It won’t be long now until the Giants locker room adopts the popular rallying cry, “We’re all we’ve got.”
After weeks of effort to make a big splash ahead of the NFL trade deadline, the Giants let 4 p.m. Tuesday quietly pass without bolstering a roster that has a three-game lead in the loss column in the NFC East.
The Colts held onto running back Jonathan Taylor amid a fire sale that began two weeks ago with All-Pros Quenton Nelson and DeForest Buckner and continued through Tuesday’s exporting of Keenan Allen. Taylor had been the apple of the Giants’ eye, but the Colts reportedly declined an offer of a second- and fifth-round picks and an unnamed player.
The Giants were steadfast about not subtracting from their limited draft capital for a rental, though there is an argument to be made that surrendering a fifth- or sixth-round pick for a defensive tackle who could help the NFL’s No. 28-ranked rushing defense would have sent a message of belief in the team to the locker room and fan base.
Instead, the Giants are betting that they have enough internally to win the NFC East despite season-ending injuries to Jaxson Dart, Brian Burns, Tremaine Edmunds, Chauncey Golston, Calvin Austin and Braxton Berrios.
The Giants have allowed the first taste of success in the past to speed up their process.
It happened in 2017 when there were internal Super Bowl expectations after an 11-5 season under first-year head coach Ben McAdoo. It happened in 2021 when they signed Kenny Golladay to a monster contract after nearly winning a bad NFC East with a 6-10 record and grossly overestimating their in-house talent. It happened in 2023 — and general manager Joe Schoen admits that breaking from his original vision created about a two-year setback — when they paid Daniel Jones, franchise-tagged Saquon Barkley and traded for Darren Waller to take the next step after winning one playoff game.
So, now the Giants are rolling with Cam Skattebo (due back from injury Thursday), Tyrone Tracy Jr. (out at least three more games) and Devin Singletary in the backfield. And with D.J. Reader, Shelby Harris and a rotation of C.J. Okoye, Bobby Jamison-Travis and Darius Alexander on the defensive line.
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