 (Sunday, Jan. 4, TBD) — vs. Dallas Cowboys

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/14/24430274/4-takeaways-from-the-new-york-giants-2025-schedule

 

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Poll: New York Giants fans expecting modest improvement

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Vast majority of voters in our poll still expect a losing season

Now that the 2025 NFL schedule has been released, New York Giants fans are expecting better results than the three-win season the team delivered in 2025. They are not, though, expecting miracles.

We polled Big Blue View readers, giving them four choices:

• Five wins or less.
• Between six and eight wins.
• Nine to 11 victories.
• Twelve wins or more.

Of 899 voters, 537 (60%) said they expect a season of between six to eight victories. That corresponds to my game-by-game prediction of a 7-10 season.

Twenty-six percent (236 voters) expect a season of five victories or less. Only 14% of voters expect the Giants to win at least nine games.

While the majority of fans seem to be in the same ballpark with my seven-win prediction, there was, of course, a vocal minority that believes I was nuts to predict that many victories.

frankpapandrea
OK Ed, stop drinking NOW!
kashifharley
7 wins is a joke, the writer is just being nice! 4 wins max! We're not beating the Cowgirls and we're not beating the Eagles, we never can! This Giants team still lacks the one thing we've been missing for a while now, oline! we also don't have another receiving threat outside of Nabers so he will get doubled. Defense looks good on paper but fact is we can't stop the run and when you can't do that you're soft! Please be realistic Giants fans and don't drink the koolaide as you do every year and then disappointed!
GusBee
Schoen and Daboll would sell their souls for seven wins. Ed, you never impressed me as a "Kool Aid" kinda guy, but I stand corrected. Three wins, four if they are lucky. Schoen and Daboll gone by season's end. Regime change in 2026. Dart in the temple, but his rabbi is gone.​

Seven wins is an admittedly optimistic prediction. Less than that is absolutely possible, maybe even likely. The FanDuel over/under for the Giants is 5.5.

Reality is, though, these predictions four months before a season starts are meaningless. A full practice has yet to be held. We don’t really know what any team will look like once the season finally arrives.

They are just for fun, and to create some discussion.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...york-giants-fans-expecting-modest-improvement

 

[New York Giants]

Joe Schoen talks to Kay Adams about the Giants’ ‘Special’ defense and Jaxson Dart

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The Giants’ GM is looking forward to watching the defense hunt quarterbacks

We’ve reached a bit of a lull in the NFL’s seemingly relentless calendar. The offseason excitement of the free agency frenzy, the draft, and rookie minicamp are all in the rear-view mirror.

We can all finally take something like a breath. The New York Giants, however, are slowly ramping up their off-season program as they get ready for mandatory mini-camp.

Giants’ GM Joe Schoen took some time while the players were out working to make an appearance on Kay Adams’ “Up & Adams” podcast. And while Schoen refrained from breaking any news — Adams asked him if he’d announce a Gabe Davis signing — he did provide some insight.

Schoen got into how he views the Giants’ schedule, the defense the Giants built, and how excited the team is to have Jaxson Dart.

Reacting to the Giants’ schedule​

It isn’t a secret and much has already been made of the fact that he Giants have the toughest schedule in the NFL — at least on paper. Schoen, however, doesn’t necessarily view that as a bad thing.

Rather, he views their opening gauntlet of the Commanders, Cowboys, Chiefs, and Chargers as an opportunity.

“Right at the beginning, you want to get off to a fast start,” Schoen said. “That’s something we did in 2022 and haven’t the last two years, so you’d always like to get off to a fast start if you can. We’ve got two division games there with Washington and Dallas right out of the gate, and then a prime time game at home.”

Schoen isn’t blind to how difficult their schedule could be. But rather, he and the coaching staff are facing it head-on and working to get the team ready to face that test.

“There’s nothing we can do about it. You know, it is what it is, and we have to control the controllables,” Schoen said. “We’re going to focus on us right now, this time of year, bringing the guys together — we have some new players, rookies and free agents that we signed.

“Really, just starting to build the team culture and continuity amongst the guys that we have,” he added. “Each year it’s different and there’s a lot of roster turnover year to year. Right now we’re just focused on us and we like the pieces we brought in this off season. It’s going to continue to gel and we’ll be ready to go at the start of the season.”

The Giants’ defense could be special​

Ideally, much of that roster turnover would result in net gains for the team. Schoen and the Giants’ front office certainly worked to make that the case for the defense this off-season.

Adams first brought up third overall pick Abdul Carter, the consensus All-American edge defender out of Penn State. She wanted to know what it was like to finally get to see Carter in-house, and what stood out most.

“The work ethic, you get to see it now. You get to hear about it, how much he loves football, and he’s constantly working,” Schoen said. “Our rookies are here first thing in the morning, they’re the first lift group. So to see him in there working, doing the extra field work. You hear about it, but you take a guy where we took Abdul, at number three, and you see a guy that’s doing all the right things when he’s in the building, that’s what’s most impressive. That’s really what you want when you invest the third pick in a player.”

Adams used that as a segue to talk about the Giants’ defense as a whole, remarking that they could truly be a “special” unit. In addition to Carter, the Giants also added Jevon Holland, Paulson Adebo, Chauncey Golston, and Roy Robertson-Harris — as well as Darius Alexander.

Overall, Schoen seems pleased, at least in principle.

“On paper I like the pieces, but again, we still have to come together and gel as a whole. But yeah, Jevon Holland, a guy we added from Miami, also provides leadership and ball skills. Paulson Adebo is in the same boat. A lot of career production in terms of interceptions and PBU’s, and provides some leadership for us. And then you look up front with some of the additions and the ability to get after the quarterback,” Schoen said.

“[Brian] Burns, Dexter [Lawrence], Kayvon [Thibodeaux]... Yeah, on paper I like the defense,” he added. “There’s good players, good leadership, guys with vet experience, young guys. Then we have guys going into year two who played well year one. I’m excited to see how Tyler Nubin and Dru Phillips play this year, going into their second year. They’ve had good off-seasons, they’ve been around a lot, they’ve been working hard. Add the new guys with the guys who were here, and I’m excited to see what they can do.”

While it doesn’t quite come across in words, Schoen’s face lights up when he talks about the Giants’ defensive unit.

“All those guys, there’s going to be ways we can get them on the field together,” he said. “Obviously, Abdul has some versatility and he played off the ball when he was at Penn State. We’ve dropped Kayvon [into coverage] before, we’ve dropped Burns. Shane’s doing a good job of how he’s going to envision those guys on the field at times. Some times you’re going to be against mobile quarterbacks where maybe some of those guys spy. There’s a lot of different scheme fits that we can use with those guys because they do have the versatility and they’re all smart enough to learn multiple jobs.”

“I’m excited about it and Shane is too. They’ve been up in the lab upstairs, in the defensive meeting room looking at how they’re going to use all these guys.”

How Jaxson Dart became “The Guy”​

Despite getting a player who might be the best in the draft class in Abdul Carter, Jaxson Dart is still the talk of the Giants’ draft.

Adams noted how excited Brian Daboll has been in behind-the-scenes footage we’ve seen from the Giants’ draft process. She wanted to know if Dart is “Daboll’s Guy”, or if there was broad agreement that Dart was The Guy.

“It was an organizational decision,” Schoen said. “Any player that we take, it was a collaborative process, it’s very detailed, and we believe in it. Jaxson was the guy that was on the radar throughout the fall we were able to see play live, spend a lot of time with him at the Senior Bowl as well this spring.”

He did note that Daboll’s experience as an offensive coach who’s worked with young quarterbacks in the past has helped. He also noted that offensive coordinator Mike Kafka and quarterbacks coach Shea Tierney would be working to develop Dart as well.

“It helps when the head coach has an offensive background and has a history with developing quarterbacks,” Schoen said. “Then you throw in a Mike Kafka who was there for Patrick Mahomes’ rookie year where he only played one game and he (Kafka) got to see that development. And Shea Tierney, our quarterback coach, so three coaches on staff that have been a part of the development of two pretty good quarterbacks in the League right now.”

Ultimately, Schoen said, the fact that the scouts and coaches alike are all in on Dart gave him the confidence to make the trade up for him.

“When they’re [the coaches] are convicted on a player, and the scouting staff’s convicted on a player, typically you have the best chance for success in those situations.”

While Dart’s toughness should feel familiar to Giants’ fans, he does show more of his personality than Giants’ fans are used to seeing from their quarterback. Adams also noted the obvious swag with which Dart plays, and asked Schoen how he feels about it.

“I love it, I love it,” Schoen said.

He added, “You like the competitiveness, and he’s competitive in anything that he does. Anything you do, he’s uber-competitive. We have ping-pong tables, pool, whatever it is, he wants to win and that shows up on film.”

“The way he plays, the energy he plays with, the toughness. You see him stand in the pocket, take hits, and still deliver the ball accurately. And what really stood out was the leadership, and I think some of that moxie can transcend across both sides of the football. Leading not just the offensive guys, but the defensive guys, the special teams, whoever it may be, and truly being the leader of that Ole Miss football team.”

Both Eli Manning and Daniel Jones were pretty famous for their stoicism in most circumstances. Dart, however, is a more emotional player — or is at least more willing to let his emotions show.

Schoen doesn’t mind that Dart is willing to show his passion, and even thinks that it’s an asset for rallying the team.

“Those are all traits that we covet and that we look for, and obviously it spills over. He’s a bit ‘outward’ with his emotion on the field, and I don’t mind that at all, because that can be contagious. Whether it’s amongst your teammates, the crowd, momentum... You love the passion, the toughness that he plays with”

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...ut-the-giants-special-defense-and-jaxson-dart

 

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Dru Phillips named New York Giants’ most underrated player

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Pro Football Focus chooses nickel cornerback

Considering that the New York Giants were a 3-14 football team in 2024 it isn’t easy to identify underrated players from last season’s roster.

In identifying the most underrated players on every team’s roster, Pro Football Focus chose nickel cornerback Dru Phillips for the Giants.

PFF writes:

Phillips was thrust into a key role as a rookie, manning the slot and playing more than 600 defensive snaps in a potential sink-or-swim scenario for the third-round pick out of Kentucky. To Phillips’ credit, he performed at a high level despite missing some time with injuries, finishing with a 77.5 PFF overall grade — a top-10 mark for the position.

Phillips was one of just eight cornerbacks to rank in the top 25 in PFF coverage grade (75.8) and PFF run-defense grade (78.1) in 2024 and one of just three (Cooper DeJean and Kyler Gordon) to do it while spending the majority of his snaps in the slot, where his run-defense skills come into play more often.

Phillips is an excellent choice, with his ability perhaps hidden by how poorly the Giants played as a team.

It’s hard to actually find other players who should have been considered. Micah McFadden? Jermaine Eluemunor?

Who would your choice be?

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...-named-new-york-giants-most-underrated-player

 

[New York Giants]

New York Giants projected to go 5-12 by pair of statistical models

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That is better than 3-14, but not by a lot

Whether you look at it by opponents’ 2025 winning percentage or by opponents’ expected 2025 win totals, the New York Giants face the most punishing schedule in the NFL during the upcoming season.

“There’s nothing we can do about it,” GM Joe Schoen said on the ‘Up & Adams’ Show.

So, how many games can the Giants, with a revamped defense and an overhauled quarterback room, be expected to win after going just 3-14 a season ago?

Our post-schedule release prediction was a generous 7-10. A majority of voters in our poll are expecting a six-to-eight-win season.

The FanDuel over/under of 5.5 victories has not budged since the schedule release.

Now, NFL Network analytics expert Cynthia Frelund is out with her simulated projection of the 2025 season. After running every game one million times, Frelund came up with a projected 5.4 victories for the Giants. She writes:

Trying to win at Washington (in Week 1) and hosting Kansas City (on Sunday Night Football in Week 3) in the first three weeks of the season is tough in itself. That becomes a much tougher ask if rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart ends up being the team’s starter. The Giants’ schedule is punishing overall and especially so midway through the campaign, with back-to-back road games in Denver (Week 7) and Philadelphia (Week 8) and home games against San Francisco (Week 9) and Green Bay (Week 11) sandwiched around a trip to Chicago. The difficult sequence finally ends in Detroit in Week 12.

The Athletic came up with 5.5 victories for the Giants in their season simulation. The Athletic gives the Giants a 4.7% chance of reaching the playoffs. The Browns (3.6%) are the only team with worse odds.

If I had to do it over again, I might revise my season prediction down to 6-11. It is a big ask for the Giants to come out of their first four games 2-2, as I predicted. And, as Frelund points out, the earlier Dart starts the tougher it becomes to predict a won-loss record for the Giants.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...cted-to-go-5-12-by-pair-of-statistical-models

 

[New York Giants]

Big Blue View mailbag: Draft trades, Jaxson Dart, flying machines, more questions

The mail’s here!

Steve asks: If [Evan] Neal plays well at RG, do you think he returns to New York next season? I have my doubts he wants to come back to the Giants. But if he does, and has turned into a quality guard, that can be real progress for the iOL.

Ed says: Steve, right now it is not a guarantee that Evan Neal will be playing guard. Indications are that will be the case, but we won’t know for certain until media gets to watch an OTA toward the end of the month and we see for ourselves.

That said, I think it is hard to predict what might happen. Neal isn’t the only consideration. How does Marcus Mbow look this season? Do the Giants think Mbow is a tackle or a guard? Do they choose to keep Jermaine Eluemunor? Jon Runyan Jr.? Does Jake Kubas develop into a starting-caliber player?

Maybe Neal plays well and becomes a starting guard for the Giants for the next few seasons. Maybe, like Mekhi Becton did for the Philadelphia Eagles, he played well and cashes in on the free agent market.

It would be a good thing for both sides if Neal plays well for the Giants this year.

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Mike George asks: After watching the video “Giants Life: How the Jaxson Dart trade went down” I wondered how the NFL handles the actual draft pick trades between teams. After speaking to Houston Texan GM Nick Caserio we hear Joe Schoen say ”25, Houston gets 34, 99 and next year’s third”. But obviously there’s more than just word of mouth between two GMs. How is the trade tracked, verified and locked into place by the NFL?

Ed says: Mike, here is exactly how it works, via NFL Operations:

When teams agree to a trade during the draft, both clubs call the head table, where NFL vice president of player personnel Ken Fiore and staff monitor the league’s phones. Each team must relay the same trade information to the league to have a trade approved.

Once a trade is approved, a Player Personnel representative gives the details to the league’s broadcast partners and to all 32 clubs. A league official announces the trade in the draft venue for media and fans.

All of this, of course, has to happen before a team’s time to pick runs out.

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Andy Winfeld asks: It’s quite obvious from all of their recent free agent and UDFA wide receiver signings (not to mention all the Gabe Davis rumors) that the Giants are specifically seeking a “big” pass catcher to add to their stable. My question is this…why do they insist on continuing with this annual quest when they already have a guy on their roster? You’ll recall that when they signed Bryce Ford-Wheaton as a UDFA three years ago, they paid a hefty premium to do so, as virtually every other club in the NFL wanted to sign him as well…due to his rare combination of size and speed. And he has certainly rewarded the Giants in one respect, as he’s consistently proven to be one of their most valuable assets on special teams. However, for whatever reason, when it comes to helping the team from scrimmage he’s never seen the light of day! What gives?

Ed says: Andy, the Giants watched and worked with Ford-Wheaton all of last season, and the training camp prior to that. If they believed he was the answer, he would have been getting playing time with the offense last season. He was given two (2) offensive snaps all year. That tells you that based on what they saw every day they don’t believe he is an NFL wide receiver.

Yes, he has size and speed. That doesn’t mean anything. He is a former undrafted free agent receiver who was used exclusively on special teams.

Maybe Ford-Wheaton beats back all the competition and keeps his roster spot. If the Giants did not believe they could do better, though, all those big-bodied wide receivers wouldn’t be on the roster.

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Eric Chavis asks: I just saw this video of Jaxson Dart from the rookie minicamp. Looks like he spins the ball in his hand after the pump fake and before the throw. Do you know if this is something he typically does, and if so, is that okay in the NFL? Not sure I’ve ever noticed this before so for all I know a bunch of QBs do it.

Jaxson Dart deep to Beaux Collins pic.twitter.com/WXZjoPOdBK

— Madelyn Burke (@MadelynBurke) May 10, 2025​

Ed says: Eric, I don’t recall seeing it before, either. It is unusual. From what I can see it does not impact his timing or delay him from getting the ball out. If the Giants see it as a problem they will work to correct it. Certainly it did not prevent them from drafting him.

It is, though, something I might have to ask Dart and Brian Daboll about.

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Mike Pirrotta asks: With his build and pass catching ability, do you think there’s a chance the Giants run some plays with Cam Skattebo and [Tyrone] Tracy in the backfield together? I doubt he’s good enough to block like a true FB, but it could create some interesting matchups running both of them on routes out of the backfield.

Ed says: Mike, I would not rule it out. For anyone thinking about Skattebo as a true fullback, though, I would not count on that. He’s 5-foot-10, 220 pounds. A fullback is probably at least 20 pounds heavier than that, and I don’t know how Skattebo would add that weight.

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Scott Merrick asks: With the Giants needing to create cap room, my question is more specifically about restructuring versus cuts. Obviously both will have to happen, I’m just curious as to your opinion on what factors might go into the decision of restructuring contracts of certain players. Besides the importance of how much money they can save, is there consideration of the effects on how a specific player will react to being asked to essentially take a pay cut? And who amongst the obvious group of big contracts do you believe makes the most sense to restructure given all these factors? — Brian Burns, Andrew Thomas, Dexter Lawrence, Bobby Okereke?

Ed says: Scott, a contract restructure is not the same as a pay cut. Restructures do not take money away from players. All they do is reallocate the dollars in the contract to lower the cap hit, generally by converting base salary (called P5 salary) into a signing bonus that can be prorated over the life of the contract. The bonus is paid upfront, but for accounting purposes spread over the remaining life of the contract.

A team can ask a player to take a direct pay cut. The Giants asked defensive back Nick McCloud to take a pay cut during the middle of the 2024 season. He refused. He got cut.

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Derick Gross asks: I recently watched the Schoen and Daboll interview after Round 1 of the NFL draft. You asked a great question about their years-long process to select a young quarterback. Daboll mentioned appreciating Dart’s competitive fire, accuracy, and willingness to throw downfield, which Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston seem to exemplify better than Daniel Jones. The Giants were interested in Daniels and Maye last year, but passed on the next tier of QBs who may have had more similar grades to Dart’s. Given how closely you’ve followed all this for years, how much of passing on QBs last year yet drafting Dart had to do with having the right veterans in the room to help the young player develop, versus other factors like draft capital price and opportunity cost?

Ed says: Derick, I do think part of not drafting J.J. McCarthy a year ago was a decision to support Daniel Jones and give him the best chance to succeed. Plus, I believe the Giants simply were more certain Malik Nabers would be a star than they were convinced McCarthy, Michael Penix, or Bo Nix could be the quarterback they needed.

I do not think that the Giants signed Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston to help a young quarterback develop. They signed both players to improve the quarterback room for 2025. The added benefit of that is that both are consummate pros and their experience and how they handle themselves will help Dart’s development.

The Giants drafted Dart because they needed to finally put a potential quarterback of the future in place, and from all indication Dart is the guy Daboll wanted to work with.

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Jim Pauloski asks: What type of airplane does the team fly on? Football players are HUGE. There’s no way they will fit into the small coach seats that most of us fly in.

Ed says: Jim, I was honestly fascinated by this question. I did not know the answer. Now, I do. There are layers to it.

The Giants do not own their own plane. The New England Patriots and Arizona Cardinals are the only teams I can find that do.

The Giants do have use of a private jet, a Gulfstream G500, per the website Simply Flying. That jet is technically registered to an LLC, but Simply Flying shows the Giants as the sole operator.

That jet, though, is not for transporting the full team. It is a 19-passenger business jet the Giants use “to help facilitate the many inner workings that happen during the NFL offseason and even during the NFL season itself.”

As for how the team flies to and from cities for games, the Giants tell me that they use charter flights through United Airlines. The type of aircraft will vary.

The website Aero Time says this is the common practice for the teams that do not own their own planes. Teams can be flying as many as 200 people and 20,000 pounds of equipment, per Areo Time, and will charter widebody planes usually used for international travel. Aero Time says that United Airlines, Delta, and American Airlines are the airlines commonly used by NFL teams. There is also a specialized charter company called Atlas Air that flies NFL teams.

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Steven Hulse asks: Given that the Giants selected [Jaxson] Dart in the first round, I enjoyed your article on the historical success rate for QBs taken in the first and second rounds of the draft, but it also sparked another question. What is the historical success rate for 1st and 2nd round QBs who sat for a year (or most of the year) to learn behind a veteran?

While I have done zero analysis, Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes, Phillip Rivers, Jalen Hurts, and Jordan Love all come to mind. I’m curious if the success rate is higher for first- and second-round quarterbacks on teams that have the luxury of having their rookie sit and learn for a year.

Ed says: Steven, the whole “sit for a year” thing happens so rarely in the modern game that there really isn’t enough data to draw a conclusion.

The chart below from Tony DelGenio in a post regarding when Dart should start shows how quickly teams have been getting their rookie quarterbacks on the field:

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Larry Jameison asks: When the Giants drafted Jaxson Dart late in the first round, there seemed to be general consensus that he’d “red shirt” his rookie season with Wilson starting and Winston backing him up. If anything happened to Wilson, then Winston would take over and Dart wouldn’t be rushed to start.

But, with Dart looking good in rookie camp, there seemed to be some rumblings about him starting earlier than first thought, sometime in his rookie season.

What do BBVers think would be a prudent schedule for Dart to start?

Ed says: Larry, it seems like you are asking the community at large for opinions. So, I’m just going to allow the community to weigh in. I will just say this much before turning over the floor. Unless the Giants are battling right down to Week 18 for a playoff spot, I think Dart starts at least one game at some point.

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Have a Giants-related question? E-mail it to [email protected] and it might be featured in our weekly mailbag.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/...dart-flying-machines-evan-neal-more-questions

 

[New York Giants]

Can you guess this Giants draft pick in today’s in-5 trivia game?

Think you can figure out which Giants player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out in our new guessing game!

We’re back for another day of the Big Blue View in-5 daily trivia game. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in the Google Form.

Today’s Big Blue View in-5 game​

If you can’t see the game due to Apple News or another service, click this game article.

Previous games​

Friday, May 16, 2025
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

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Big Blue View in-5 instructions​

The goal of the game is to guess the correct Giants player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED PLAYERS. It won’t be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it.

After you correctly guess the player, you can click “Share Results” to share how you did down in the comments and on social media. We won’t go into other details about the game as we’d like your feedback on it. How it plays, what you think of it, the difficulty level, and anything else you can think of that will help us improve this game. You can provide feedback in the comments of this article, or you can fill out this Google Form.

Enjoy!

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/17/24432026/sb-nation-giants-daily-trivia-in-5

 

[New York Giants]

Can you guess this former “Eagle” in today’s in-5 trivia game?

Think you can figure out which Giants player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out in our new guessing game!

We’re back for another day of the Big Blue View in-5 daily trivia game. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in the Google Form.

Today’s Big Blue View in-5 game​

If you can’t see the game due to Apple News or another service, click this game article.

Previous games​

Saturday, May 17, 2025
Friday, May 16, 2025
Thursday, May 15, 2025

Play more SB Nation in-5 trivia games​

NFL in-5
MLB in-5
MMA in-5

Big Blue View in-5 instructions​

The goal of the game is to guess the correct Giants player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED PLAYERS. It won’t be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it.

After you correctly guess the player, you can click “Share Results” to share how you did down in the comments and on social media. We won’t go into other details about the game as we’d like your feedback on it. How it plays, what you think of it, the difficulty level, and anything else you can think of that will help us improve this game. You can provide feedback in the comments of this article, or you can fill out this Google Form.

Enjoy!

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/18/24432489/sb-nation-giants-daily-trivia-in-5