As the Giants get closer to training camp, the conversation is starting to widen beyond Jaxson Dart’s development. The bigger question may be how all the moving parts around him fit together, especially on offense, where Matt Nagy, Brian Callahan and Greg Roman will have to find a way to work in sync.
That’s the kind of setup that can either sharpen a team fast or turn into too many voices in one room. Big Blue View’s Chris Pflum dug into that dynamic, and it’s one of the more interesting issues hanging over the Giants right now.
Dart, meanwhile, is walking into a season where plenty of outside observers aren’t giving him much credit. In ESPN’s annual survey of the top 10 players at each position, he didn’t receive a vote among the league executives, coaches and scouts polled. Twenty quarterbacks got at least one vote, and Dart was not among them.
He was left out while quarterbacks like Trevor Lawrence, Baker Mayfield and Daniel Jones picked up outside nods. Every other NFC East quarterback was either ranked, which makes Dart’s omission stand out even more. It may be just noise, but it’s the kind of noise a young quarterback can use.
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On defense, Kayvon Thibodeaux is drawing praise for the way he’s attacking the offseason. He’s being described as not just one of the best workers on the team, but the best. He has been pushing himself hard as he heads into what could be his final season with the Giants.
His effort has clearly stood out. “His play speed and effort has been by far the best of the group this offseason.” Thibodeaux himself says he’s on a mission.
Another name to watch is Tyler Nubin, who is getting attention as a possible breakout player for 2026. The safety has the size and length teams want, but it’s his instincts that make him interesting. His film study and grasp of opposing offenses should help him find the right spaces more quickly.
Nubin said that as a rookie, he was thinking too much, and that slowed him down. Last season didn’t help much either, with the Giants’ defense struggling for consistency and Nubin getting lost in Shane Bowen’s passive scheme. Harbaugh and Wilson are expected to ask more of him and Holland, and they won’t be afraid to move them around.
Malik Nabers also remains a major part of the Giants’ outlook. PFF ranked him 20th among wide receivers heading into the 2026 NFL season, noting that his ACL injury in Week 4 of the 2025 season kept him from getting valuable reps with Dart. Before the injury, he had 271 receiving yards in fewer than four full games after topping 1,200 yards as a rookie.
ESPN’s receiver rankings also included Nabers as an honorable mention. One AFC executive called him “easily a top-10 receiver,” adding, “The knee situation is worrisome, but hopefully he bounces back soon. But he can do everything you need.”
On the defensive side, Brian Burns believes the Giants can make life miserable for opposing offenses with versatility. He said the group has players who all look alike and can rush the passer or drop into coverage, which should create problems for offenses trying to sort it out.
“It’s not going to be simple for an offense to read or understand exactly what we’re doing, and that’s the beauty in defense in my opinion,” Burns said, “And on top of that, you have world-class athletes at our size that can move around and do a lot of different things. I just feel like it’s going to be organized chaos.
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