{"id":853981,"date":"2026-04-04T21:40:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/853981\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T21:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:40:37","slug":"survey-results-giants-fans-bullish-on-making-the-playoffs-but-not-obj-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/853981\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey results: Giants fans bullish on making the playoffs, but not OBJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The off-season, and draft season in particular, is a season of hope around the NFL. But even so, confidence seems to be contagious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh has maintained since he was hired that he expects to make the 2026-2027 playoffs. And it seems as though fans have bought into Harbaugh\u2019s confidence and an almost overwhelming majority of fans think the Giants can make the playoffs as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Taken as a whole, fully 84% of Giants fans believe that their team can make the playoffs this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Most fans believe that the team is a couple pieces away from being a playoff contender, and that a strong draft can put them over the top. Considering the Giants hold the 5th and 37th picks in the draft, they should be able to add good starters who can contribute right from the start.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Interestingly, however, the second most common response is that the Giants were already a playoff caliber team in 2025. After all, the Giants held a quintet of double-digit leads into the fourth quarter, and as underdogs no less. They should have converted all \u2014 or at least some \u2014 of those leads into wins, which would have put them in playoff contention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The most direct path to the post season would be through winning the division. The Giants are still considered the least-likely team to win the NFC East (+550 to win the NFC East, per <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel<\/a>), and their over\/under is currently set at 7.5 wins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">We also asked Giants fans if they thought signing former Giants\u2019 receiver Odell Beckham Jr. would help the team get over the hump. While not unpopular, that move doesn\u2019t have much support among the fanbase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Despite the connections between Beckham and the Giants, and John Harbaugh, fewer than half of fans want the team to bring back the Giants\u2019 former star receiver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Giants\u2019 receiving room has questions. Malik Nabers is coming off of ACL and meniscus surgery (and a 51 percent catch rate before his injury), and the Giants\u2019 top options besides Nabers are Darius Slayton, Darnell Mooney, Isaiah Hodgins, Calvin Austin III, and Jalin Hyatt \u2014 as well as TEs Isaiah Likely and Theo Johnson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The overall athleticism of the group makes for potential dynamism, but they have all been unreliable in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">But whatever the urgency of the questions, and as good a story of Beckham\u2019s potential comeback with the team that drafted him him may be, most fans don\u2019t believe that Beckham is a potential answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The off-season, and draft season in particular, is a season of hope around the NFL. 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