OL Daniel Faalele to join John Harbaugh’s Giants
The Ravens’ starting right guard for the last two years has followed former head coach John Harbaugh to New York.
CLEVELAND, OHIO - NOVEMBER 16: Head coach John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens walks off the field with Daniel Faalele #77 following the game against the Cleveland Browns at Huntington Bank Field on November 16, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images) | Getty Images Typically, when a two-year starter from the Ravens’ offensive line hits free agency, they are signed immediately, often to a market-level deal. Daniel Faalele received no such treatment.
Despite starting every game at right guard for the past two years, he went unsigned for almost a month into the new league year. The only team willing to take a chance on him was, unsurprisingly, the one now coach by John Harbaugh. The Giants have agreed to a one-year deal with Faalele, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport , likely for a price close to the veteran minimum.
He will likely factor into New York’s starting right guard competition with another jumbo-sized tackle convert, Evan Neal. Ravens fans do not have fond memories of Faalele, to say the least. The fondest is likely his draft night in 2022, when Eric DeCosta used the first of his five(!
) fourth-round picks on the hulking right tackle out of Minnesota. At 6-foot-8 and 384 pounds, Faalele was compared to Eagles left tackle Jordan Mailata as a former rugby player who could develop into an NFL-caliber blocker. That trajectory never materialized.