keep insisting they are not trying to trade him<\/a>, though the Internet and NFL insiders apparently don\u2019t believe them.<\/p>\nThibodeaux, though, keeps getting pushed down the pecking order. First, it was Abdul Carter at No. 3 in the draft a year ago. Now, it is Arvell Reese this year at No. 5.<\/p>\n
Traded or not, it is becoming clear there is an an expiration date on Thibodeaux\u2019s time with the Giants. He can be a free agent after the 2026 season, and unless Thibodeaux has the best season of his career in 2026 it is hard to imagine the Giants getting into a bidding war to keep him.<\/p>\n
The second-year quarterback did not get a wide receiver in the top 10 of the draft. He did get a starting guard who said he would be willing to die to protect him. He also got a 6-4, 218-pound wide receiver Giants fans immediately began comparing to ex-Giant Hakeem Nicks. Guys like Fields, who specialize in the contested catch downfield, make quarterbacks look better.<\/p>\n
You don\u2019t really think Harbaugh wants to see Banks starting games at cornerback, do you? Colton Hood was drafted to ensure that doesn\u2019t happen<\/p>\n
Cam Skattebo and Tyrone Tracy<\/p>\n
Jeremiyah Love is in Arizona. Enough said.<\/p>\n
The Giants\u2019 2022 fifth-round pick has lost three times now since the beginning of the 2025 season. He lost the first time because a Week 1 foot injury robbed him of his season and a chance to earn a lucrative free agent contract.<\/p>\n
He loses again with the selection of Reese. McFadden signed a one-year \u201cprove-it\u201d contract to return to the Giants. Now, he will be a backup linebacker and special teamer. That\u2019s no way to earn a free-agent pay day. He might lose a roster spot entirely with the sixth-round selection of linebacker\/special teamer Jack Kelly.<\/p>\n
The Giants\u2019 defensive coordinator got two shiny new toys to play with in Reese and Hood in the team\u2019s first three picks.<\/p>\n
Jevon Holland and Tyler Nubin<\/p>\n
The Giants passed on two chances to select Ohio State safety Caleb Downs. So, both Holland and Nubin still have starting jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It will be a long while before we know if the New York Giants\u2019 2026 NFL Draft will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,1208,6],"class_list":["post-875207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-football","tag-new-york-giants-draft","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875207","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=875207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}