Someone pinch me so I know I'm not dreaming. Did I just read that Evan Neal was re-signed by the New York Giants on a one-year deal in 2026? You know, the guy who just about everyone and their aunt's neighbor's cat thought was out the door in free agency this offseason because he didn't play a single snap in 2025. The guy the Giants tried moving from offensive tackle to guard just to help him stick in the league. That guy?
I can't be the only one whose mind is blown over this. Did MTV bring back Punk'd? There's just no way they re-signed that guy...
Moving forward!
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I stand corrected.
In arguably the most shocking thing since the Maxx Crosby-Ravens trade fallout (which somehow feels like a lifetime ago), the 2022 seventh overall pick is staying put in North Jersey. The Giants declined his fifth-year option last offseason, so it was logical to assume that after being a healthy scratch all last season, he and the team would both be better off with a change of scenery.
Apparently, scenery is for the birds. Evan Neal is still a Giant.
Giants re-signing Evan Neal is officially the craziest signing of the offseason
Things might have been different under the old regime, but it’s a clean slate for the 25-year-old reclamation project under John Harbaugh now.
Harby believes there's some untapped potential there and is looking forward to working with the 2022 seventh overall pick. Maybe he and his staff are the ones who finally unlock the Alabama standout that's buried deep inside four years of failing in the NFL.
You have to think that New York is planning on keeping him on the inside at guard, especially seeing as though it was reported earlier that the G-Men were out on the mid-tier guard market and that they already brought back right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor. So help me literally anyone and everyone, if Harby's planning to start him at right guard.
Earth-shattering, apocalyptic, cataclysmic, out of this world -- these are just some of the ways I can describe the mental pretzel this deal just put my brain into. What an epic turn of events. Welcome back to the team, I guess.