{"id":686892,"date":"2026-06-05T23:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/686892\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T23:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:28:09","slug":"espn-the-ny-giants-could-be-primed-for-a-worst-to-first-jump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/686892\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN: The NY Giants could be primed for a worst-to-first jump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">2025 record: 4-13<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Odds of winning division: 11.6% (third in division)<br \/>Odds of making playoffs: 22% (25th in NFL)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">The Giants got to take two highly skilled players in the top 10 of the 2026 draft. They have wideout Malik Nabers, their best target on offense, coming back from a knee injury that cost him most of last season. They\u2019re also getting back running back Cam Skattebo, who was an exciting part of the offense until a midseason ankle injury. And they\u2019ve added a good amount of veteran talent to improve the defense, including linebacker Tremaine Edmunds and linemen Shelby Harris and DJ Reader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">The Giants also have a new coaching staff, led by John Harbaugh. New York fans are hoping Harbaugh\u2019s strong track record in Baltimore means he\u2019ll turn things around quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">This is all well and good, but of course the biggest reason why the Giants might win their division would be QB Jaxson Dart 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\u2019t expect him to suddenly become a top-10 quarterback, but it\u2019s possible, especially with Nabers back to catch his passes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2025 record: 4-13 Odds of winning division: 11.6% (third in division)Odds of making playoffs: 22% (25th in NFL)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[167478,349,99],"class_list":["post-686892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-new-york-giants-discussion","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}