The Giants released offensive tackle James Hudson on Friday, the team announced. The move created $5.4 million in cap space, with the Giants eating $2.3 million in dead money.
The Giants signed the swing tackle to a two-year, $12 million deal in the 2025 offseason, guaranteeing him $6.01 million.
Hudson, who turns 27 in May, appeared in 11 games with two starts in his only season in New York. He saw action on 85 offensive snaps and 44 on special teams.
He had five penalties last season, with four coming in a start against the Cowboys before the team benched him.
Hudson entered the league as a fourth-round pick of the Browns in 2021 and played his first four seasons in Cleveland. Hudson played 49 games with 17 starts with the Browns.
The Giants are holding onto kick returner and wide receiver Gunner Olszewski.
Olszewski and the Giants reached an agreement today on a one-year deal, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. Olszewski was slated to become a free agent next week.
Last year Olszewski was the Giants’ primary return man, with 24 punt returns for 216 yards and 26 kickoff returns for 682 yards. He also had 10 catches for 145 yards and a touchdown.
Olszewski has also played for the Patriots and Steelers and has earned a reputation as a good special teams contributor and occasional playmaker on offense. New Giants coach John Harbaugh always emphasizes having strong special teams, and Olszewski fits with the kind of team Harbaugh wants to build.
Linebacker Bobby Okereke has gotten a head start on finding his new team.
The Giants officially released Okereke on Wednesday. A report that the move was coming came on Tuesday night and Okereke will be able to sign with another club ahead of the start of the new league year next week if he’s able to come to an agreement that quickly.
Okereke will not factor into the formula for assigning compensatory draft picks related to free agency moves because he was released.
Okereke spent the last three seasons with the Giants and started 46 of the 51 games the team played over that span. He had 385 tackles, 5.5 sacks, four interceptions, seven forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.
The Chiefs have agreed to trade Trent McDuffie to the Rams when the new league year opens next week, but they weren’t the only NFC team pursuing a deal for the cornerback.
Sam McDowell of the Kansas City Star reports that the Giants were also engaged in conversations with the Chiefs about a deal. The Chiefs ultimately decided to move forward with the Rams’ offer of the 29th overall selection and three other picks.
The Giants have the fifth overall pick in April’s draft, but it’s not clear what they were willing to give up in exchange for McDuffie.
With that door now closed, the Giants will have to look elsewhere for help at cornerback. They could trade for another player or they could target McDuffie’s Chiefs teammate Jaylen Watson and others in free agency.
The Giants will be taking the show on the road for the first year of John Harbaugh’s time with the team.
Via Paul Schwartz of the New York Post, the Giants will spend the first two weeks of 2026 training camp at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
The move will happen because of construction at the team’s practice facility and the upcoming World Cup. MetLife Stadium will host the final game, in July.
The Giants last practiced away from their practice facility in 2010.
In 2014, The Greenbrier built a practice facility for the Saints, who spent three training camps there. The Texans practiced there in 2017, 2018, and 2025. The Browns made the trip to West Virginia in 2023 and 2024.
Other teams, including the Cardinals and 49ers, have stayed and worked at The Greenbrier between regular-season road games on the other side of the country from their headquarters.
