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The Nov. 4 NFL trade deadline is less than a month away. The 1-4 New York Giants are, once again, reeling. Should the Giants be sellers at the deadline in an effort to build future draft capital? Buyers in an effort to find pieces to held the development of rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart? A combination?
We know all about the Russell Wilson trade rumors. We keep being told that the Giants would trade the veteran quarterback. They just haven’t been willing to initiate those conversations. They are said to be waiting for GM Joe Schoen’s phone to ring.
What else might be on the menu?
Pro Football and Sports Network has proposed a couple of ideas in a piece proposing trades for every NFL team. There are two proposed trades involving the Giants. Let’s discuss each.
Proposed Trade: WR Chris Olave for WR Darius Slayton and a 2026 second-round pick
PFSN says:
After another tough loss for the Giants, it may be time to turn the page to next season after a tough start. The Russell Wilson experiment was a failure, Malik Nabers is out for the season, and now, at least, Jaxson Dart is showing flashes of what I will come for them at quarterback. But without Nabers, he is working with arguably the worst wide receiver core in all of football, and bringing in a guy like Chris Olave would help there. The financial investment for this season would be minimal, which is why it makes sense to make this move even while rebuilding. It would also allow Dart and Olave to build their real-time connection. Then, when the 2026-27 season comes around, the Giants will suddenly be loaded on offense, able to focus on adding the finishing touches to their secondary and offensive line, and be positioned to make a run.
This isn’t the first time I have seen Olave’s name connected to the Giants. The Saints appear likely to be sellers at the trade deadline.
The Giants are clearly in need of wide receiver help after the season-ending injury to Malik Nabers. Sunday’s game against New Orleans, in which Slayton struggled and neither Jalin Hyatt nor Beaux Collins looked like trustworthy NFL wide receivers, showed that.
The Giants chose not to upgrade the wide receiver position during the offseason, with their only big move being to retain Slayton in free agency. They banked on what they believed would be improved quarterback play making the receivers they had perform better.
Even with Nabers, thus far that hasn’t been the case. Without him, the glaring need for reliable receivers is apparent. The Giants are committed to Dart, and for the sake of his development he needs to have wide receivers he can trust.
Clearly, right now the Giants only trust Slayton and Wan’Dale Robinson. Slayton let them down against the Saints and Robinson, while reliable, is not a consistent big-play threat.
Olave is 25, had 100-yard receiving seasons...
