{"id":813077,"date":"2026-03-15T04:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T04:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813077\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T04:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T04:05:15","slug":"giants-rumor-reveals-new-york-outdueled-eagles-for-10-million-former-bears-1000-yard-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813077\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants rumor reveals New York outdueled Eagles for $10 million former Bears 1,000-yard receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/new-york-giants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a> identified a solid fit at the wide receiver position on Saturday and struck an intriguing free agent deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48207911\/giants-add-wr-darnell-mooney-one-year-contract-sources-say\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN\u2019s Jordan Raanan<\/a>, the Giants signed a 28-year-old former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/chicago-bears\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bears<\/a> 1,000-yard receiver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFree agent wide receiver Darnell Mooney is signing with the New York Giants on a one-year deal worth up to $10 million,\u201d Raanan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMooney, 28, joins the wide receiver room alongside Malik Nabers and Darius Slayton. His presence could prove valuable with Nabers recovering this off-season from a torn ACL and full meniscus repair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Raanan\u2019s report, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/2032958435457704291\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler<\/a> revealed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/philadelphia-eagles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> held interest in Mooney before he inked a deal with New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiants OC Matt Nagy was a factor,\u201d Fowler stated on X\/Twitter. \u201cMooney maintained a good relationship with Nagy from their Chicago days. Eagles also were involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Mooney has cooled off a bit since his noteworthy 2021 campaign with the Bears (1,055 receiving yards and four touchdowns), the 5-foot-11 speedster should be expected to be a reliable weapon for Jaxson Dart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mooney is an underrated deep threat and route runner who nearly recorded 1,000 receiving yards with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/atlanta-falcons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> in 2024-25. The Tulane product may not move the needle for some, but it\u2019s difficult to imagine him being a non-factor alongside Nabers and Slayton in New York.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/washington-commanders\/news\/commanders-named-top-landing-spot-120-million-49ers-all-pro-receiver\/b89d1efce51e7de2bbe2b64b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Commanders named top landing spot for 49ers&#8217; soon-to-be-released $120 million receiver<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants identified a solid fit at the wide receiver position on Saturday and struck an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,2493,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-813077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-bears","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-chicagobears","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116231217229445166","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813077","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=813077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}