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There isn’t much good that comes out of a season like this 2025 Giants campaign. But there are some individual players on this NFC bottom-feeder who have helped their own stock, whether they remain on the Giants or sign somewhere else in the spring.
Here are five Giants players who have increased their value despite the team’s results include QB Jameis Winston, WR Wan’dale Robinson, Edge Kayvon Thibodeaux, CB Cor’dale Flott, and S Dane Belton.
Scoff at this as you like, understandably disgusted and frustrated Giants fans. But there are signs — obviously not reflected in the poor record — that the Giants aren’t such a dire mess as they move forward from this lost season.
When the clock hits all zeroes inside MetLife Stadium this Sunday afternoon, the New York Giants will turn the page on the 2025 season and focus all of their efforts on finding their next head coach.
The Giants have been in the market for a new coach since Brian Daboll was fired Nov. 10. And while general manager Joe Schoen was tabbed to run point on the franchise’s fifth head coaching search since Tom Coughlin’s exit in 2015, the interview process has not kicked off just yet.
On the defensive side of the ball, outside linebacker Brian Burns was selected to the Pro Bowl for the third time in his career and the first during his time with the Giants. That should come as no surprise as his 16.5 sacks leads the NFC and trails only Cleveland’s Myles Garrett. Burns has already tied Jason Pierre-Paul for the fourth-most sacks in a single season by a Giant, and if he can get two more on Sunday, he would tie Michael Strahan for the third-most. Meanwhile, Burns’ 30 quarterback hits are tied with Leonard Williams (2020) for the most by any Giant since the stat began being tracked in 2006.
Linebacker Bobby Okereke’s 137 total tackles this season are the fifth-most by a Giant in franchise history. While 15 tackles...