Now that the college all-star week is over, the NFL offseason official transitions over into free agency watch. We’ll take you through all the New York Giants’ positions of need and look at potential targets for fans to keep an eye on in free agency.
We’ll start with the position people have been clamoring for the most: wide receiver.
While this free agent wide receiver class lacks a true top-end talent, there are a number of solid pass-catchers who could be added to the receiving room. The Giants could also be looking to bring back two of their own players in Darius Slayton and Sterling Shepard, along with potentially spending a draft pick or two, to give the Giants a more complete unit. Let’s discuss seven of our favorite options at wide receiver.
Potential Giants Wide Receiver Targets
Jakobi Meyers
If Richie James were to leave in free agency, then the Giants would find themselves in a position to look long and hard at slot receivers this offseason. There are few better than Meyers, which Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen know first-hand from their time in Buffalo.
Meyers returned to New England in 2022 on a restricted free-agent tender and it would follow that the Patriots would try to bring him back yet again. Meyers’ lack of long speed and his 4.63-second 40-yard dash at the combine led him to go undrafted, but he has produced consistently at the NFL level.
Over the past three seasons, he has just a 3.1% drop rate, which is 9th-best among qualifying wide receivers, and his 63.2% contested catch rate is a top-five mark among all wide receivers over the same span. At 6’2″ and 200 pounds, Meyers has also shown that he can line up out wide, playing a third of his snaps there, and that versatility is something Daboll will really know how to make the most out of.
JuJu Smith-Schuster
It’s easy to discredit Smith-Schuster because of his TikTok dances and the way he seemed to lose support in Pittsburgh. However, he signed a one-year deal with…
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