The New York Giants are still chasing help at running back, but Derrick Henry is not part of the conversation.
According to Adam Schefter, the Ravens have “informed Henry that they have no intention of trading him” to his former coach John Harbaugh and the Giants, or anywhere else. Baltimore’s stance makes sense from its own perspective: the team is not treating this season like a lost cause, and it is not acting like a club ready to move on from the possibility of keeping Lamar Jackson long term.
Peter Schrager added more context on ‘GetUp’, per Pro Football and Sports Network:
“I don’t see it,” said Schrager. “My sense is this, talking to Baltimore’s sources: they have 12 draft picks in the upcoming draft, so draft capital doesn’t really do anything right now.
They also play the Chargers, Panthers, Texans, Bucs the next four weeks. Those are winnable games.
And they just traded for a quarterback; they traded for Cam Jurgens.”
“They’re not already in this selloff, fire sale mode. They are not Tennessee, they are not Indianapolis.
That said, if there are calls about some other players they would probably be listening to some. I’m talking about guys who might’ve put themselves as veterans on the trade market themselves by the way that they’ve been performing in recent weeks.”
That leaves the Giants looking elsewhere, and Schefter’s report pointed to another Baltimore back: Justice Hill. New York asked about his availability, though Hill has spent his entire career with the Ravens after being selected in the fourth round in 2019. Harbaugh knows him well.
Even so, Hill is a puzzling fit on paper. He has never topped 84 carries in a season and has only 301 rushing attempts in seven seasons.
Nothing in his career résumé suggests he offers more than Tyrone Tracy or Devin Singletary. The only obvious case for him would be as a short-term answer if the Giants are worried about the hamstring issues affecting Tracy, who is on IR, and Cam Skattebo, who is doubtful against the Eagles.
Jonathan Taylor remains the bigger name to watch. The Athletic’s Jonathan Jones said the Giants and Vikings are the teams most likely to persuade the Colts to move their star running back, and he reported that Indianapolis has already turned down an offer built around a second- and fifth-round pick.
NFL.com also listed the Giants among the strongest possible landing spots for Taylor, and the logic is easy to follow: a bold move now could help New York protect its division lead into January and give the team a shot at a postseason upset.
There’s also the bigger-picture angle. With the investment the Giants made in Harbaugh, a division title in his first season would be the kind of move that validates the whole setup.
Taylor, in that view, would not just be a rental. The belief is that he could fit into the team’s future for a couple of seasons.
Jones’ note about the Colts rejecting a second- and fifth-rounder also opens the door to a different package. One possibility would be a 2027 second-round pick, a 2028 fifth-round pick, and Tracy. If Taylor comes in and Skattebo is there too, Tracy’s role gets squeezed anyway, so the Giants could try to preserve some draft capital by including him.
The Giants have also been linked to Tampa Bay defensive tackle Vita Vea, but that looks far less likely. Jones noted that Vea signed a one-year, $30 million extension in August after lengthy negotiations, making a trade less probable this soon even with a low base salary in 2026.
There’s also the matter of Tampa Bay’s position in the NFC South. The Buccaneers are only a half-game behind Carolina for the division lead and hold the early tiebreakers over Carolina and Atlanta. A 3-5 record in Tampa carries a very different feel than a 3-5 record in Arizona.
A first-round pick might get Tampa Bay’s attention for Vea, but it’s hard to see another team paying that price for a 31-year-old with one season left on his deal.
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