As expected, the dawn of the John Harbaugh<\/strong> era brought extensive change in Latest York. The Giants acquired a handful of former Ravens and are set to feature a noticeably different depth chart due to additions and Brian Daboll<\/strong>-era subtractions. Query marks loom about skill-position players\u2019 injury recoveries and first-round picks\u2019 positional outlooks.<\/p>\n Whilst the Giants rearranged their power structure to lure Harbaugh, they handed GM Joe Schoen<\/strong> an extension. Because the Harbaugh-Schoen partnership prepared for the draft, essentially the most notable offseason decision got here about. Consequently, a serious asset got here the Giants\u2019 way \u2014 and a glaring need opened up.<\/p>\n Runaway victors within the 2019 Odell Beckham Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0trade due to then-GM Dave Gettleman<\/strong> drafting Lawrence seventeenth overall, the Giants reaped advantages of getting one among the NFL\u2019s best defensive linemen anchoring its pass rush. Lawrence\u2019s presence definitely boosted the frenzy prospects of Brian Burns<\/strong>, Kayvon Thibodeaux<\/strong>, Azeez Ojulari<\/strong> and Markus Golden<\/strong> during his tenure. After Lawrence\u2019s stats nosedived following a return from elbow surgery, he still angled for a 2026 raise. The Giants were reluctant to supply it, keying a seminal standoff.<\/p>\n <\/a>The eighth-year veteran requested a trade in early April, and while an initial report indicated the Giants were unlikely to grant the request, a giant Bengals offer moved the team to reconsider. Lawrence, 28, and the Giants conducted contract talks throughout the period following his trade request; nevertheless, it doesn’t appear the perimeters made notable progress.<\/p>\n An impasse led to Cincinnati entering the fray. Seeing a declining defense sink a Joe Burrow<\/strong><\/a>-centered roster, the Bengals were the one team to supply a first-round pick for the All-Pro nose tackle. Harbaugh had called Lawrence a \u201csuper, super vital\u201d player on the Mix, but after his sack total plummeted from nine (in a 12-game 2024 season) to 0.5 (in 17 2025 games), the Giants accepted the Bengals\u2019 offer.<\/p>\n With the Bengals holding the No. 10 pick, that being the one first-round offer definitely became a critical a part of the Giants\u2019 decision. A value-controlled top-10 asset \u2014 albeit in a draft the perpetually conservative Bengals deemed top-heavy enough to dangle their pick for a veteran \u2014 proved an excessive amount of to pass up for a team that saw Schoen\u2019s influence limited after the Harbaugh hire.<\/p>\n Lawrence earned second-team All-Pro honors in 2022 and \u201923, and he was on his option to a first-team nod before suffering a dislocated elbow 12 games into the \u201924 season.\u00a0The Bengals will pair him with ex-Giant teammate B.J. Hill<\/strong>, Jonathan Allen<\/strong> and T.J. Slaton<\/a><\/strong>. The Giants\u2019 DT outlook appears much bleaker following the trade, but scoring a top-10 pick for a disgruntled eighth-year vet will be classified as a promising development for the Harbaugh regime.<\/p>\n Rumors connecting the Giants to ex-Harbaugh Baltimore bastions proved correct. Although Tyler Linderbaum<\/strong> proved out of Latest York\u2019s price range, Harbaugh landed a giant fish in Likely and filled out his roster with 4 more ex-Ravens. The Lawrence trade also triggered a quantity-based approach at defensive tackle, because the Giants struggled against the run with<\/em> the All-Pro nose last season. While the brand new DTs, wave of former Ravens and well-known wide receiver fliers received essentially the most attention in Big Blue\u2019s offseason, the team\u2019s highest guarantee went to a street free agent.<\/p>\n Reloading at linebacker this offseason, the Giants began that overhaul with a hefty Edmunds guarantee. Edmunds is entering Yr 9 as a professional, but since he got here into the league at 20, he still had two more seasons in his 20s to market. That undoubtedly proved helpful, with the Raiders and Titans also showing interest.<\/p>\n Amongst non-rookie ILB contracts, Edmunds secured the eighth-highest fully guaranteed figure. He threatened the numbers first-time UFAs Quay Walker<\/strong> and Devin Lloyd<\/strong> scored. The eight-year NFL starter landed on his feet within the Big Apple, and Harbaugh \u2014 after seeing ex-Bears LB cornerstone Roquan Smith<\/strong> transform the Ravens\u2019 defense \u2014 will hope Edmunds will help recharge the Giants\u2019 defense.<\/p>\n The youngest of ex-tight end Ferrell Edmunds<\/strong>\u2018 three NFL-playing sons, Tremaine began 45 games with Chicago and proved remarkably consistent. He finished with 113, 110 and 112 tackles in his three Bears slates. He proved a dynamic deterrent for passing attacks as well, twice ending with four-interception seasons. Edmunds\u2019 2027 compensation is almost fully guaranteed at signing.<\/p>\n When Harbaugh was alongside Eric DeCosta<\/strong> running the Ravens, the team discussed an extension with Likely. But not much progress got here out of those talks throughout the coach\u2019s final Maryland months. While the franchise tag was floated as a possibility, a November rumor pointed Likely out of town in free agency. After the Ravens gave Andrews a second extension in December, Likely hit the market. An early-March rumor hinted at Likely being too expensive for the Giants, but Harbaugh approved a giant payday.<\/p>\n Likely is coming off a season delayed by a broken foot. He averaged a career-low 21.9 receiving yards per game, scoring only one touchdown (though, a TD against the Steelers being controversially overturned proved pivotal for Harbaugh\u2019s fate). He scored six TDs in 2024, teaming with Andrews to form a potent TE duo.<\/p>\n The Giants met with each Reader and Harris before trading Lawrence. Neither signed until after the team traded its former D-line anchor. The Giants, who ranked thirty first against the run last season, appear vulnerable after the deal. They are going to hope Reader, an injury-prone run stuffer, and Harris \u2014 entering an age-35 season \u2014 can provide stopgap help. With no DTs coming until Round 6 of the draft, Reader and Harris are carrying more responsibility than expected \u2014 based on each veterans\u2019 post-draft signings.<\/p>\n Two teams previously prioritized Reader to spice up their run defenses. He landed a four-year, $53MM Bengals pact and, despite suffering a second quadriceps tear, fetched a two-year, $22MM Lions accord in 2024. Reader proved durable in Detroit, missing only two games. Pro Football Focus ranked Reader as a top-11 interior D-lineman from 2021-23 and slotted him contained in the top 36 during his two Lions years.<\/p>\n Harbaugh\u2019s Ravens tangled with Harris on Jim Schwartz<\/strong>\u2018s Browns defenses for 3 seasons. A former Broncos mainstay utilized in the Russell Wilson<\/strong> trade, Harris is one among this era\u2019s top pass-batdown artists. He has 40 deflections since 2017. Only two lively front-seven players \u2014 Cam Heyward<\/strong><\/a> and T.J. Watt<\/strong> \u2014 have that beat.<\/p>\n Harbaugh observed two Faalele starter seasons and can give the mammoth guard one other shot. The league was unimpressed with Faalele, as his low-end contract reveals. Also adding Patrick to as a possible guard stopgap or interior swingman, the Giants showed interest in Alijah Vera-Tucker<\/strong>. Negotiations broke down, leading the injury-prone ex-Jet to the Patriots (on a three-year, $42MM take care of $21MM at signing). After losing on the market, the Giants set their sights much lower at guard.<\/p>\n If either Faalele or Patrick wins the RG job, that victor would not going hold it for long. The team\u2019s Francis Mauigoa<\/strong> draft selection will give that position some stability, after years of guard inconsistency. It shouldn’t be out of the query Faalele or Patrick becomes an inexpensive LG solution, as a rumor indicated Jon Runyan Jr.<\/strong>. \u2014 who’s entering the ultimate season of a three-year, $30MM deal \u2014 might not be a roster lock.<\/p>\n Runyan, 29 in August, has been a guard starter for five seasons. However the Giants could save $9.25MM by releasing him before his salary becomes guaranteed in early September. With Jaxson Dart<\/strong> development headlining the Giants\u2019 2026 mission, it’s unlikely Runyan would get the boot if he clearly outplays the FA additions. But when it\u2019s close, that may be a battle to observe in training camp.<\/p>\n That offseason, Beckham received a $15MM guarantee \u2014 essentially the most the Ravens have ever guaranteed a veteran WR (well, until the expected Zay Flowers<\/strong> extension) \u2014 and played reasonably well, totaling 565 yards at a career-best 16.1 per catch. The Ravens didn’t re-sign him, and he wildly underwhelmed in Miami. The Dolphins waived Beckham during an injury-truncated season, and he spent the following 18 months out of the league.<\/p>\n Far faraway from his Latest York apex, Beckham is an element of a crowded receiver room. The Giants are expected to make use of Austin as their starting slot, reprising the role he held in Pittsburgh, while Mooney posted a 1,000-yard season during Matt Nagy<\/strong>\u2018s final 12 months as Bears HC (2021). Mooney could possibly be a threat to Darius Slayton<\/strong>\u2018s status, though a player drafted two regimes ago and re-signed pre-Harbaugh is due a $9.75MM guarantee on a $12.25MM base salary.<\/p>\n After an injury-plagued 2025, Slayton figures to receive one other likelihood. But a trade would make sense, especially if Malik Nabers<\/strong> recovers from his ACL tear by Week 1. Nabers failing to achieve this (more on that below) would open a door for Beckham, who once signed a receiver-record extension with the Giants. The five-time 1,000-yard receiver has not been the identical since a Super Bowl LVI ACL tear.<\/p>\n The Ravens\u2019 Sam Koch<\/strong> successor, Stout is now the NFL\u2019s highest-paid punter. Latest York signed him on the identical day it released punter Jamie Gillan<\/strong>, who had signed a three-year, $9MM extension in 2025. Stout surpassed Seattle\u2019s Michael Dickson<\/strong> by landing a $4.1MM-per-year deal.<\/p>\n Washington missed most of last season due to a May Achilles tear. This blunted the previous UDFA\u2019s momentum after he had broken into Baltimore\u2019s starting lineup throughout the 2024 season. In place as a 3rd safety option behind Jevon Holland<\/strong> and Tyler Nubin<\/strong>, Washington will aim to spice up his value ahead of a possible 2027 free agency return.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Eluemunor played for $990K in 2021, $1.25MM in \u201922 and $3MM in \u201923. It turned out he was undervalued in Las Vegas, and he nearly doubled his midlevel 2024 Giants deal (two years, $14MM) this offseason. He fared best amongst RT options on this 12 months\u2019s free agency class.<\/p>\n Eluemunor is best known for his time in Latest York and Las Vegas, but he was a Baltimore draftee. Harbaugh\u2019s team drafted Eluemunor within the 2017 fifth round but traded him to the Patriots before the 2019 season. The resurgent blocker now has 76 profession starts \u2014 including 31 as a Giant \u2014 and has proven to be one among Schoen\u2019s few success stories as GM.<\/p>\n The player Schoen drafted to be a long-term RT received no guaranteed money and should be on his way out. After spending the 2025 season as a healthy scratch, Neal \u2014 converted to protect last 12 months \u2014 predictably generated little free agency interest. He couldn’t beat out marginal starter Greg Van Roten<\/strong> for the RG job.<\/p>\n Even after the Giants shopped Neal in trades, they brought him back in free agency. His offseason didn’t go well, and it looks like the previous No. 7 overall pick might be released in a couple of weeks. The practice squad is likely to be the one way Neal sticks with Latest York.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Even after using a top-10 pick on Nabers and re-signing Slayton to a $12MM-per-year deal in 2025, the Giants expressed interest in retaining Robinson. It didn’t seem especially realistic for Big Blue to retain him, and the ascending slot receiver\u2019s market reached $17.5MM per 12 months. The Titans gave the 5-foot-8 talent $38MM guaranteed to reunite with Daboll .<\/p>\n The Giants aimed considerably lower to switch Robinson, signing Austin, but they are going to deploy less 11 personnel \u2014 due to formations featuring each Isaiah Likely<\/strong> and Theo Johnson<\/strong> and\/or Patrick Ricard<\/strong> \u2014 in 2026. That lessens the necessity to spend on a slot receiver.<\/p>\n Latest York negotiated with Flott, however the 2022 Daboll-Schoen draftee joined Robinson in trekking to Tennessee. Flott moved from the slot to an outdoor role early in his profession, and the Giants were unable to maintain him off the sphere (not for lack of trying). Flott usurped Deonte Banks<\/strong> and commenced 14 games last season.<\/p>\n The 6-foot-2 corner, like Robinson, had age on his side in free agency. Also heading into an age-25 season, Flott fetched a three-year, $45MM pact that got here with $32MM fully guaranteed. Similarly to how they proceeded at their slot receiver spot, the Giants retooled with lower-cost options at their CB2 spot.<\/p>\n Gano couldn’t stay on the sphere during his three-year, $16.5MM extension. Not long after signing that deal in 2023, Gano \u2014 who missed the entire 2019 season before joining the Giants in 2020 \u2014 missed 28 games attributable to various injuries. The Giants signed and shortly released Jason Sanders<\/strong>, eating $300K in dead money; the ex-Dolphins kicker subsequently joined the Jets. Rookie UDFA Dominic Zvada<\/strong> holds an early lead on Ben Sauls<\/strong> \u2014 one among the 4 Big Blue kickers last season \u2014 within the team\u2019s kicking competition.<\/p>\n Given a two-year, $12MM deal last March, Hudson became the team\u2019s Week 1 left tackle while Andrew Thomas<\/strong> finished foot rehab. The ex-Browns blocker imploded in Week 2, committing 4 penalties \u2014 including two unnecessary roughness fouls \u2014 on a first-half drive. The Giants benched him and didn’t use him again in a situation of consequence. Hudson signed with the Patriots.<\/p>\n A Super Bowl winner who became a more polished passer within the years following the Seahawks\u2019 back-to-back NFC championships, Wilson endured a shocking decline in 2022 upon being traded to the Broncos. Although Wilson showed in 2023 he was higher than the version Nathaniel Hackett<\/strong> coached, he greater than doubled the previous single-player dead money hit after being released in March 2024 (Tua Tagovailoa<\/strong>\u2018s $99.2MM blow eclipsed Wilson\u2019s record in March).<\/p>\n The 37-year-old retiree did win starting jobs for the Steelers and Giants over the following two seasons, but Canton voters might want to determine if the mobile passer did enough during his Seahawks stint to warrant induction. CBS hired Wilson to switch Matt Ryan<\/strong><\/strong>, who left broadcasting to move up the Falcons\u2019 front office.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A flood of Giants rumors emerged once they held one top-10 pick; the team adding a second shifted them into overdrive. The Giants were connected to Mauigoa, Jeremiyah Love<\/strong>, Trades:<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Two years remained on Lawrence\u2019s four-year, $90MM extension; the guarantees on the pact had been paid out. The Bengals hammered out a one-year, $28MM extension with Lawrence. After Jordan Davis<\/strong>\u2018 Eagles extension in early March, Lawrence stood because the league\u2019s Twelfth-highest-paid D-tackle. He now sits third, though the Bengals only authorized a $10MM guarantee at signing. They might move on relatively easily in 2027 should Lawrence\u2019s 2025 season prove more indicative of his future.<\/p>\nFree agency additions:<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>The Bears won a hotly contested derby for Edmunds\u2019 services in 2023, authorizing a monster contract \u2014 4 years, $72MM with $50MM guaranteed at signing \u2014 for the previous Bills first-round pick. Edmunds was a cornerstone defender in Chicago and helped the team return to the playoffs last season. The Bears still selected to chop costs at linebacker by releasing Edmunds. That saved $15MM. Although Chicago couldn’t discover a trade taker for Edmunds, he once more generated a giant market.<\/p>\n<\/a>PFR\u2019s No. 16-ranked free agent, Likely topped the tight end market in guaranteed money. Nobody else on this 12 months\u2019s TE class sniffed Likely\u2019s $26MM in total guarantees \u2014 a $5.5MM 2027 guarantee vests next March \u2014 and the previous Mark Andrews<\/strong> sidekick\/fantasy nuisance\u2019s contract carries the sixth-highest guarantee amongst veteran deals. The Giants have seen sporadic aid come from Theo Johnson<\/strong>, but the previous fourth-round pick should see his pass-game pie slice shrink due to the Harbaugh-Likely reunion.<\/p>\n<\/a>Likely, 26, will now team with Johnson, as more Giants two-TE sets are expected. Also a former fourth-round pick, Johnson is under contract through 2027. He also has Likely\u2019s top receiving season beat, having totaled 528 yards last 12 months. After seeing little from the Darren Waller<\/strong> trade, the Giants suddenly appear deep at this position.<\/p>\n<\/a>Harris began 25 games in Cleveland. With Roy Robertson-Harris<\/strong> suffering an Achilles tear this offseason \u2014 albeit still having a likelihood to return this 12 months \u2014 the Giants may have more from its older D-line Harris. The team really needs 2025 third-rounder Darius Alexander<\/strong> to take a giant step forward, because the Lawrence trade created a scramble for available (and aging) talent.<\/p>\n<\/a>The team that turned Beckham right into a star will grant him what looks like his final NFL likelihood. The Harbaugh hire definitely helped Beckham \u2014 out of football in 2025 \u2014 earn this chance, because the declining wideout played for the Ravens in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/a>Harbaugh and ex-lieutenant Todd Monken<\/strong> competed for Ricard, however the Giants beat out the Browns for the All-Pro fullback. The Greg Roman<\/strong>-era Ravens used Ricard extensively, going so far as giving him a 64% snap share (unheard of for contemporary FBs) in 2022. While Monken used him less, he still cleared 430 snaps in 2023 and \u201924. (Roman is now a Giants senior offensive assistant.) Nagy has been less keen on fullback usage, however it definitely appears that can change this 12 months.<\/p>\nRe-signings:<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Initially slotted at guard upon joining the Giants in 2024, Eluemunor quickly moved back to right tackle \u2014 his primary Raiders position \u2014 in Latest York. Eluemunor, 31, sought a two-year contract in 2024 \u2014 one among the missed gems from HBO\u2019s Hard Knocks: Offseason<\/em> one-off \u2014 to have one other likelihood to money in down the road. That proved smart, as a market awaited the veteran tackle.<\/p>\n<\/a>The Giants ranked eleventh in pass block win rate last season. Andrew Thomas<\/strong>\u2018 return at left tackle provided the most important boost, but Latest York has been capable of count on a right tackle for the primary time in a few years. PFF assigned a top-20 pass-blocking grade to Eluemunor in 2025, and he secured two guaranteed years on his second Giants contract.<\/p>\nNotable losses:<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>The brand new Titans OC was in his first months on the Giants\u2019 HC job once they drafted Robinson within the 2022 second round. It took some time before the pick paid off, however the Kentucky native helped Dart considerably last season. Robinson reached 1,014 receiving yards and, perhaps more importantly, was not merely a station-to-station goal. After averaging 7.5 yards per reception in 2024, Robinson finished his Giants profession with an 11.0 YPC figure.<\/p>\n<\/a>The Giants gave Okereke a four-year, $40MM deal in 2023 but selected to maneuver on and save $9MM in cap space ahead of the contract\u2019s final season. That helped Latest York afford Edmunds, who will replace Okereke because the team\u2019s highest-paid ILB. Okereke posted 149- and 143-tackle seasons in his two 17-game years (2023, \u201925), and PFF ranked him as a top-15 off-ball LB in 2023 and \u201924. Unlike Edmunds, nevertheless, Okereke encountered a chilly market after becoming a cap casualty. He stays unsigned.<\/p>\n<\/a>Wilson didn’t improve his Hall of Fame probabilities as a Giant, seeing a yearslong decline result in a benching after three games. The Giants demoted the completed vet \u2014 who played on a one-year, $10.5MM deal \u2014 to the third-string level, using Jameis Winston<\/strong> to switch an injured Dart in November. Winston, 32, is signed for yet one more season.<\/p>\nDraft:<\/h3>\n
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