Giants plan to listen to any and all trade calls with NFC East up for grabs

John Harbaugh sounds interested in changing the name of Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit song “Call Me Maybe” to “Call Us Definitely.” The Giants are looking to be aggressive at the trade deadline and are open to hearing from any owner, general manager or head coach with a difference-making player to offer.  Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.“I’ll put it out there: We’re open for any calls,” an exceptionally loose Harbaugh said as the Giants returned from their bye week.

“Anybody that wants to call us, call.There’s a song like that.” Harbaugh confirmed that he left an unreturned voicemail last week for Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk, inquiring about Jeffery Simmons’ availability before he was dealt to the Bears.

It became a big story because standard operating procedure is trade discussions usually occur between general managers. “We’re not part of any secret society oath that says you can only talk to somebody,” Harbaugh said.“We’re not in that.

We didn’t get memoed on that.We’re not in that agreement.

So, anybody can call us.We won’t be adhering to that particular agreement.” The biggest name connected to the Giants is running back Jonathan Taylor, though Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s season-ending injury has raised the question of whether Derrick Henry could become available. Just two weeks ago — before Cam Skattebo’s first career 100-yard game led a balanced attack with four rushing touchdowns against the Texans — Harbaugh said he would love to be in a “Derrick Henry or Saquon Barkley circumstance,” with an elite workhorse rusher. So, do Harbaugh’s ties to Baltimore — where he worked for 18 seasons alongside general manager Eric DeCosta before he was fired — make it easier or trickier to trade with the Ravens? He called owner Steve Bisciotti “a great friend.” “I don’t know the answer to that because I think in ...