Jalin Hyatt denies Giants trade request rumor: Somebodys out to get me

As second-year receiver Jalin Hyatt continues to wait for his chance with the Giants, evidence of frustration over his role in the team’s offense dates back to the summer — even before he was held without a reception with only one target in the team’s first two games of the season.Hyatt strongly denied it on Friday — calling it a “fake story” — but a source confirmed an ESPN report that the little-used receiver essentially shouted during a practice in August that the Giants should trade him if they didn’t plan to use him this season.“I didn’t say that.I don’t know where it came from,” Hyatt said after practice in East Rutherford.

“That’s false.I love being here.

[GM] Joe [Schoen] and Dabes [coach Brian Daboll], I got so much respect for them, trading up for me, so whatever that rumor was, it’s not true.“So I feel like it’s a fake story, I feel like somebody’s out to get me or something.I didn’t say anything about not wanting to be here.”Asked about the report of a potential trade request before Friday’s practice, Daboll similarly said that Hyatt “never told me that,” before adding that “Jalin is probably one of the closer guys I am with on this team.”The Giants traded a fourth-round pick to move into the third round to select Hyatt out of Tennessee with the 73rd overall pick in the 2023 draft.He finished his rookie season with 23 catches for 373 yards (16.2 per catch), showing glimpses of an ability to stretch defenses and get downfield, including five receptions for 109 yards in a 10-7 win over the Patriots on Nov.

26.But the team drafted Malik Nabers with the sixth overall pick in the draft, and the 22-year-old Hyatt also has been stuck behind holdovers Darius Slayton and Wan’Dale Robinson during the Giants’ 0-2 start entering Sunday’s road game against the Browns.“[Hyatt] has his role, and personnel — Nabers, Slayton and Wan’Dale — we’ve covered this, they’re the starters,” Daboll said.“H...