NFL trade deadline is looming Tuesday<\/a>, and it might be the moment to call time of death on salvaging the careers of the 2023 third-round pick (Hyatt) and 2022 first-round pick (Neal) in New York if another team offers a late-round pick swap.\u00a0<\/p>\nActually, the Giants might have to make a decision sooner than Tuesday. If cornerback Rico Payton is going to be activated from injured reserve Saturday, a spot on the 53-man roster needs to be cleared either via a release, a trade or moving a player to injured reserve for at least four games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hyatt has 11 catches for 79 yards in 21 games over the past two seasons. The Giants used practice-squader Lil\u2019Jordan Humphrey over Hyatt in the past three games and could elevate Ray-Ray McCloud as a starter this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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New York Giants offensive tackle Evan Neal #73, during practice at the New York Giants training facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
Why hasn\u2019t it clicked after Hyatt\u2019s promising rookie season?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s just a number of factors that would be involved,\u201d receivers coach Mike Groh said while declining to specify any. \u201cBut there\u2019s still time for him. The player I\u2019ve seen, the person I\u2019ve been around, he handled [a healthy scratch] like a pro.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Neal, who switched from right tackle to right guard in the offseason, has been a healthy scratch in all eight games so far. He took first-team reps in training camp but fell to third string.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe asked Evan to make the transition. I think he\u2019s embraced it,\u201d offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo said. \u201cI would see him more as a guard. If I asked him to go play right tackle, he\u2019d go play right tackle.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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New York Giants wide receiver Jalin Hyatt (13) runs after catching the ball during practice, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. Noah K. Murray-NY Post<\/p>\n
Hyatt would be owed about $2.1 million through next season by an acquiring team. Perhaps the Giants will learn from their mistake of hanging onto Neal too long, where his trade value is hurt because he is a half-season rental at about $550,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Giants ruled out CB Paulson Adebo (knee), CB Cor\u2019Dale Flott (concussion), CB Art Green (hamstring) and DL Chauncey Golston (neck). TE Daniel Bellinger (neck) and OT Jermaine Eluemunor (pec) are doubtful.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Add in third-string QB Jameis Winston and that could be the inactive list Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eluemunor\u2019s goal has been to start all 17 games this season. If he can\u2019t go, rookie RT Marcus Mbow is next up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
S Jevon Holland (knee) and Payton (groin) are questionable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The secondary is in rough shape.\u00a0<\/p>\n
CB Korie Black, who was on the Jets practice squad Oct. 20, could start.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWork with a bunch of the guys that we have,\u201d head coach Brian Daboll said, \u201cand they all have to be ready to go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
RBs coach Ladell Betts has no doubt how Cam Skattebo will handle his rehab from a dislocated ankle and fractured tibia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLazy is definitely not a word I would use for Skatt,\u201d Betts said. \u201cEvery situation is different. I\u2019ll leave that up to the medical folks, but he\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is the end near for a Giants draft bust?\u00a0 Though the once-benched Deonte Banks has clawed his way…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":347099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[94665,125334,4716,1232,169178,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-347098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-evan-neal","9":"tag-jalin-hyatt","10":"tag-new-york-giants","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-nfl-trade-deadline","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115472400941162242","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}