New York Giants Could Emerge As Trade Suitor For Brandon Aiyuk

With San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk requesting to be traded, the New York Giants were recently named a potential landing spot for him,

It was an extremely disappointing 2023 season for the New York Giants after surprising the league and making the playoffs in 2022. Between injuries and poor play, the Giants were one of the worst teams in the league last year, and that resulted in them having the sixth overall pick in the draft.

This coming season seems like a very important one for the Giants’ front office and coaching staff. If New York has another bad season, we could certainly see pressure to make some major changes.

With that being said, NFL.com recently named the Giants as a potential destination for Aiyuk.

Here’s what they had to say about the potential of Aiyuk going to the Giants .

Despite having the lowest amount of cap space available of any team on this list ($11.5 million at publishing, per Over The Cap ), the Giants would be wise to explore adding a No. 1 receiver to the lineup. Aiyuk would instantly give Big Blue the kind of versatile playmaker the franchise has been missing since Odell Beckham Jr. and his flamboyant game left New York in the 2019 offseason. Sure, No. 6 overall pick Malik Nabers could ultimately prove to be just that, but Aiyuk has already established himself at the professional level.

The Giants badly need a big-time weapon like Brandon Aiyuk

While the salary cap for the Giants would be a concern, as they would obviously want to get a deal worked out if they traded for Aiyuk, there is no denying that he would make the team better.

The Giants have been very short on weapons in the aerial attack over the last several seasons, and they started to address that issue when they drafted LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers with the sixth overall pick.

However, Nabers is only going to be a rookie in 2024, and likely won’t be ready to be a No.1 receiver right off the bat. Furthermore, he will surely be garnering the attention of opposing defenses with a lack of talent lining up elsewhere.

If the Giants were to land Aiyuk, quarterback Daniel Jones would be playing with a very good duo at wide receiver and would have no excuses about a lack of weapons at wide receiver.

Brandon Aiyuk should be highly sought after via trade. We will have to see what direction the Giants are looking to go this season, as he would certainly be an impact player on the roster if they added him.

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