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Giants news, 5/28: Jaxson Dart, OTAs begin, Brian Daboll, more headlines

New York Giants headlines for Wednesday

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2025 NFL season: Teams most under microscope 100 days out from Kickoff Game | NFL.com

Most needs to show improvement: New York Giants. Owner John Mara has not given Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen a playoff mandate to save their jobs, but after two disastrous seasons, they have to start winning games. The Giants are confident that an improved roster and Russell Wilson will help them do that. But they face a brutal schedule — the hardest strength of schedule in the NFL — with an especially daunting first half, so even an improved team might not yield a vastly improved record. Then, the question will turn to rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart’s development and when the Giants might turn to him.

OTA’s have begun for the Giants

OTAs are underway pic.twitter.com/wpZyTzpn3C

— New York Giants (@Giants) May 27, 2025

When can we expect rookie QBs like Jaxson Dart, Tyler Shough (and maybe Shedeur Sanders) to start? | Yahoo Sports

The Giants’ bye is Week 14, which might be the time to make the change if the Giants can wait that long. That would give Dart four games to show that promise Giants ownership is likely going to need to see. Before then the Giants have a tough schedule without any obvious soft landing spot for Dart to enter the starting lineup. But if things are really bad in New York, the team might not have much choice but to turn to the rookie even if he isn’t quite ready.

Inside Brian Daboll’s plan to turn Jaxson Dart into a star and save his own career | FOX Sports

But make no mistake, Daboll’s long-term future in New York is probably tied directly to how much progress Dart shows, and how quickly he shows it. This is his chance to show that the work he did with Allen in Buffalo wasn’t a fluke or simply attributed to Allen’s own talent.

If he can, Daboll and Dart could be a dynamic duo who spend many happy years together in New York. If he can’t, if Daboll fails with him the way he did with Jones, the Giants will find themselves right back in quarterback hell.

100 days until 2025 NFL kickoff: 100 most important players in upcoming season | CBSSports.com

14. and 15. With the front office and coaching staff facing a do-or-die season, first-round rookies Jaxson Dart and Abdul Carter will have big impacts on the Giants, both this year and in the future. Dart likely won’t start to begin the season — that’ll be Russell Wilson — but it’d be a surprise for him not to see the field late in the year if the Giants aren’t in contention. Carter, meanwhile, is an absolute stud and could take New York’s pass rush from talented to downright fearsome alongside Dexter Lawrence, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Brian Burns.

Kayvon Thibodeaux previewed his pass rush moves

Weekend Work pic.twitter.com/ijrNMX0cQc

— Kayvon Thibodeaux (@kayvont) May 25, 2025

Every NFL team’s biggest question after the 2025 NFL Draft | PFF

New York Giants: How Will Snaps Be Distributed at Edge Defender? Brian Burns (82.9 PFF pass-rushing grade, 61 pressures) is essentially a lock to start in his second season in New York, but the rest of the rotation is undecided. Abdul Carter (92.4 PFF pass-rushing grade) would figure to demand first-team snaps even as a rookie, although the Giants did pick up the fifth-year option on Kayvon Thibodeaux (72.0 PFF pass-rushing grade). Chauncey Golston (60.7 PFF pass-rushing grade) also inked a three-year, $19.5 million deal, which isn’t insignificant. How Brian Daboll chooses to deploy Carter and Thibodeaux — maybe even sliding one inside on occasion — will be fascinating.

NY Giants under pressure: These players must earn their spots in 2025 | The Record

Last year, Bobby Okereke was essentially a non-factor, and then a back injury cost him the final month of the season. The Giants have not done a ton at the position, at least not enough in free agency or the draft to put pressure on Okereke.

Okereke has proven he can be a game-changer, and if he gets back to that, suddenly he is one of the most important cogs here. He was too good of a player two years ago to suggest he was solely a product of the old system; turn the clock back and get Okereke to play at a high level again, or this will be a big hole in the middle of a defense that is positioned to carry this team.

PFF Linebacker Rankings: Top 32 ahead of the 2025 NFL season | PFF

Tier 3. 6. Bobby Okereke, New York Giants. Despite some perception that Okereke had an off year in Shane Bowen’s system this past season, his metrics tell a much different story. Even though he dealt with a herniated disc that ended his season early, Okereke finished with the 12th-highest PFF overall grade (74.9) among qualifying linebackers.

Having posted three straight seasons eclipsing a 73.0 PFF overall grade, Okereke is a model of consistency at one of the most volatile positions in the game, and will be again should his recovery go well.

Excited for Cam Skattebo

Imagine my excitement when this arrived in the mail… @camskattebo5 pic.twitter.com/46why3trWv

— Kyle Brandt (@KyleBrandt) May 23, 2025

100 days to the 2025 NFL season: Things to know, predictions | ESPN.com

10 names to know—They will be big deals in the 2025 season. Meet them now and get ahead of the curve.

Deonte Banks, CB, New York Giants. Cornerback is a hard position. As a rookie in 2023, Banks looked like a rising star. (Read about Wiggins above and just switch the names.) But Banks’ sophomore campaign was plagued with mental lapses, unnecessary risks and lost 50-50 balls. The Giants hit on their slot corner (Dru Phillips), added a starting safety (Jevon Holland) and snagged a new CB1 in free agency (Paulson Adebo). So a return to 2023 form for Banks could well elevate the Giants’ secondary to top-10 levels. And if you start doing the math on a defense with a top-10 pass rush and a top-10 secondary.

What we’re watching at Giants OTAs | The Athletic

Paulson Adebo is coming off a season-ending broken femur. While Adebo has been positive about his recovery, that’s still something to monitor. Of course, Banks is coming off a tumultuous season. After being thrust into the CB1 job, he struggled mightily last season — not only with making plays, but his effort was called into question multiple times.

Those two will be joined in the secondary by Andru Phillips, who produced an impressive rookie season in the slot. Behind those three are: Cor’Dale Flott, Tre Hawkins and this year’s seventh-round selection Korie Black. Flott should be the go-to backup both outside and in the slot, but there’s time for Hawkins and even Black to make their mark. Right now, Giants fans should expect to see Adebo and Banks on the outside come Week 1, but this depth chart will be something to monitor through the offseason.

Abdul Carter, Jalin Hyatt, Russell Wilson, Jaxson Dart on radar as Giants prepare for OTAs | New York Daily News

IS THE O-LINE ACTUALLY FIXED? Guard Jon Runyan has been present at recent spring workouts and appears to be healing well from whatever undisclosed procedure he underwent early in the offseason. Evan Neal is transitioning from tackle to guard, where he will battle for playing time and hopefully can help create more depth for a Giants franchise that annually disappoints on the O-line. The name of this year’s game appears to be consistency from 2024, with tackles Andrew Thomas and Jermaine Eluemunor, guards Runyan and Greg Van Roten and Neal and center John Michael Schmitz. This position group will be under the microscope more this season, however, because Wilson and Winston are much less mobile than Daniel Jones was — and if Dart plays, he’s still a rookie learning the ropes.