Many media-generated trade proposals are pie-in-the-sky nonsense. ESPN’s Bill Barnwell, though, has proposed two trades that make sense for the New York Giants, getting the team a wide receiver, removing a couple of players the Giants don’t have a real use for, and adding some 2026 draft capital.
Wide receiver help
Barnwell’s proposal:
Giants get: WR Jakobi Meyers, 2026 fourth-round pick, cash considerations Raiders get: CB Deonte Banks, 2026 fifth-round pick
Barnwell says:
Meyers has been quiet for the Raiders this season. After a 98-yard day for Las Vegas in the opening-week win over the Patriots, Meyers has averaged just 46 yards per game since. The 28-year-old is in the final year of his three-year, $33 million deal, and while Meyers requested a trade in camp, the Raiders declined