{"id":812715,"date":"2026-03-14T23:26:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/812715\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T23:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:26:32","slug":"ny-giants-news-wr-darnell-mooney-signing-what-it-means-for-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/812715\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Giants news: WR Darnell Mooney signing; what it means for New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The New York Giants have signed wide receiver Darnell Mooney, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2032936282855235913\" rel=\"nofollow\">per reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mooney, 28, was originally drafted out of Tulane by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Mooney is very familiar with OC Matt Nagy, who was the Bears\u2019 head coach when he (Mooney) was drafted. He\u2019s appeared in 91 games and started 80 games over the last six years. He left the Bears for the Atlanta Falcons in 2024, signing a three-year, $39 million contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mooney is a 5-foot-11, 180-pound receiver and had his best season in 2021. That year he started 14 games, catching 81 passes (on 140 targets) for 1,055 yards and 4 touchdowns. He had his second best year in 2024, notching 992 yards and five touchdowns, so he certainly still has the potential to be a productive option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He joins Isaiah Likely and Calvin Austin II as new options for Jaxson Dart in his second year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Giants current wide receiver room:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Malik Nabers<br \/>Darius Slayton<br \/>Darnell Mooney<br \/>Calvin Austin III<br \/>Isaiah Hodgins<br \/>Gunner Olszewski<br \/>Jalin Hyatt<br \/>Beaux Collins<br \/>Ryan Miller<br \/>Dalen Cambre<br \/>Xavier Gipson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants have signed wide receiver Darnell Mooney, per reports. Mooney, 28, was originally drafted out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,1917,56,7558,1207,2321,2469,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-812715","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-news","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkgiants","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116230124342642322","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812715","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=812715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}