Giants Elevate Jake Haener, Trace Ford for Cardinals Game
Haener and Ford were elevated from the practice squad for Sunday's game. Harbaugh has not named Jameis Winston's backup since the J.J. McCarthy trade.
Haener and Ford were elevated from the practice squad for Sunday's game. Harbaugh has not named Jameis Winston's backup since the J.J. McCarthy trade.
The Giants host Arizona as 2½-point underdogs with no red-zone touchdowns in four trips under Jameis Winston. How to watch, the line, injuries, weather and keys to the game.
No Giant carries a game designation for Sunday's game against Arizona. Andrew Thomas returned as a limited participant, and Banks and Nubin practiced fully.
Three games back from a torn ACL, Malik Nabers' snaps, targets and long catches are down. His yards after the catch are near his early-2025 rate, a 16-catch sample, but below 2024.
Andrew Thomas and Tyrone Tracy Jr. missed Giants practice Wednesday. Coach John Harbaugh said he thinks Thomas will be fine and called Tracy day-to-day.
J.J. McCarthy threw an interception on 4.9% of his 2025 passes, the highest rate among 33 NFL qualifiers, then had a 100.4 passer rating in his last four starts.
Arizona is 1-2 and allows 8.4 net yards per pass attempt. The Giants' pass rush, last in pressure rate, faces Jacoby Brissett's quick release without Brian Burns.
The Giants' 12-7 win over the Titans was their first without a touchdown since 2013. Since 2022, NFL teams without one are 17-140 and rarely win unless the opponent scores 10 or fewer.
What the J.J. McCarthy trade would cost the Giants through 2027, where the contract databases disagree, and where the roster, practice squad and 2027 picks stand.
Jameis Winston starts Sunday and J.J. McCarthy will be the No. 2 or No. 3 QB, coach John Harbaugh said Monday. Brian Burns will have surgery on his torn ACL.
The Giants beat Tennessee 12-7 with no touchdowns in two red-zone trips, and their defense had no sacks. Snap counts show a heavier run package and who took the edge snaps after Brian Burns left.
The Giants acquired QB J.J. McCarthy from Minnesota for a 2027 fifth-round pick, pending a physical, and waived QB Jake Haener on Monday.
Dominic Zvada kicked four field goals and Jevón Holland intercepted Cam Ward in the end zone late as the Giants beat the Titans 12-7 to move to 2-1.
The Giants want to add one or two quarterbacks as soon as Monday, Fox Sports' Jay Glazer reported. He named Justin Fields and free agent Jimmy Garoppolo as options.
Deonte Banks and Tyler Nubin are inactive for the Giants against the Titans. Brian Burns is active, and Jake Haener is the backup quarterback.
Garoppolo, Minshew, McCarthy, Mac Jones and Fields are on the Giants' list of possible quarterback additions, ESPN reported. Garoppolo is the only free agent of the five.
Jameis Winston makes his first start of the season as the Giants host Tennessee, with rain and gusts as high as 47 mph in the forecast. How to watch, injuries, the quarterbacks and keys to the game.
The Giants signed QB Jake Haener to the 53-man roster and elevated Braxton Berrios and Malik Harrison for Sunday's game vs. Tennessee, reversing an earlier prediction from The Athletic's Dan Duggan.
Days after Jaxson Dart's knee surgery, the Giants have said nothing about how it went. Duggan of The Athletic says he hasn't heard of complications and calls a four-month timeline overblown.
The Titans are 0-2 with Brian Daboll calling plays for the NFL's lowest-possession offense and five former Giants on the roster. A position-by-position look at what the Giants face Sunday.
The Athletic's Dan Duggan reports the Giants must fill a roster spot Saturday and expects Haener, not Berrios or Harrison, to be left off — a signal a new backup QB is coming soon.
Braxton Berrios says the Giants quietly had him as their fallback QB plan if Winston went down vs. the Rams, adding new detail to GiantsGator's own emergency-QB reporting from that night.
Resale prices for Sunday's Titans-Giants game have fallen as low as $17, with outlets citing the nor'easter, the winless Titans and the Giants' QB change since Jaxson Dart's injury as reasons.
NFL Network's Tom Pelissero: the Giants view adding a QB as 'when, not if,' possibly by Monday, with Schoen working trade calls since Dart's season-ending injury.
A nor'easter with 40 mph gusts and 90% rain chance is forecast for Sunday's Giants-Titans kickoff, arriving as Jameis Winston makes his first start.
Harbaugh said the Giants are "in the process" of adding a quarterback and confirmed practice-squad QB Jake Haener will back up Jameis Winston Sunday against the Titans.
Giants OC Matt Nagy detailed specific in-game adjustments for Jameis Winston at quarterback -- cutting pre-snap motion and rebuilding the game plan around his arm instead of Jaxson Dart's legs.
SNY and ESPN reported Friday that Jaxson Dart's season-ending knee surgery is happening that day, with an expected recovery of four to six months.
Next Gen Stats show Winston threw deeper and into tighter coverage than Dart did as starter, but missed his expected completion rate by 11.5 points, the widest gap on the Giants roster this season.
Harbaugh confirmed the Giants plan to add a quarterback, didn't rule out a trade, and left open a possible Dart return in the playoffs depending on recovery.
Harbaugh told giants.com that Jameis Winston will start the rest of the season for the injured Jaxson Dart, calling the offensive adjustment a 'lane change.'
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo reported Wednesday that Jaxson Dart's season is over and he will have knee surgery. His ACL is intact.
The Giants scored six points on nine drives after Jaxson Dart's knee injury. Jameis Winston went 11 of 27 with an interception, and the Giants were 3 of 14 on third down.
ESPN's Adam Schefter and NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo reported Tuesday that Jaxson Dart's knee injury is worse than believed and could require season-ending surgery.
Harbaugh said Jaxson Dart's knee injury is "in the neighborhood" of a sprained MCL. NFL Network's Rapoport and Garafolo reported X-rays were negative; the MRI is still pending.
The Giants have no eligible emergency QB behind Jameis Winston after Jaxson Dart's knee injury Monday night. Practice-squad QB Jake Haener cannot be elevated under NFL roster rules.
Jaxson Dart left Monday night's game at the Rams with a left knee injury and is questionable to return. Jameis Winston is now at QB for the Giants.