The New York Giants did not make a flashy NFL trade deadline move to acquire much-needed wide receiver help, with GM Joe Schoen preferring to horde his assets for potential future wheeling and dealing. The Giants did make what they hope will be an incremental wide receiver upgrade, claiming Isaiah Hodgins via waivers from the Buffalo Bills.
That typifies how the Giants have worked the roster since Schoen became general manager in January. They have operated on what might be referred to as a shoestring budget, searching for low-cost, under-the-radar veteran players who could help get them through 2022 while neither hamstringing their budget short-term nor compromising their desire to hang on to assets they want to use for the long term.