{
  "id": 15757779,
  "title": "Giants will release Najee Harris",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/giants-will-release-najee-harris",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-20T15:22:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/giants-release-najee-harris-152232099.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The New York Giants have announced they will release running back Najee Harris, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. Harris, a first-round pick from 2021, had limited playing time in five games with one start for the Giants, amassing 31 carries for 99 yards. Following Sunday's loss to the Saints, where he had just four carries for two yards on 11 snaps, Harris expressed frustration over the distribution of touches in the team's ground game. He noted that it's challenging to find a rhythm when receiving only one or two plays at a time, as he explained, \"The first couple runs will be like, 'OK, how are they playing it?' And then the next ones will be, 'OK, this is how you attack it.' But if you're getting a play here and then get taken out for a series, there's nothing you could do.\" The decision to release Harris may be an attempt to facilitate a trade for his one-year, $1.215 million contract. Harris, who suffered an Achilles tendon injury after just three games with the Chargers in 2025, had previously completed four consecutive 1,000-yard seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers.",
  "summary": "On Sunday, Giants running back Najee Harris expressed concern about the distribution of touches in the team's ground game.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}