The Giants have a receiver problem, and it’s starting to look like one that won’t be solved by waiting around for next spring’s draft.
New York has five wideouts who are at least 29 years old, and none of them are under contract beyond this season. That alone makes the room feel overdue for a reset. Joe Schoen needs younger legs in there, and he may not have to wait long to find them.
One name worth watching is Browns receiver Cedric Tillman.
Tillman, 26, fits the kind of profile that tends to pop up in preseason trade chatter. He’s in the final year of his rookie deal, and unless he puts together a huge 2026 season, a second contract in Cleveland looks unlikely.
The former Tennessee third-round pick has put together 71 catches for 833 yards and five touchdowns in 38 games. He was taken one pick after the Giants selected his college teammate, Jalin Hyatt, which makes the idea of a deal between these two teams feel almost too neat.
And honestly, swapping the two receivers wouldn’t be a crazy idea. Both franchises have new coaches and new offensive play-callers, so each player has already had one fresh start.
That matters because Hyatt’s standing with the Giants doesn’t look especially strong. The silence around him before and after New York added three veteran receivers in June - with Odell Beckham Jr. the biggest name in that group - said plenty about where he sits in the team’s plans.
Tillman, by contrast, is at least interesting. He has made 19 career starts, 10 of them last season, and he should come relatively cheap.
Before the 2023 draft, NFL Media’s Lance Zierlein saw a player with real upside, calling him a plus-starter because of an “enticing blend of size, skill and toughness.” But the concern he raised then has shown up early in Tillman’s career.
“He has average speed and needs to play with better explosiveness out of his breaks, as NFL windows will become much tighter on the first two levels,” Zierlein wrote.
If the Giants and Browns ever did a one-for-one swap of Hyatt and Tillman, maybe with conditional draft picks attached, it wouldn’t be hard to see the logic. The downside is manageable. At worst, New York would be taking a rental who gives them a few catches and not much more.
And if that’s the case, the Giants would at least be hoping the important pieces around him - especially Darius Slayton and Malik Nabers - stay healthy.
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