The Giants coming up empty in their search for a running back upgrade wasn’t for a lack of effort.
Like any fantasy football manager feeling themselves, the Giants reached out to the Falcons to check in on the availability of star running back Bijan Robinson, according to ESPN.
And like most fantasy managers asking for the stud, Big Blue got a “No,” marking at least their second known rejection, along with the lack of a deal with the Colts for fellow star running back Jonathan Taylor.
The NFC East-leading Giants tried hard to improve their roster for the playoff push before Tuesday’s deadline and particularly wanted to improve their backfield.
Robinson is a top-two back in the NFL, a rare team-outlook-changing talent, and as the old saying goes, you don’t know unless you ask.
Despite their poor season, the Falcons likely had no reason to trade him after signing him to a long-term deal this offseason unless the Giants blew them away.
It’s unknown whether talks got to the offers stage, like the Giants did with the Colts before the sides could not come to terms.
The Giants drew a hard line in the sand in negotiations with the Colts, offering a 2027 second-round pick and 2028 fifth-round selection but not budging to a first.
Despite the lack of a first-round pick in 2027, the Colts decided to stand pat and keep Taylor into the offseason and potentially re-engage teams in trade talks then.
The Giants will now have to continue to rely on Cam Skattebo and Devin Singletary to lead their backfield with a critical home clash against the Commanders on Thursday on tap.
“You could just as well make the case that you’re showing belief in your guys that you can do something by keeping all the guys you got,” Giants coach John Harbaugh said.
“We love our guys and we feel like we have everything we need to go accomplish everything we want to accomplish. Now we just got to go do it.”
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