{"id":807477,"date":"2026-03-12T03:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T03:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/807477\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T03:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T03:19:16","slug":"ny-giants-news-evan-neal-stunningly-returning-to-new-york-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/807477\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Giants news: Evan Neal, stunningly, returning to New York; what it means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The New York Giants are bringing back guard Evan Neal, per multiple reports. That is a stunning move after a year in which the former first-round pick did not play a snap. The contract is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/art_stapleton\/status\/2031849212875350329\" rel=\"nofollow\">reportedly one-year deal<\/a> for the minimum salary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The seventh overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, Neal spent three injury-plagued seasons unsuccessfully trying to prove he could play right tackle in the NFL. The Giants moved him to guard last season, but the 6-foot-7, 340-pound Neal never played a snap.<\/p>\n<p>What it means for the Giants<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It means, first and foremost, that new head coach John Harbaugh must believe in giving players a clean slate. Especially monstrous offensive linemen who show some potential to run block.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Harbaugh, apparently, thought otherwise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The new coaching staff, including Harbaugh, offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, offensive line coach Mike Bloomgren, and senior offensive assistant Greg Roman is said to want bring Neal to training camp and work with the former first-round pick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">We will see if it pays dividends. Neal\u2019s presence will certainly be an interesting storyline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants are bringing back guard Evan Neal, per multiple reports. That is a stunning move&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,7558,1207,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-807477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-york-giants-free-agency","10":"tag-new-york-giants-news","11":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116214049456297190","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807477","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=807477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}