The Giants fell to 2-8 on the year thanks to another blown fourth-quarter lead. Quarterback Jaxson Dart is in danger of missing Week 11 due to a concussion, and questions continue to linger about the job security of head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen. 
Regardless of what happens the rest of the way, a number of key decisions will need to be made after the season ends. Several veterans represent strong candidates to be released in cost-shedding moves with or without a new regime in place. As Darryl Slater of NJ.com writes, there are at least a few who are locks to be let go this offseason.
Among those is guard Jon Runyan Jr., running back Devin Singletary and kicker Graham Gano. Runyan signed with the Giants in free agency in 2024 after playing out his rookie contract with the Packers. The 28-year-old has served as a starter during his time in New York, but he has not managed to live up to expectations. Runyan is not owed any guaranteed salary for 2026, the final year of his deal. A release would create $9.25MM in cap savings while only generating $2.5MM in dead money.
Singletary spent one season in Houston after his four-year run in Buffalo came to an end. With the Giants in need of a Saquon Barkley replacement, he inked a three-year contract featuring $9.5MM in guarantees. That agreement did not result in an RB1 workload for Singletary with his new team, however. He logged a rotational role during his debut New York campaign before seeing his workload reduced even further in 2025. With Tyrone Tracy and Cam Skattebo each on their rookie deals, cutting Singletary (and saving $5.25MM in the process) would come as little surprise.
Gano has been a consistent contributor when healthy over the course of his Giants tenure, but injuries have been an issue dating back to 2023. The 38-year-old has only played in 23 games across the past three seasons and Slater deems him a “sure thing” to be released. Doing so would yield $4.5MM in savings against a dead money charge of only $1.25MM.
Plenty of other moves will be made ahead of the 2026 campaign, but as Slater notes the Giants are currently projected to be in the bottom half of the league in terms of cap space for next year. The team’s financial outlook will change dramatically if a major roster rest is pursued, but in any case those three cut candidates could very well find themselves on the move relatively soon.
Unless I am reading Spotrac wrong, James Hudson seems like a lock to be released as well. I don’t believe he’s played a snap since the Dallas debacle and a release would be around $5 million in cap savings. Chauncey Golston would get minimal savings but he’s done nothing and will probably be gone. If they can manage to find a taker for Deontae Banks (even for a 7th), they’ll save some more money.
If Schoen is fired as many expect and a new regime takes over, there’s going to be a lot of overhaul on this roster. I actually wouldn’t be surprised if a new regime even releases Bobby Okereke. He’s been solid but nothing special the last two years and releasing him would save another $9 million. Maybe a restructure candidate.
Back Up The Truck…. (Look at the roster.. and who the next GM and Coach are will be far more successful… Back Up The Truck…)
Really? Far more successful than? The bar is pretty low. 500 would be more successful but still not a success in the big picture. There are some younger players to build around but that does not mean the next GM will do it correctly. It happens time and time again sport to sport. Just because someone gets hired to be the GM does not mean they were always the right choice.
The Giants have never bothered with a team mascot or cheerleaders so there’s no option to cut there…perhaps the field maintenance staff could be replaced.
Maybe turn the lights off between plays.
If the new GM doesn’t make all these cuts (and Hudson too!), then Giant fans are in trouble…….again!!!!!