Ranking the Likelihood of NY Giants Making Trades

The 36-year-old (will turn 37 at the end of November) threw for 450 yards and three touchdowns while posting a 73.2 completion percentage in a crushing 40-37 overtime loss versus the Dallas Cowboys in Week 2. 

A porous defense that is currently allowing 29.4 points per game certainly helped, but Wilson had to make one stellar pass after another in that hard-fought NFC East battle.

While he is clearly not a strong starting option at this stage of his career, the 10-time Pro Bowler can fill in if necessary and offer some stability as a backup.

The New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings are among the teams that might benefit from having Wilson on their rosters.  

Joe Schoen should be able to find at least a couple of executives who will make an offer for Wilson. And that is all the Giants can ask for at this point.

2. Jalin Hyatt  

The Giants had high expectations when they traded up for receiver Jalin Hyatt back in 2023, but unfortunately, things haven’t worked out. Hyatt, in fact, was one of the healthy scratches this past weekend, further reinforcing the notion that he doesn’t have a future on this team under this regime.  

The move to deactivate Hyatt, in fact, spoke volumes about how the franchise feels about him, considering they’ve been receiver-needy ever since losing Malik Nabers to a season-ending ACL injury.

Teams such as the Buffalo Bills could be an ideal landing spot for Hyatt. He has speed, and the Bills would undoubtedly love to add a receiver who can slice the top off the defense if the asking price is a seventh-round pick.  

The Chiefs could also make sense as a trade destination, as they value speed. 

3. Evan Neal

When fans reflect on Schoen's tenure as GM to this point, the decision to select Neal with the No. 7 overall pick in 2022 is always a source of great distress. The offensive tackle-turned-guard-turned-weekly healthy scratch has flailed on the Giants for far too long.

If there is any hope of the 2021 consensus All-American evolving into a productive contributor at the NFL level, it will almost certainly not happen with New York. Neal cannot even get on the field right now. 

The Giants appear to just be waiting for his contract to expire in 2026 before officially ending this doomed union.

In the meantime, though, Schoen must do everything in his power to find a team willing to make a Day 3 pick swap for Neal. 

The national champion (with Alabama) possesses impressive size at 6-foot-7, 340 pounds and turned 25 years old in September. He is a reformation project that a team could choose to take on if they are desperate or confident enough.

The chances of that happening, though, are slim, as through their actions, the Giants have told the rest of the league that Evan Neal has little to no value left to them.

A bunch of offers do not usually follow such a bleak message. His struggles to hold his block in pass protection and subpar footwork have made him unplayable on a roster that had plenty of question marks on its offensive line entering the season.

Neal's growth in run-blocking during the 2024 slate will intrigue prospective suitors, but there is substantial evidence suggesting he is not a viable NFL lineman.

I think someone should actually bet on his physical traits and college success, but the idea of that transpiring before the deadline is hard for me to comprehend.

The Giants should keep at it, though, and accept whatever future assets they can get in exchange for Wilson, Hyatt, and Neal. Anything would constitute a victory.