Giants Eye Brandon Allen Reunion for QB3 Depth Role
New York could bring back the 34-year-old veteran despite a rough preseason: 26-of-38, zero TDs and two picks across three games.
A pure QB3 signing with no standalone fantasy value.
- Allen: 26-of-38, 0 TD, 2 INT this preseason
- Career: 19 games, 10 starts, 56.7% completions
- 1,882 career pass yards, 11 TD, 9 INT
- Spent 5 of last 6 seasons with coach Brian Callahan
- Backed up Cam Ward in Tennessee last season
The Giants may be running it back with a familiar face. NFL Media's Mike Garafolo reports New York could re-sign veteran quarterback Brandon Allen, 34, to fill out the depth chart behind their current room. It's a reunion built on comfort more than upside.
The comfort part matters: Allen has spent five of the past six seasons attached to Giants quarterbacks coach Brian Callahan, so the playbook won't be a mystery. The résumé, though, is thin. Over his career he's appeared in 19 games with 10 starts, completing 56.7 percent of his throws for 1,882 yards, 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions — with at least one start apiece for the Broncos, Bengals and 49ers.
Last season Allen backed up rookie Cam Ward in Tennessee, and his most recent audition didn't inspire confidence. Across three preseason games he went 26-of-38 for 224 yards with no touchdowns and two picks. That's the kind of stat line that gets you a phone call for a QB3 job, not a starting gig.
What This Actually Means
This is a depth signing, plain and simple. Allen isn't threatening anyone's snaps in a healthy quarterback room — he's insurance, the guy who knows the offense cold and can run a scout team without needing a crash course. His lone 2025 appearance produced 72 passing yards, zero touchdowns and one interception, good for exactly 1 PPR point.
For context on the arc here, Ward — the guy Allen backed up — finished his rookie 2025 season as our QB22 with 201 PPR points across 17 games, throwing for 3,169 yards, 15 touchdowns and seven picks while adding 159 rushing yards and two scores. Allen was never in that conversation, and a return to New York doesn't change that math.
The Fantasy Fallout
There's nothing to do here. Allen is a WATCH at best — a name to file away only if the Giants suffer a genuine injury crisis at the position, and even then he's a stopgap, not a streamer. Leave him on the wire, don't burn a roster spot, and move on to a quarterback who might actually see the field.
