Add The New York Post on Google Terrion Arnold finished his visit to the Giants without signing.
But the door is open to Arnold. And sooner than anyone who expected the Giants — and other NFL teams — to wait for a resolution on the free agent cornerback’s felony kidnapping and robbery charges before adding him.
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“We want to be aggressive in every way, find everything out we can about any situation or player that can help us be better,” head coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday after meeting with Arnold at the facility. “The margins are tight in the NFL when you try to win a game. We’re looking for players that can help us all the time. He’s a player that can help us.”
The Giants rebuffed some offseason free agent interest from receiver Stefon Diggs, who was found not guilty of felony strangulation and misdemeanor assault and battery charges stemming from an incident with his former private chef.
But Arnold, 23, is younger, cheaper, and his charges do not involve violence against a woman but rather accusations of orchestrating the kidnapping and beating of three men whom prosecutors believe he wrongly suspected of stealing $100,000 in cash, luxury watches and bags from him. Arnold, who is facing a life sentence if convicted, denies involvement.
Terrion Arnold of the Detroit Lions stands on the sidelines during the national anthem prior to a game against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field on December 5, 2024. Getty Images The Lions released Arnold, a 2024 first-round pick who was a struggling starter, after he was charged. Other teams, including the Jets, have brought him in for a visit.
“The legal process could take years and then his career is gone,” Harbaugh said. “You have to decide, where does the legal process stand. What are you really talking about here? You have to make a judgment along those lines.”
Giants head coach John Harbaugh speaks to the media after practice on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, at the New York Giants training facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Harbaugh said the front office is in charge of doing homework in these situations. He trusts them to “do a great job.”
“That’s something that the organization has studied very deeply,” Harbaugh said. “I have an overview of it. If there is a decision to be made on any player that, ‘You don’t want to go there with a player,’ then this organization won’t go there. It’s more than what you just read in the papers, though.”
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The Giants cut their 2019 first-round cornerback DeAndre Baker after he was arrested and charged with armed robbery in 2020. Baker got a second chance with the Chiefs after the charge was dismissed.
If he signs, the NFL could put Arnold on the commissioner’s exempt list (cannot play) before the legal process plays out.
“You try to do the best you can to anticipate what that might be and see if it’s worth it,” Harbaugh said. “There’s risk-reward.”
