• Joe Judge talks up Markus Golden after Giants use rare tactic

    Joe Judge talks up Markus Golden after Giants use rare tactic

    It sure sounds as if new head coach Joe Judge is extremely interested in having Markus Golden as a member of his first Giants roster. The Giants on Monday put the rare unrestricted free agent tender on Golden, meaning if he is not signed by another team by July 22, he’ll play for the Giants …
  • Giants place UFA tender on Marcus Golden in unusual move

    Giants place UFA tender on Marcus Golden in unusual move

    Perhaps Markus Golden will return to the Giants, after all. In an unusual move, the Giants are using the seldom-seen unrestricted free agent tender — or “May 5 tender’’ — on Golden, the outside linebacker who led them in sacks last season. Golden remains on the open market but if he is still unsigned past …
  • NFL considering major schedule changes to 2020 season

    NFL considering major schedule changes to 2020 season

    The NFL might be ready to admit this coming season could be as unprecedented as the virtual draft that concluded Saturday. Schedule-makers are in the process of designing several versions of the 2020 slate, some of which include a Super Bowl on Feb. 28, the regular season starting as late as Thursday, Oct. 15 and …
  • Giants signing undrafted running back Javon Leake as big-play threat

    Giants signing undrafted running back Javon Leake as big-play threat

    Speed and production always open eyes and, sometimes, open doors. That is what Javon Leake is hoping to do with the Giants. The former Maryland running back did not get taken in the NFL draft and he was one of 15 players the Giants agreed to terms with during the hectic undrafted free agent frenzy. …
  • John Mara all in on Giants plan: ‘We better be a better team’

    John Mara all in on Giants plan: ‘We better be a better team’

    John Mara is pleased with how Dave Gettleman and Joe Judge conducted the 2020 Virtual NFL Draft together and addressed the offensive line, and can now see Blue skies up above. “I do believe that we’re on the right path,” the Giants co-owner told The Post on Sunday night. “But I’m sure our fans are …
  • Dave Gettleman delivered in his make-or-break Giants moment

    Dave Gettleman delivered in his make-or-break Giants moment

    He has been lambasted, harpooned and nearly fired along with Pat Shurmur. He was no longer Dave Gettleman, he was Embattled Dave Gettleman, a 69-year-old cancer survivor in the midst of a pandemic facing a make-or-break NFL draft that would define his future and the franchise’s as well. Go ahead and call him The Comeback …
  • Giants’ pick Cam Brown already has Cowboys hatred in his blood

    Giants’ pick Cam Brown already has Cowboys hatred in his blood

    Cam Brown was ahead of his time. The new Giants draft pick won’t have to get used to not liking the Cowboys, as his Twitter account shows he is already well-versed in his hatred toward Big Blue’s NFC East rival. “Cowboys are forever some ass,” Brown tweeted on Nov. 28, 2013. The tweet lines up …
  • Giants signing undrafted receivers Binjimen Victor, Austin Mack, Derrick Dillon

    Giants signing undrafted receivers Binjimen Victor, Austin Mack, Derrick Dillon

    The Giants went through the entire NFL Draft, three days and nights, having the No. 4 pick in the entire draft — and, way down at 255, the very last pick — and did not take anyone tasked with carrying or catching the football. Not one wide receiver, running back or tight end. This says …
  • Giants’ Dave Gettleman boosted offensive line in 2020 NFL Draft

    Giants’ Dave Gettleman boosted offensive line in 2020 NFL Draft

    The phrase has an edge to it and often sounds foreboding, or a warning: “Once and for all.’’ For Dave Gettleman, it is a vow. That is what the Giants’ general manager said after the second day of the 2020 NFL Draft, promising to “fix the offensive line, once and for all.’’ This was after …
  • Giants make Tae Crowder Mr. Irrelevant with No. 255 pick in NFL Draft 2020

    Giants make Tae Crowder Mr. Irrelevant with No. 255 pick in NFL Draft 2020

    The Giants’ draft began with a run of offensive linemen and ended with a series of linebackers. General manager Dave Gettleman made sure to address these positions of need. He used four of his last five picks on linebackers, finishing up with Georgia’s Tae Crowder, Mr. Irrelevant as the last pick of the seventh and …