We as NY Giants fans are about to enter our third season in the Joe Schoen Era. So far, Schoen has done a great job of taking this team from an absolute laughing stock to a respectable on-field product.
Whether it was through the draft with picks like Kayvon Thobodeaux or Deonte Banks, finding gems in free agency like Bobby Okereke or building through trades with players like Brian Burns, Schoen is working his magic. However, there is no such thing as a perfect general manager. As good as Schoen has been for Big Blue, even he doesn't come without his faults, including these five moves:
5. Signing Parris Campbell
Schoen signed Parris Campbell to a one-year, $4.7 million deal before the 2023 season. What seemed to be a low risk/high reward, team friendly deal somehow turned out to be $4.7 million too much. In his lone year with the Giants, Campbell was terrible to say the least.
Admittedly, it isn't like he was brought in to be the franchise star or anything like that, but he couldn't even live up to being the complementary piece he was supposed to be. Campbell only had 20 catches for 104 yards in 12 games for the Giants.
From the training camp videos, it looked like Campbell was going to be a Mike Wallace-type guy to stretch the field and be the deep threat for Daniel Jones. Unfortunately, the Giants didn't get anywhere close to that from Campbell. For an offense that was stagnant at times, a guy who seemingly only caught the ball on screens was not going to be the answer. Thankfully, Campbell wasn't a big money deal like Kenny Golladay (thanks Dave Gettleman), but Schoen probably wishes he spent that $4.7 million elsewhere.