New York Giants Must Make These Three Major Offseason Moves

Every offseason is a pivotal one for the New York Giants, but you just can't help but feel that the stakes are higher this time around.

The Giants finally appear to have a franchise quarterback in Jaxson Dart, they have an elite new head coach in John Harbaugh and there is enough talent here on both sides of the ball where New York can make a run next season.

But in order for the Giants to make a push in the suddenly fading NFC East division, they will need to knock this offseason out of the park.

Here are three significant moves New York must make this spring in order to best position itself for 2026.

Admittedly, I wasn't too sure about whether or not the Giants should retain Jermaine Eluemunor earlier in 2025, but after watching how well he played this past season, the decision should be obvious.

The tackle tandem of Eluemunor and Andrew Thomas was among the NFL's best in 2025, providing terrific protection for Jaxson Dart and allowing him room to operate in spite of a barren set of weapons.

Eluemunor posted a 76.7 pass-blocking grade at Pro Football Focus this year and probably won't even cost all that much in free agency. Spotrac is projecting him to land a two-year, $17.3 million deal, which should palatable for New York.

Re-signing Eluemunor would also rule out the Giants selecting a tackle with the No. 5 overall pick, which will allow them to focus on other positions of need.

Wan'Dale Robinson is headed for free agency, and after registering the first 1,000-yard campaign of his career, he may price himself out of Big Blue's range.

Remember: New York doesn't have a very friendly cap situation heading into the offseason, and while the Giants can clear some money with contract restructures and roster cuts, it probably still wouldn't be wise to devote such a big chunk of cash to Robinson, who may very well be a low-end No. 2 or high-end No. 3 receiver.

Enter Jalen Nailor, who has spent the first four years of his career with the Minnesota Vikings and has produced well when given the chance.

Thanks to the presence of Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison, among other Vikings weapons, opportunities have been hard to come by for Nailor.

However, the 26-year-old has achieved first downs on 55 of his 69 career catches and has also scored 11 receiving touchdowns to Robinson's nine.

What's more, Spotrac is projecting Nailor to receive a one-year, $4.7 million contract. I would much prefer to sign Nailor for that money than to give upward of $15 million annually to Robinson over the course of a four-year pact.

That brings us to what may end up being the most painful offseason move for the Giants.

New York selected Kayvon Thibodeaux with the fifth overall pick of the 2022 NFL Draft, and early on, he showed tremendous potential, racking up 50 tackles and 11.5 sacks as soon as his sophomore campaign.

The last couple of years, however, Thibodeaux's production has slowed considerably, and he has played in just 22 games due to injuries.

When the Giants took Abdul Carter at No. 3 overall last April, the writing was already on the wall for Thibodeaux, who is now falling behind both Brian Burns and Carter on the depth chart with just one year remaining on his deal.

Carter broke out during the final seven games of 2025, which, perhaps not so coincidentally, was exactly when Thibodeaux was knocked out for the remainder of the season because of a shoulder issue.

New York does not currently have a third-round draft pick, and trading Thibodeaux would be the best way to go about acquiring one (surely, there would be a team willing to part with a Day 2 pick for Thibodeaux, right?).

Not only that, but jettisoning Thibodeaux would free up $14.8 million in cap space.

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