{"id":159042,"date":"2026-03-10T11:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159042\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:41:05","slug":"chris-manhertz-on-re-signing-with-new-york-giants-means-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159042\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Manhertz on re-signing with New York Giants: &#8216;Means the world&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 10, 2026, 7:01 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Chris Manhertz\u2019s return to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" data-autotag=\"9402befb-12da-4b26-905a-81ab1fea0850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Giants<\/a> is special for the veteran tight end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ian_OConnor\/status\/2031006173609034045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Speaking to The Athletic\u2019s Ian O\u2019Connor<\/a>, Manhertz revealed how much he is looking forward to playing for the Giants again in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;It means the world to me,&#8221; Manhertz said. &#8220;It&#8217;s something I don&#8217;t take for granted, being a hometown kid playing in front of family and friends. You can&#8217;t put a dollar amount on that. I want to be part of something special here. I want to be a piece of the solution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Coach Harbaugh has brought energy, juice, enthusiasm, and a seriousness about what it takes to win, and having that type of mindset permeates throughout the whole building. Usually, I&#8217;m training at the facility at 4:30, 5:00 in the morning, and right there with me is Coach Harbaugh, which says a lot about his mentality and the level of discipline he wants throughout the locker room. There&#8217;s a lot to be excited about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Manhertz played his second season with the Giants in 2025. The 33-year-old started three of the 17 games he appeared in last season, after starting 11 games for New York in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The New York native has carved out a 12-year career in the NFL to date. Manhertz has been lauded for his blocking at the position\u2014an area of the game he values highly as a low-volume pass-catcher, as he told Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Giants valued his contributions, re-signing him to a one-year deal in free agency on Monday. Now, Manhertz will get the opportunity to help the Giants improve upon their 4-13 record from 2025 next season.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773142865_737_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 10, 2026, 7:01 a.m. ET Chris Manhertz\u2019s return to the New York Giants is special for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[679,9,24,55,54,56,1941,1942,948,42659,930,1328,949,682],"class_list":{"0":"post-159042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-city-news","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-sstssportsnflgiants","15":"tag-sstsngiants","16":"tag-tagamerican-football","17":"tag-tagchris-manhertz","18":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","19":"tag-tagoverall-positive","20":"tag-tagsports-news","21":"tag-typestory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}