New York Giants
When we started this series of the top 10 New York Giants, we were clear that it is based on “most important” and not “most talented” players. The next player on our list is a perfect example.
Veteran nose tackle DJ Reader is not the seventh-most talented player on the Giants’ roster. Reader is a 32-year-old entering his 11th NFL season who has never been a Pro Bowl or All-Pro player. Still, he checks in at No. 7 on our list of most important Giants entering the 2026 season.
Why? Lots of reasons.
Who he is replacing
When the Giants...
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The 2027 quarterback class is already generating a historic amount of buzz, and that’s driving excitement in this year’s college football season and the 2027 draft as a whole. That said, it doesn’t take much time at all to realize that this is going to be a very talented draft at several positions, with wide receiver chief amongst them.
It just makes sense to start with Jeremiah Smith out of Ohio State, even though there is, frankly, no chance that the New York Giants will be in a position to draft Smith unless something incredibly unexpected happens. To get Smith,...
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The New York Giants have a new leader in the locker room with John Harbaugh calling the shots. Each team in the NFC East has restructured its roster in hopes of success in the upcoming 2026 season. We began a position-by-position look at the division on Wednesday by reviewing how the teams rank at safety. Today, we move to cornerback.
The team with the best positional group is assigned four points, and the “worst” receives one point. I’m sure it will be well received by all fan bases, of course. With that, let’s talk cornerbacks!
*Trey Amos,...
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I usually ignore the annual “dumpster fire” series of posts Jimmy Kempski of the Philly Voice pens, trashing the Philadelphia Eagles’ NFC East opposition. This year, I decided to respond to Kempski’s ‘10 reasons the Giants will be a dumpster fire‘.
Maybe that’s because the Giants have actually been a dumpster fire more often than not since winning the 2011 Super Bowl, and I believe that is going to turn with the hiring of John Harbaugh as head coach.
Kempski’s 10 reasons, and my responses, are below.
Harbaugh is 63 years of age,...
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Good morning, New York Giants fans!
Speaking of former first-round picks in that scheme: Maybe there is still hope for Deonte Banks with the Giants? The Giants then, predictably, declined Banks’s fifth-year option for 2027, turning...
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How good the New York Giants will be in 2027 will come down to a few things. Most important will be coaching and quarterback play, but the play of the roster as a whole will support both.
The top end of the Giants’ roster boasts players who can be among the very best at their positions in the NFL. Andrew Thomas is among the NFL’s best left tackles, Malik Nabers has the potential to join the ranks of the elite receivers, and Brian Burns was in the DPOY conversation before Myles Garrett ascended to a higher plane of sack existence....
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The New York Giants are gearing up for training camp in July. Each team in the NFC East has restructured its roster in hopes of success in the upcoming 2026 season. This is the inaugural post in our position-by-position look at the NFC East.
The team with the best positional group is assigned four points, and the “worst” receives one point. It is a complex formula, up there with E=MC², but we’ll attempt to deliver the information in a palatable manner, and I’m sure it will be well received by all fan bases, of course. With that, let’s talk safety!...
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In assembling the beginning of our top 10 most important New York Giants players list, we have thus far looked at players who give the 2026 Giants something they did not have last season.
Tight end Isaiah Likely, No. 10 on the list, brings size and play-making. More importantly, though, with a ⅝ rate of just 2.8% last season and 3.4% in 2024, he brings reliability Theo Johnson did not offer a year ago.
Guard Sisi Mauigoa brings a powerful run-blocking presence the Giants did not have in 2025. He also brings youth to a line that badly needed an...
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Good morning, New York Giants fans!
WR Malachi Fields, New York Giants. Malachi Fields was considered a solid second-round option heading into April’s...
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On Monday, we asked Big Blue View readers which of four free agents they would like to see the New York Giants sign before training camp begins in roughly five weeks. The answer — outside linebacker Kyle Van Noy — has to be considered a stunner.
Fans were given four choices:
Van Noy, a 35-year-old with 12 years of experience who would be the No. 4 edge defender on the Giants’ 53-man roster, received 37% of 302 votes.
What may have happened is...
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Happy summer, readers! The start of summer means a lot of things, including that the opening kickoff of the NFL season is only about 11 weeks away. That sounds like a long time, but you’ll be screaming at the TV on Sundays before you know it.
I recently posted three columns with facts and stats you need to know at the quarterback, running back, and wide receiver positions. I’m finishing this series today with what might be fantasy’s trickiest position: Tight end.
You can find all my offseason and preseason fantasy content, including the articles noted above and the biggest...
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Francis ‘Sisi’ Mauigoa is important to the future of the New York Giants. That should go without saying.
The 21-year-old guard was the 10th pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. With Evan Neal (No. 7 in 2022) and Deonte Banks (No. 24 in 2023), Giants fans have seen how much damage missing on a first-round pick can cause.
No one wants to see Mauigoa join the list of first-round failures.
Why, though, does Mauigoa surface here as No. 9 in our countdown of the 10 most important Giants of 2026?
Let’s talk about it.
Mauigoa enters training camp expected to...
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