{"id":768328,"date":"2026-02-22T06:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/768328\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T06:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:41:22","slug":"a-winning-season-should-be-bare-minimum-for-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/768328\/","title":{"rendered":"A ‘winning season’ should be ‘bare minimum’ for Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feb. 21, 2026, 10:01 a.m. ET<\/p>\n

The New York Giants<\/a> may have won just seven games over the past two seasons, but many talking heads and experts have been hyping them up this offseason as a potential contender in 2026.<\/p>\n

One analyst in particular, Tiki Barber, the Giants’ all-time leading rusher and Ring of Honor inductee turned radio host, is telling his listeners that the expectations for his old team have increased dramatically.<\/p>\n

The leadership change is the main reason why sentiments are changing. The team finally hired a seasoned and proven head coach in John Harbaugh and reduced the authority of general manager Joe Schoen.<\/p>\n

The continued development of second-year quarterback Jaxson Dart has also lifted everyone’s hopes. With a core of young stars including Dart, wide receiver Malik Nabers, running back Cam Skattebo, and linebacker Abdul Carter, the Giants headed in the right direction.<\/p>\n

They could be in for a huge leap forward in 2026.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>\"\"\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 21, 2026, 10:01 a.m. ET The New York Giants may have won just seven games over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2067],"tags":[95878,7,519,1917,56,2321,2469,6,96069,96070,95882,95891,95895,95906,95883,109268,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-768328","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-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","20":"tag-tagnfl-hub","21":"tag-tagoverall-positive","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-tagtiki-barber","24":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116112922115697762","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768328","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=768328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}