{"id":807199,"date":"2026-03-11T23:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/807199\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T23:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:26:24","slug":"giants-bringing-back-evan-neal-in-nfl-free-agency-stunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/807199\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants bringing back Evan Neal in NFL free agency stunner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Giants and Evan Neal \u2014 a pair that seemed in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/17\/sports\/evan-neal-tells-the-post-he-has-no-regrets-as-giants-tenure-nears-its-likely-end\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">desperate need of a divorce for years<\/a> \u2014 decided to give it more try.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the most stunning re-signings of the NFL offseason, Neal is returning to the Giants, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SportsAmdg\/status\/2031846658229616973?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">his agent announced<\/a>, after a disastrous four-year tenure that saw him go from No. 7 overall pick to unplayable fourth-stringer. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38750241\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20250729_GiantsCamp_CS029.jpg\" alt=\"New York Giants offensive tackle Evan Neal (73) looks on during training camp at the Quest Diagnostics center, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. \" class=\"wp-image-38750241\"  \/>New York Giants offensive tackle Evan Neal (73) looks on during training camp at the Quest Diagnostics center, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.  Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a classic case of a new coaching staff believing that they can get more out of a talented player than their predecessors, despite the Giants trying two different offensive line coaches and a position change for Neal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Giants and Evan Neal \u2014 a pair that seemed in desperate need of a divorce for years&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[4552,7,519,1917,56,2321,2469,6,89225,2592,9],"class_list":["post-807199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-giants","tag-evan-neal","tag-football","tag-giants","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkgiants","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-free-agency-2026","tag-nfl-free-agency","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116213135215521088","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807199","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=807199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}