The New York Giants are known for their offseason moves aging notoriously poorly, whether it be letting Saquon Barkley leave for a division rival or signing players like Kenny Golladay or Nate Solder to lucrative free agent contracts. And as it stands, the 2025 offseason hasn't been any different.
While it stings to see Daniel Jones taking the NFL by storm with the 7-2 Colts, one could make an argument that that wasn't even Big Blue's biggest mistake from this past offseason. In fact, there's a laundry list of them, which is exactly what you'd expect from a regime firmly on the hot seat.
While there have been good decisions from Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen, the bad significantly outweighs the good, which is why it would be no surprise if John Mara fires them after the season. With that being said, these four Giants' offseason decisions have aged like expired milk over time.
4 Giants' offseason moves that are already looking like huge mistakes
Firing Jerome Henderson
Daboll fired longtime Giants' DB's coach Jerome Henderson in January, and that was a decision that has massively flown under the radar. Henderson was one of the G-Men's most important position coaches, so it was no surprise when he was quickly hired to take on the same role with the Colts.
Indianapolis' secondary has struggled, but that's been due to injury to Charvarius Ward. And after the team acquired Sauce Gardner at the trade deadline, Henderson will get to coach the NFL's best cornerback trio in Sauce, Ward, and Kenny Moore.
That's a far cry from Deonte Banks and Cor'Dale Flott.
Signing Chauncey Golston
The G-Men signed former Cowboys pass-rusher Chauncey Golston to a three-year, $19.5 million deal this offseason, and that's crashed and and burned. The Iowa product has only appeared in four games as a Giant and has been sidelined since Week 6 due to a neck injury.
But the issues don't end there. Even when he's been available, he's hardly managed to get on the field due to New York's far superior pass-rushers like Brian Burns and Abdul Carter. Golston has yet to record his first sack as a Giant, and he's been another flop for Shane Bowen's defense.
Drafting Darius Alexander
If you thought Golston was bad, check again. The 2025 third-round pick out of Toledo was expected to be one of the most NFL-ready defensive linemen in college football, but he has yet to make an impact.
He's hardly played as Dexter Lawrence, Rakeem Nunez-Roches, and Roy Robertson-Harris are all ahead of him on the depth chart, but when he plays he sucks. According to Pro Football Focus, Alexander's 29.5 run defense grade is dead last among a whopping 124 qualified defensive tackles.
So much for an instant impact 25-year-old DL.
Spending big on the secondary
I have to save the biggest mistake for last, although some of this might be attributed to the pure ineptitude of Shane Bowen. The Giants signed both Paulson Adebo and Jevon Holland to lucrative three-year deals this offseason, and neither of those contracts has aged well at the midway point.
Holland has at least had good outings, but Adebo has been a straight-up traffic cone. Both of these deals are making it look like the biggest mistake wasn't cleaning house sooner.