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Apr 19 Joe Schoen took a break in the action on Thursday afternoon to hold his pre-draft press conference. Schoen said their final draft board should be set by Friday evening. They will step away from it for the weekend. Schoen said he doesn't think teams are ready to move yet in the draft order, but they're listening. "We all do that.". Schoen would be "comfortable" with going into the season with the three quarterbacks they currently have. Apr 16 Daniel Jones cleared up a few things when the Giants reported for the start of offseason workouts on Monday. He plans to be ready for the start of training camp. His neck, which cost him three games before a torn ACL ended his season completely, is 100 percent. As for the question about whether he is the best option at quarterback for the team in 2024, he believes so. Apr 11 The New York Giants have a new defensive coordinator. During his last coaching gig, Shane Bowen led one of the better defenses in the National Football League. He takes over a defense with plenty of talent and is focused on getting the most out of the budding defensive unit. Playing aggressively is one thing, but something that arguably was missing last year from the defense former defensive coordinator Wink Martindale called was always getting guys in the right position. For example, Martindale often had outside linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux in coverage, which was not the best deployment of his talent. Apr 7 Isaiah Simmons is quite happy he was able to re-sign with the NY Giants Short and to the point, all Simmons had to do was tweet out the Statue of Liberty to let Giants Nation know he'll be ready to make more plays for this defense moving forward. Thanks to his versatility, Simmons could line up at either safety or linebacker for new defensive coordinator Shane Bowen. Apr 3 State of Giants' offensive line: What it looks like pre-draft. John Mara did not mince words last week at the NFL Annual Meeting. The team president was asked about the offensive line being a topic of conversation around the Giants for the past decade. "You're right it's ridiculous," Mara responded, "and it's a continuing source of frustration for me. It's time to get it fixed. We've invested in a couple of No. 1 draft picks on offensive tackles. We have a No. 2 draft pick playing at center, and now we have spent some money in free agency. We have a new offensive line coach. I expect us to be a hell of a lot better this year." Apr 1 Breakdown of Giants' 6 picks in ESPN 7-round mock draft. Overall, the Giants only have six picks in this year's draft, with only two teams having fewer. However, with just about all of those picks coming towards the top of each round, the Giants do rank 12th in total draft capital value, which should result in them finding some immediate help. Mar 31 It never felt like the Giants were going to keep Saquon Barkley. Last year, they reportedly offered Barkley a three-year deal in the $11 million per year range with around $22 million guaranteed, but the star running back turned it down. From that point, general manager Joe Schoen dropped subtle hints that Barkley wouldn't be re-signed in free agency. NFC
East News Mar
30 The
NFL released the dates for all 32 clubs' voluntary offseason workout programs,
which are intended to provide training, teaching and physical conditioning for
players. The Giants' calendar for 2024. First Day: April 15. Mar 27 All the yelling and screaming that surrounded last season has New York Giants coach Brian Daboll feeling some regret. Daboll and the Giants went 6-11 in a tumultuous year that ended with an explosive meeting between Daboll and former defensive coordinator Wink Martindale. It concluded with Martindale cursing out his former boss and the two sides eventually parting ways. "Yeah, there are times I wish I handled things a little bit differently, certainly," Daboll said of the past year. "So, you continue to grow, continue to evolve." NFL
News Mar 26 John Mara remains a strong supporter of the Giants' player procurement process and those atop the team's decision-making hierarchy. But he expects better results after a season that he said, "nobody was happy with." The Giants were 6-11 in 2023, a step back after winning nine games, plus one in the playoffs, the previous season. Mara also remains a vocal advocate of quarterback Daniel Jones, who was limited to six games in 2023 because of injuries, notably a torn ACL that ended his season on Nov. 5. And when he did play, Jones was subjected to frequent pressure because of a spate of injuries on the offensive line. Mar 25 The New York Giants decided to reshuffle their finances in 2024, boldly allowing running back Saquon Barkley and safety Xavier McKinney to walk in NFL free agency. Although this might have been the correct course of action for Big Blue, that doesn't mean departures like these won't end up thriving elsewhere. The Green Bay Packers' signing of McKinney is already getting a lot of attention around the NFL community, for example. Mar 24 After surrendering an NFL-high 85 sacks last season, New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen's top priority this offseason was to rebuild the offensive line. Through the first two weeks of free agency, no team has acquired more quality offensive linemen than the Giants. Mar 22 The New York Giants have had a busy start to the offseason following their lackluster 2023 campaign, which was marred by relentless injuries and poor performances. Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll have focused on retooling the most premium positions on the roster and ensuring they grow at a cheaper rate for a team with just over $40 million of cap space when it all started. Thus far, it seems to have worked out for them, but the true results won't be seen until the team takes the field next fall. Mar 21 Special
Report - What will the New York Giants running game look like without Saquon
Barkley? For the first time since the 2017 season, the New York Giants will not
have Barkley on the roster. The 27-year-old star running back signed a three-year,
$37.75 million contract with the rival Philadelphia Eagles last week. Even though
the writing was on the wall that it was unlikely Barkley would return to the Giants,
many fans were furious that he decided to sign with the Eagles of all teams. Mar 19 The New York Giants met with Russell Wilson last week. Then they signed Drew Lock. They have also heavily scouted all the top quarterbacks in this year's draft, and they've spoken to teams about the possibility of trading up, presumably to take one. Giants general manager Joe Schoen insisted at the NFL Scouting Combine last month that "I have faith in Daniel as our starting quarterback." But he also admitted the need to "address the position" because of the uncertain recovery timeline of Jones' recovery from his torn ACL. The Giants seem to be hedging their bets against Jones for the short term. But are they also plotting out new options for the long term? Mar 18 The New York Giants focused heavily on retooling their offensive line over the first week of free agency, signing Jermaine Eluemunor, Jon Runyan Jr., Austin Schlottmann, and Aaron Stinnie. ESPN's Jordan Raanan reports that the Giants have reached out to Neal's team to discuss the possibility of him moving to guard. More specifically, to left guard alongside Andrew Thomas. Mar 17 The Giants obtained Brian Burns in a trade with the Panthers, sending them a 2024 second-round draft choice (No. 39) and a 2025 fifth-round selection and agreeing to a swap of fifth rounders this year (the Giants getting No. 166 and sending No. 141 to Carolina). Burns is one of the NFL's most effective pass rushers. Former
Giants Mar 16 Just days after joining the New York Giants as a free agent, quarterback Drew Lock is clearing the air about his decision to leave Seattle and move to the East Coast. Contrary to what Seahawks general manager John Schneider expressed, Lock said the Giants did not offer the 27-year-old the chance to compete with Daniel Jones for the starting job. Former Giants Mar 14 The New York Giants have been fairly active during the "legal tampering" period of NFL free agency this year. The Giants have improved the offensive line...no, they just added mediocre players and missed out on the best free agent OLs. The Giants added an elite pass rusher...no, he's good but not worth the money they're paying him. The Giants let their best offensive player leave...no, he's an injury-prone back who's not as good as the best running backs in the league. NFC
East News Mar 13 The New York Giants have reached a one-year, guaranteed $5 million deal with former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock. The signing helps fill the void created by the departure of free agent Tyrod Taylor, who agreed to terms with the New York Jets on Monday. Lock will join starter Daniel Jones and Tommy DeVito in the quarterback room, but the Giants could potentially address the position early in next month's draft with the No. 6 overall pick. Mar
12 It
wasn't an easy day in East Rutherford, N.J., as the Giants let two good young
players walk away. But Joe Schoen knew rebuilding the Giants would require tough
decisions, and the GM believes strongly in the difference in values between positions.
Some players are worth big money. Others aren't. Saquon Barkley reached an agreement with the Philadelphia Eagles on a three-year, $37.75 million contract that could be worth up to $46.75 million and includes $26 million fully guaranteed at signing, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Barkley now beats the franchise tag number and has a maximum average-per-year salary of $15.833 million, which would be second highest for a running back in NFL history. The Giants have agreed to terms with running back Devin Singletary, pending a physical. Singletary was a third-round pick (No. 74 overall) by the Buffalo Bills in 2019. After spending his first four seasons with the Bills, Singletary spent the 2023 campaign with the Houston Texans. The 5-foot-7, 203-pound running back appeared in all 17 games with 10 starts for the Texans last season. He finished with a career-high 898 rushing yards on 216 rushing attempts (4.2 yards per carry) with four touchdowns and added 30 receptions for an additional 193 yards. Packers to sign Giants safety Xavier McKinney to four-year, $68M deal. Green Bay revitalizes its secondary with the NFL's highest-graded safety in coverage. The 24-year-old's new deal ranks as the fourth highest in average per year ($17 million) and total value ($68 million) among all NFL safety contracts. Pro Football Focus graded him as the NFL's best safety in coverage (91.2 coverage grade) as he totaled three interceptions while not allowing any passing touchdowns in 2023. Mar
11 Giants'
last-minute guide to 2024 NFL free agency. The New York Giants 2023 season
didn't go as planned. After making a surprise appearance the previous year, just
about everything that could have gone wrong for New York did. Quarterback Daniels
Jones suffered a season-ending ACL tear, running back Saquon Barkley battled his
own injury issues and the Giants regressed on both sides of the ball, fairly substantially. Mar 9 Giants have 'exploratory meeting' with Russell Wilson ahead of NFL free agency. On the surface, it was exploratory. Due diligence. Does Russell Wilson to the Giants make sense? Given the Giants quarterbacking situation, which - to put it mildly - is in flux, why not have a look? Incumbent starter Daniel Jones is coming off a torn ACL, and his status for the start of the season is in question. Jones' veteran backup, Tyrod Taylor, is as injury prone as Jones is and a free agent who may or may not be re-signed. Mar 8 Tiki Barber may be the Giants all-time rushing leader, but he has a warning for Saquon Barkley ahead of free agency after rumored Eagles interest Saquon Barkley's tenure with the New York Giants may be coming to an end, but where his next destination might be has many in the area uneasy. Originally born in the Bronx, Barkley's family moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania - just an hour outside of Philadelphia - when the future NFL running back was just four years old. The rumors have left one of New York's greatest running back legends beside himself when thinking about that possibility. Mar 5 Special
Report - A look at the top quarterbacks in the 2024 NFL Draft and what it
would take for the Giants to draft them. After another injury-riddled and turnover-plagued
season, even the most avid Daniel Jones supporter must acknowledge it's time for
the Giants to move on from him. His record as a starter is now 22-36-1, and the
only time he hasn't missed time due to an injury in his five-year career was in
2022. [
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