{"id":257543,"date":"2026-06-06T15:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/257543\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T15:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:07:09","slug":"espn-new-york-giants-primed-to-go-from-worst-to-first-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/257543\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN: New York Giants primed to go from worst to first in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Giants<\/a> effectively reloaded this offseason through both free agency and the 2026 NFL draft.<\/p>\n

New York will enter the 2026 season with a plethora of new faces on both sides of the ball. They signed veteran Tremaine Edmunds<\/a> to bolster linebacker depth, while also drafting former Miami star Francis Mauigoa, who is expected to start at right guard.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

ESPN recently listed the Giants as the third most likely team to go from worst to first in 2026. New York<\/a> will begin the season with an 11.6 percent chance of winning the NFC East and a 22.2 percent chance of making the playoffs (25th in the NFL).<\/p>\n

Here is what ESPN\u2019s Aaron Schatz<\/a> wrote about New York\u2019s chances of turning things around in 2026:<\/p>\n

The Giants got to take two highly skilled players in the top 10 of the 2026 draft. They have wideout Malik Nabers<\/a>, their best target on offense, coming back from a knee injury that cost him most of last season. They’re also getting back running back Cam Skattebo<\/a>, who was an exciting part of the offense until a midseason ankle injury. And they’ve added a good amount of veteran talent to improve the defense, including linebacker Tremaine Edmunds and linemen Shelby Harris<\/a> and DJ Reader.<\/p>\n

The Giants also have a new coaching staff, led by John Harbaugh. New York fans are hoping Harbaugh’s strong track record in Baltimore<\/a> means he’ll turn things around quickly.<\/p>\n

This is all well and good, but of course the biggest reason why the Giants might win their division would be QB Jaxson Dart<\/a> making huge second-year improvements. It worked for the Bears and Patriots last season, so it could work for the Giants this season. Dart was already a surprising 17th in QBR (57.5) among qualifying QBs in 2025, thanks in part to his value as a runner. You can’t expect him to suddenly become a top-10 quarterback, but it’s possible, especially with Nabers back to catch his passes.<\/p>\n

The Giants will enter the 2026 season as one of the youngest and most promising teams in all of football.<\/p>\n

Star quarterback Jaxson Dart should quickly begin to shine with improved protection and additional weapons, while New York\u2019s defense looks completely revamped following a handful of critical additions both up front and in the secondary.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: ESPN: New York Giants primed to go from worst to first in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants effectively reloaded this offseason through both free agency and the 2026 NFL draft. New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34086,80266,36074,3923,3917,34377,3920,9,2683,11,10,84466,3918,65718],"class_list":["post-257543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-2026-season","tag-baltimore","tag-cam-skattebo","tag-jaxson-dart","tag-john-harbaugh","tag-malik-nabers","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-shelby-harris","tag-the-giants","tag-tremaine-edmunds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257543","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=257543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}