{"id":675774,"date":"2026-01-14T05:03:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/675774\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T05:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:03:19","slug":"new-york-giants-add-dynamic-receiver-in-ppfs-2026-nfl-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/675774\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants add dynamic receiver in PPF&#8217;s 2026 NFL mock draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 13, 2026, 5:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" data-autotag=\"9402befb-12da-4b26-905a-81ab1fea0850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Giants<\/a> will select fifth overall in the 2026 NFL draft in April, and they can go in several different directions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Some think the defense needs talent badly, and they would be right in thinking that, but it is believed they should do everything they can to help the development of second-year quarterback Jaxson Dart, which makes perfect sense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Giants need to add some weapons around Dart, and in this draft, they can do just that. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/news\/draft-2026-nfl-mock-draft-fernando-mendoza-goes-no-1-overall-jeremiyah-love-to-the-kansas-city-chiefs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Pro Football Focus&#8217;<\/a> latest mock draft, they have the Giants grabbing a big target for the passing game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">5.\u00a0New York Giants: WR Carnell Tate,\u00a0Ohio State<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While the Titans refused to surround Ward with more talent with their top pick, the Giants refuse to do the same with\u00a0Jaxson Dart\u00a0and give him Tate here. His 88.6 PFF grade is fourth among all FBS wide receivers this year, while his 151.8 passer rating when targeted leads all wideouts in America. Tate would give New York a true X-receiver that\u2019d pair very nicely with\u00a0Malik Nabers\u00a0once he recovers from his torn ACL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tate is 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds and has been compared to such NFL studs as Justin Jefferson and Jaxon Smith-Njigba. With Malik Nabers&#8217; 2026 return uncertain at the moment, the Giants need an outside target for the passing attack.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tate would make the Giants&#8217; wide receiver room an elite one should Nabers return in full health, and Wan&#8217;Dale Robinson, an impending free agent, is inked to a contract extension.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768366999_276_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 13, 2026, 5:00 p.m. ET The New York Giants will select fifth overall in the 2026 NFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2067],"tags":[95878,7,519,1917,56,2321,2469,6,96069,96070,97116,95882,95930,95896,95891,95888,96683,95895,95899,95906,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-675774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-giants","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkgiants","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflgiants","17":"tag-sstsngiants","18":"tag-tag2026-nfl-draft","19":"tag-tagamerican-football","20":"tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","23":"tag-tagnfl","24":"tag-tagnfl-draft","25":"tag-tagnfl-hub","26":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","27":"tag-tagoverall-positive","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115891706717963933","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}