The Giants poured $195 million into the offseason, but the one issue that could still burn them is the same one that has haunted them for far too long: the secondary.
That’s the uncomfortable backdrop as New York opens against Dallas on Sunday Night Football. The Giants made their big swing by hiring Super Bowl-winning head coach John Harbaugh and then backing him with the sixth-most spending of any team this offseason, according to OverTheCap. But even with that aggressive push, questions at cornerback haven’t gone away.
Michael Haney of GMEN HQ, FanSided’s Giants site, didn’t mince words about the group.
"Even after a couple of key additions, the Giants' cornerback room is still one of the worst position groups on the team," Haney wrote. "New York hasn't been able to put together a competent secondary in far too long."
Paulson Adebo is set as CB1 after signing a three-year, $54 million deal in March 2025, but he arrives with plenty of baggage. He missed five games last season and has not played a full season since his rookie year in 2021. And when he was on the field, the production didn’t match the paycheck: Adebo ranked 76th out of 114 qualified cornerbacks with a 57.8 coverage grade from Pro Football Focus, while allowing a 66.7 percent completion rate and a 92.0 passer rating when targeted.
The bigger concern might be the spot across from him. Greg Newsome II, rookie second-round pick Colton Hood, and former first-round pick Deonte Banks are battling for the CB2 job, and that uncertainty is hard to ignore.
Hood, whom the Cowboys were linked to throughout the pre-draft process, brings just one season of real relevance after transferring from Colorado to Tennessee. Rookie corners already face a steep learning curve, and that’s before you factor in the pressure of opening against Dak Prescott.
Cowboys fans got a taste of that rookie reality with Shavon Revel. His knee setback complicated the transition, but he still looked well short of the first-round talent many saw before the injury.
Newsome’s path also doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. He was traded from Cleveland to Jacksonville last October, and the Browns moving on from a former first-round pick in a contract year before the Jaguars let him walk a few months later is not the kind of resume that settles nerves.
The Giants do have a pass rush capable of making life difficult. But if it doesn’t get home, Prescott could carve up this secondary. And given how thoroughly he has owned the Giants, that possibility makes New York’s cornerback situation feel even more frustrating after such a massive spending spree.
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