Darnell Mooney

Mooney is on a one-year prove-it deal signed with the Giants in March 2026, so there is no multi-year runway if the role doesn't produce — a second trip to free agency looms after this season.

New York's run-leaning play-calling (PROE -5%) caps the overall passing pie behind Malik Nabers, and Mooney sits WR3 on the depth chart with a season-long 16% target share entering the year.

Third-round rookie Malachi Fields adds developing same-position competition; he opens the season behind Mooney (WR4) but is a long-term threat to snaps if his role grows.

Mooney opened 2026 as a stable, full-time WR3 (82% season snap rate, unchanged since Week 1), stepping into the void left by Wan'Dale Robinson's departure with a clearly defined role.

A 14.2 aDOT and 35% deep-target rate give Mooney a weekly boom ceiling even on modest overall volume, and his target share trended sharply up in the final stretch of the prior season (23% in the finale).

As a role-player-profile mover (prior 16% target share) into a vacated slot role, empirical base rates favor a modest floor bump as the offense settles around him rather than the downside typically feared from a team change.