{"id":744517,"date":"2026-02-11T10:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/744517\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:20:34","slug":"ny-giants-nfl-free-agency-2026-te-david-njoku-is-looking-for-a-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/744517\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Giants NFL free agency 2026: TE David Njoku is looking for a new home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Once upon a time NFL mock drafters, and a number of fans, thought tight end David Njoku would be a perfect fit for the New York Giants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">\u201cIt feels like yesterday that I was a little kid and I was the biggest fan watching them on TV, hoping one day I would go to a game, and now I\u2019m here and could possibly be on that team next season. It\u2019s a great blessing,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/college-football\/players\/256837\/david-njoku\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Njoku<\/a> said. \u201cTo go home? That would mean a lot. I mean, anywhere I go honestly is a blessing, but being raised in Jersey and watching the Giants and the Jets and having them both as my top two favorite teams when I was younger, it would be awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Giants did select a tight end with the 23rd pick in the draft that year, but they chose Evan Engram. The Browns took Njoku 29th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now heading into his age 30 season, Njoku has had a productive career in Cleveland. He has 384 receptions, an average of 43 per season, for 4,062 yards and 34 touchdowns. He has averaged 10.6 yards per reception, and was a Pro Bowler in 2023 when he had a career-high 81 receptions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Njoku missed six games in 2024 with knee and ankle injuries, and five more games in 2025 with a knee issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With Daniel Bellinger and Chris Manhertz slated to be free agents, the Giants\u2019 could be headed for somewhat of a makeover at tight end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Is it time for the Giants to bring him home?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once upon a time NFL mock drafters, and a number of fans, thought tight end David Njoku would&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,1917,56,7558,1978,2321,2469,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-744517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-giants","12":"tag-new-york-giants-free-agency","13":"tag-new-york-giants-roster","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkgiants","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116051498115228642","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744517","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=744517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}