Darius Slaytons first goal is winning not Giants record book

Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.The list of names Darius Slayton is expected to bump down the Giants’ all-time record book this season includes former teammates, mentors and long-retired fan favorites.The journey upward could start in Week 1 because Slayton needs just 44 receiving yards — one moon ball from Russell Wilson — to surpass two-time Super Bowl winner Lionel Manuel.Next comes Sterling Shepard.

And, if he flirts with 800 yards like usual, Slayton will jump over Jeremy Shockey, Victor Cruz, Ike Hilliard, Hakeem Nicks and others by season’s end to move from No.18 to No.

9, with a legit path to No.2 behind Amani Toomer by the end of his new three-year contract.“I have profound respect for all the names you just said — all the guys who were good players here before me,” Slayton, a 2019 fifth-round draft pick, said after Tuesday’s walk-through.

“But somebody like Hakeem Nicks, Amani Toomer, Mario Manningham, Plaxico Burress — those types of guys — the envy I have for them is the fact that they won at the highest level.I’d much rather catch them in Super Bowl rings than I would in yardage.”Slayton, 28, quietly bypassed Burress and Ring of Honor member Mark Bavaro late last season in what looked like his final games as a Giant.

Then he surprisingly re-signed in free agency for the second time and now it isn’t crazy to think of him as a one-uniform legacy player.“Ultimately, while it would be nice to be able to pass up people who were such good football players, that’s not really my focus,” Slayton said.“Even if I had the NFL record for yards through seven years in the NFL, it wouldn’t change the fact of the games we’ve not been able to win in my time here.

That’s my primary focus.”Slayton’s 3,897 career receiving yards — the seventh most in a draft class that includes fellow non-first-rounders and NFC East rivals A.J.Brown, Terry Mc...