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Jason Pierre-Paul? Will Hernandez? Who do you want?
The New York Giants report for training camp in just two weeks. Is there a free agent move you would like to see the team make before camp begins? Here are five names to discuss. Vote in the poll to show which player you would like to add, or drop a different name in the comments.
The Giants’ first-round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft is 36 and did not play last season, but still wants to play and believes it would be “dope” to finish his career with the Giants.
Pierre-Paul is, of course, a unique individual. The fact that he compiled 52.5 of his 94.5 career sacks after losing two-and-a-half fingers in a July 4 2015 fireworks accident is evidence of that.
JPP has only 5.5 sacks since 2021, though, and did not have any in six games for the New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins in 2023.
The Giants, with Brian Burns, Abdul Carter, and Kayvon Thibodeaux seem flush with pass-rushing edge players. They also have Chauncey Golston.
As championship Giants teams of the past have proven, though, a team can never have enough pass rushers. Would there be room on the roster for Pierre-Paul? Would it be worth bringing him in for training camp on a non-guaranteed contract to see if he has anything left?
The former Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver visited the Giants in mid-May. Since that time, Davis has visited with the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints but remains unsigned.
The 6-foot-2, 225-pound Davis is, of course, already well-known to Giants GM Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll. Schoen was the assistant GM in Buffalo when Davis drafted, and Daboll was the offensive coordinator when Davis caught 70 passes, 13 for touchdowns, in his first two seasons.
Davis is coming off a disappointing season in Jacksonville, where he caught just 20 passes in nine games before landing on IR with a torn meniscus. The Jaguars, with a new GM and head coach, released Davis after just one season of a three-year, $39 million contract.
The torn meniscus is perhaps the reason Davis has yet to sign. Teams could be waiting to sign him until Davis passes a physical and is cleared to practice.
Could the Giants still bring Davis to New York? They want to be a more vertical offense, and with Russell Wilson, Jameis Winston, and Jaxson Dart they have quarterbacks suited to that downfield style.
Davis, 26, has a career average of 16.2 yards per catch — more than any other Giant receiver. With five undrafted free agent rookie receivers on their 90-man roster, the Giants seem interested in creating competition for wide receiver roster spots.
If healthy, Davis’ resume indicates he would not only be a favorite for a roster spot should the Giants sign him, but could push third-year wide receiver Jalin Hyatt for a role as the Giants’...
