August 26, 2025 • 24 mins
On this episode of the Giants Huddle podcast, John Schmeelk and Paul Dottino react to the Giants’ 53-man roster and break down each position group.
:00 - Offensive line
3:28 - Quarterbacks
4:47 - Running backs
6:05 - Tight ends
8:15 - Wide receivers
12:40 - Specialists
13:25 - Defensive line
16:32 - Edge players
17:33 - Inside linebackers
19:00 - Cornerbacks
20:45 - Safeties
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Special Roster Deadline Day. The Giants have announced their initial
fifty three man roster. We'll cover it all of you
right here in the Hackensack Marine Health Podcast Studio, Keep
getting better to do it. Joining me is Paul Detino
I of course John spok At Paul. We have the
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initial fifty three man roster. The odds this is the
same fifty three men that'll be on this roster when
the Giants suit up in Week one is probably not
super high, to be totally honest with you, and that's
just the way the NFL works. But we know what
the initial fifty three is. Twenty six offensive players, twenty
four defensive players, and three specials.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Yeah, and of course there's a new rule that was
put in place last year that allows you to put
two guys on injured reserve designated to return before the
fifty three So little plug for the.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Big Blue kick off Live Show.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
When I was on with Matt Sidetek earlier today, we
talked about the fact that it's almost the pseudo fifty
five man roster instead of fifty three because you do
have the ability to protect those extra two guys.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
And those guys have to be on injured reserve for
a minimum of four games correct to come back. So
the Giants did utilize that. Josh A Zudu was the
player that they decided to designate for a turn on
injured reserve. You missed that final preseason game, never really
disclosed what that injury was. No, but he'll be is
the first four games of the season, and I guess
we could start there, Paul, just because that was the
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first piece of news we brought up. The Giants keeping
ten offensive linemen. A Zudo would be number eleven, But
again he is not on that initial fifty three because
he got placed on injured reserve with the ability to
return after four games. So the offensive lineman that made it.
You have your starting five. You have Andrew Thomas, you
have Greg Van Roten, you have John Runyan, you have
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John Michael Schmich Schmid's pardon may and you have Jermaine
so those are your starting five s Andrew Thomas is
healthy in week one, then you have James Hudson Marcus
Bow as your nominal backup tackles. You've Austin Schlatman as
your nominal backup center, and then your two guards are
(02:16):
Evan Neil and Aaron Stinney. These are the guys that
we had on there when we did our predictions. Neither
one of us had shotman on there. That was a surprise.
But I understand the desire to have a straight up
backup center on your roster. So if something happens to
John Michael Schmidt's knocking on wood, you don't have to
move in and ronover and bring in another guard. Then
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you're changing two spots to fix one.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
You know, usually, John Well, I should say, very often
teams will go with nine offensive linemen. And that's why
when we look at the ten number, we're like, wow,
you know that's a little bit high.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
And eleven with a zudu if you can't.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Him exactly so, but I do understand you're right to me,
I probably would have understood if they decided that Van
Roten would be the backup center and that if anything
did happen, to JMS.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
They would have a guy who I.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Believe could do the job at a competent level, which,
by the way, that still might be what they do
if that injury happens.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
You never know. But but Slotman winds up staying.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Because that is his usual occupation. He is a center
by trade. Clearly they felt more comfortable with that.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Now.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
I wonder if part of that equation, okay, is that
they figure, well, you know what, if JMS were to
go down, isn't it easier to just plug in one
spot instead of after upsetting two spots?
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Yeah, all right, let's stay on offense. Let's go to
the quarterback position, Paul. They keep Russell Wilson, Jamis Winston,
and Jackson Dart. Not really a surprise there. It's always
very difficult to keep four quarterbacks. Even the Browns, who
were theorized they could be a team that could do that,
they end up trading Kenny Pickett. They only kept three.
Giants keep three as well. Who knows what's gonna happen
if the Giants want to or able to get Tommy
(04:00):
DeVito back on the practice squad. But we'll see if
he clears waivers.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Right, Because again anytime you sign someone of the practice squad,
they got to be willing to sign their signitude of
the paper. And we don't know what kind of future
Tommy DeVito is thinking for himself. Maybe he decides that
you know, he wants a fresh start too. You just
don't know the answer.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
To that, absolutely not. And we'll see how the Again,
this is not a depth chart, folks. I'm just listing
players and random orders here, so let's just keep that
in mind as well. And again, usually around thirty to
thirty five players get claimed on waivers each year, so
we'll see if the Giants claim anyone themselves, or if
any of the Giants players that they like, okay, claimed
by another team. And those players, by the way, within
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that you know early years of service time, if they
get claimed, they have to go another team. Right now,
it's under four years, right, So if you're on your
rookie contract pretty much correct, you're gonna have to go
to the team that claims you. If your past four years,
you can choose to sign wherever you want as a
street free agent after your let go, Just so fans
understand what the process is there, all right, Running back position, Paul,
this is they were. Both of us were a little
(05:01):
bit wrong when we did our predictions on Monday. I
know that I let you convince me because we were
having this debate about this for weeks, and I finally
let you convince me, Well, I'm.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
In and now takey. Barbara felt the same way post
game show.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Both of you managed to convince stuck to my initial
guns and my gut feeling that the Giants would not
keep four running backs, and they did not. They decided
to let go of Turbo Miller, but they do hold
on to Devin Singletary, Tyrone Checy and Camp Scataboo. Look,
I think these are three running backs that the Giants
would have confidence in putting on the field in any
situation at this point. But I do think not keeping
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the fourth shows they do have a level of confidence
in Camp Scataboo being healthy, part as someone that missed
a lot of camp with the leg injury, only played
in one preseason game for two series. But the fact
that they're not keeping a fourth tells me they feel
pretty good about his health heading into the regular season.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Well, I think the real real lynchpin to that whole
thing about Scataboo was that he did get some carries
in the past week's game against the Patriots. Had that
not happened, it would have been logical for them to
have some doubts. But the fact that he was able
to get those carries, and obviously he must have come
out of it healthy, otherwise they might have had trepidation.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Now this is where you get the extra offensive player
that I think we're all a little surprised by. So
the Giants keep six wide receivers, one more than I
would consider the standard which is five generally around the league.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Five.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
And they keep four tight ends, which is one more
than the standard three. Also, let's go tight end first.
Daniel Bellinger, Thomas Faddoni, Theo Johnson, Chris Manherts. The three
guys that we expected to be on the veterans that
have been here for a while. They're on. Theo Johnson
veterans second year player, I know, but he's a young veteran.
He's been sure. And then Thomas Faddoni the second. Obviously
they did not want to potentially lose him as a
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waiver claim as a guy that my guess is out
on a lot of game days, probably will not get
a jersey as the fourth tight end. But he's someone
with a lot of talent, a lot of upside, the
hope down they can develop without a lot of pressure
to play right away with those three veterans ahead of him.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Well, I think anybody who was at training camp or
even the offseason program would agree that he showed much
better off than a seventh round draft choice could possibly
be expected to show. He definitely had some really really
sharp flashes. Then in the preseason games. I forget exactly
(07:26):
how many targets he had, John, but I know this,
he didn't have any drops. I mean virtually everything that
was thrown at him.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
He made a plan. He made a plan, and he
showed off his length a lot of the times we
told out of that when he got drafted, thirty four
inch arms, how many times did he go up and
get balls that were off target?
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Look, I appreciate the fact that early on, you know,
you would liked him even going into the draft process.
Had had injuries early in his career at Nebraska, but
a guy who clearly does have a really nice toolbox,
he did show that when he was here. I think
the thing for me that made it very interesting is
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that when you're looking at the number of tight ends
you're gonna keep. Now you got to shave something off
another position, and that can be really difficult to do.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Hoddle up, get in here.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
If you're lined up here, you gotta go over the
middle with at the score great.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
How do we make that happen?
Speaker 4 (08:18):
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Speaker 1 (08:25):
Well, especially when you also keep six wide receivers I know,
which was a little bit surprising. So the non surprises
obviously Malik Neighbors he made it, Darius Slayton, Wondel Robinson,
Jaylen Hyatt Gunner, Ossechewsky won the kick returner battle. We'll
talk about that, but first let's talk about the sixth
wide receiver that made it onto the roster, Paul, and
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that's Bo Collins, who I know the coaching staff was
a big fan of. He had a very productive spring.
He missed some time in the summer with an injury,
but when he was on the field, he was also productive.
He caught that nice deep pass in the preseason from
Russell also on the deep post. He's tall, he's long,
he's got a little bit of speed, He's not like
a four to three guy, but he's I think he
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was a high four to four guys when he got
time down in the forty yard dash, so he can
run a little bit. And I the Giants for them
to keep him, Paul, they must like him enough where
they're like, we cannot risk losing him if we decide
not to put him onto the fifty three. So I
think it shows their appreciation for the player and what
they think he can develop into, who I now think
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is in a similar position to Fidoni, where you're not
gonna rely on him right away. There's a good chance
or in the year. He's probably not gonna get a
jersey on game days either, depending on the health of
the rest of the position. But he did play some
special teams yea three season, but he wasn't in there
a ton. He wasn't a core guy.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
He did enough to show his willingness to do so,
which is a big deal.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Correct, But again, I think they got in a guy
at the back end of one of these rooms that
they see as a developmental player that they think, if
they keep working with, can become something down the road.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Well, I think any time that an offensive coordinator can
get his hands on a big bodied, long receiver that
has really good hands, He's going to smile. And so
I do understand the attraction and coming out of Notre Dame,
big time program, and I get this little Tom Coughlin
voice in the back of my head every time I
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think about wide receivers who are not afraid to get physical.
Tom used to say all the time, and this is
going back when he was receivers coach under Bill Parcells.
He would say, my receivers, you better be able to block,
and if you don't block, I'm telling the head coach
not to put you in Well both Collins is not
afraid to block.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Remember Notre Dame. He was also with Clemson before then,
another ragtime program where he was a starting wide receiver.
Never really got with a really top quarterback in his timing, No,
not really. His numbers were a little depressed. Yeah, and
two teams that like to run the ball and Clemson
a Notre Dame as well as how they play, so
something to keep in mind. The other interesting as I
mentioned at the wide receiver position, we had this debate
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who the Giants to keep his kick returner, and we
talked about Brian dables, the importance of having a player
that was going to protect the football and not make
mistakes catching it or fumbling, a guy that will maintain
possession for you. And we figure, look, if that's the case,
the two guys we would talk about as Amer Smith
Marsett and goneral Chef's.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Well, they checked both boxes.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Two veterans that have done it before and have shown
they can be relied on. Goneralski, even though he was
a late ad in the summer, after training camp had
already started, they decided to go with him over Amir
Smith Marsett.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
You know, John, two different body types. Smith Marsett, if
he's going to play receiver, is going to be a
boundary if Ooshevsky's going to be a receiver at all,
if they use him in that fashion, which, by the way,
he was pretty effective over the summer as he was.
And that's the point that I'm really going to make here,
is that Oshewsky was really good during training camp.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Caught everything.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
I don't remember him allowing a ball to hit the
ground on a drop once. He dropped a couple diving catches,
but that's it. Yeah, But I'm talking about where I
would credit him with a drop.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Okay, there are a couple of plays he didn't make,
but no, no drops.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
And he has the versatility of being able to play
slot because he's more demutative. Yep, he's your typical slot
body type, which allows him to then have more versatility
as a pure receiver than Smith morset who, in my
mind is strictly a boundary receiver. I don't know how
much that weighed into the deal here, because what we
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know is that Oshewsky was more of a punt returner
and Smith Morsett was more of a kickoff returner.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Now, Olszewski does have over forty career kick returns, he
just hadn't not a here yet correct.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
So again, I don't know how they really dissected this.
I don't think the Giants could have lost with either guy,
to be honest.
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Slash Giants three specialists, not surprisingly Graham Geto, Casey Crider,
Jamie Gillen. So that gets you to twenty nine players.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
And I think it's worth mentioning here that Graham Gano,
who had had some injuries in each of the previous
two seasons, came into camp in great shape, kicked extremely well.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
In now three fifty yarders in the first per season game.
They were so happy and then they're like, all, you
don't need to kick anymore. You're good.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Exactly.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
He proved that right now for the time is still
in his rearview mirror, and that's why he's still on
his team.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Absolutely. So that means twenty four defensive players. Let's start
the defensive line, and I'm gonna include Chauncey Golston in
this group, yes, as somebody that will play the edge
and will also play on the defensive line depending on
what down it is. So it's Golston obviously, Dexter Lawince
Ray Robertson, Harris ra Keim Newniez Rochess, the rookie Darius Alexander.
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And then they decide to keep DJ Davidson over Elijah Chapman,
over Jordan Riley, over Elijah Garcia. It was a good
group of guys, they end up keeping Davidson, Paul, He's
the bigger body of that group, except for maybe Jordan Riley.
I think he might be a little bit bigger than David's. Yeah,
Davidson certainly has been I think more consistent in this
time on the field than Riley has. He's battles some
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injuries over the course of his career. But if you
really want to get a true backup nose tackle, that's
a plugger behind Dexter Lawrence. That, ultimately, my guess is
why they went with DJ Davidson.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
Yeah, I would agree with you, John, because when Dexter
Lawrence comes off the field, if you want that true
nose tackle backup, well, DJ Davidson played the best of
anybody who fits that mold. Elijah Chapman for as many
fans who really love what he did. And we know
about the running back versatility which we and I, you
and I talked about on Big Blue Kickoff Live.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
You know, the truth of.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
The matter is Elijah Chapman does not fit the nose
tackle frame.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
No. He iss two hundred and eighty pounds and he's
like five foot ten, so doesn't work. No. But again,
a lot of these players, especially lens that got released
on Tuesday. Those are usually the players the team's gonna
try to get back on the practice squad. So a
lot of these guys could still be here. It's not
always about just putting on putting together the best fifty three.
You're trying to put together really for the Giants, the
best seventy. Because you have Juden Mcatamney, who is your
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ipp player, so he's the free rosters about that gets
at a fifty four. Then you have sixteen practice squad players,
many of which now can be veterans, and that'll get
you to seventy. So the Giants still even in the
players that they let go that we've talked about, and
I'll go through that full list here, at some point,
those guys can still be part of the organization, yes,
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and valuable parts. Look how many guys come off the
practice squad every week. You can have two guys every
week come off the practice squad and dress and play.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
So we talked about this on Big Blue Kickoff for
all week about how you know the coach really has
two lists. He's got that fifty three list and then
he's got that other list which is up to up
to really seventy with the international exemption, and don't do, never, do, never,
ever ever think that just because a guy is on
the roster tonight, that he's not going to be back
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in the morning having breakfast and signing a practice squad deal,
because quite frankly, most of the guys on every team's
practice squad roster were.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Probably all the team in training camp. Yeah, and most
of them.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
And that waiver wire process will be done tomorrow and
then we'll figure out, howl the clock, who is gonna
the squad.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Guys can start getting signed.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
On the practice squad. Those guys have you had on
the practice field for the Giants and the thirty one
those contracts are signed.
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Speaker 1 (16:42):
All right, let's go to the edge. Paul I mentioned
Chauncey Goldsen. He was in the defensive line group. You
want to include him here that's fine. Only three edge
players Paul Brian Burns, Abdul quarter Kaevon Thibodeau obviously old
gimmes here two names we did not mention. That means
both trace Ford and Timon Fox did not make that
initial fifty three. I would not be surprised if both
those guys show up on the practice squad at some point.
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Trace Ford, especially as an undrafted free agent. I thought
it was pretty active and disruptive throughout the summer in
practice and also in the preseason game.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
We covered a fumble against Buffalo.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
And a lot of pressures in the backfield very consistently,
So I would not be surprised if the Giants are
trying to bring those guys back onto the practice.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Well Ford coming out of Oklahoma, a big time program,
and yes he did show a lot of flashes. This
is one of those positions, John, where at the moment
the Giants have three the way they're listing them, where
you could see where they went for the extra tight end, okay,
is that they only kept three edge guys.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Right, and again, Gholston could also be considered in this
position as well. Inside linebacker Bobby o'carake, Mike McFadden, Darius Mussou. Again, guys,
the guys that they did not play in that final
preseason game. That's usually a hint, so usually hint that
they're on the roster. Those three guys all rested coaches
decision in that final preseason game. And then you have
Chris Ford and Demetrius Flanning in fouls, the final veteran
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linebacker both special teams aces Bored and Flanning and Fouls
as guys that made the roster.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
And folks for the billionth time. During this offseason, I've
been talking about how the Giants were emphasizing that they
really strongly want to win special teams every weekend. The
fact that they've kept two inside linebackers where usually you
will not have five, you will usually have four. Once again,
they went five here because there are two guys on
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the back end who are special teams demon That tells
you all you need to know about how important that
part of the game is going to be.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Is they try to tilt the field, no.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Question about it. I'm trying to remember, Paul. Last year
it was Carter Coughlin, who is the other Penn State
linebacker that was the other consistent special teams. Well, a
couple of years ago is Cam Brown, cam Brac was
Cam Brown and Carter Cofflin. Those are kind of the
two inside linebackers that they've had as their special teams guys.
And now Bored and Flanning and Vowls are kind of
the next two guys in that same mold.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
It's a coach Goprial is really excited about their ability
to have an edge every weekend.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
No question about it. All right, let's go to the
cornerback position. Giants keeps seven here, Paul Paul said, the Devo,
Deonte Banks, Corredo Flat, Drew Phillips. Those are the four
guys that should surprise nobody. Are Green and Nick Jones
to young veterans that have played some time in the
league but not a ton. But those are Nick Jones
more of a slot player, Ark Green more of an
outside player. And then seventh time pick Corey Black is
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on the roster. He's missed a lot of time due
to injury, but they must like of what they've seen
of him, gifted physically, big long ran, well, they want
to keep him around again. This is a guy that
I'm not sure every game day he's going to get
a jersey. But he's a young, talented player that you
can try to develop at that cornerback spot.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
Well, let's just talk about the three guys on the
back end of the depth chart right here. Black was
a very big time special teams player in college. When
we talked to Joe Shane, the general manager, right after
the draft, he said, no, no, he's going to get
a chance to compete at corner two because we think
he's got skills. But yes, primarily he has been a
great special teams player in college.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Yeah, and both Green and Jones also in the preseason
games played a ton of specialty. Sure it did punt
coverage as gunners, punt return as vice guys, and kick coverage.
So all comments threat will be competing for special team snaps.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
A Green also.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
When he was with us the Giants last year, had
had done a pretty good job at gunner. He was
not the league guy, but he was one of the
pretty good guys. So I think that's critical.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Jones.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
I think right now, as I look at this John
and you're going to get to the safeties in just
the second, the fact that Jones does have some versatility
in the defensive secondary, I think also plays into the
fact that at the moment, the Giants look like they
might have been a little short at safety, but Jones's
ability to kind of slide in there might have helped him.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
Yeah, only three players at safety, Tyler Nubyn, Jevon Holland,
and Dame Belton. So could the Giants be scattering for
your fourth safety somewhere and that would mean somebody else
doesn't make it. Possibly maybe they think one of those
defensive backs to your point and convert the safety and
be your fourth guy there. Yeah, I don't know that
three is very short at safety generally speaking. Yes, so yes,
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especially if you plan on playing a lot of three
safety packages.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
I mean, you could put yourself in.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
A spot you could theoretically get two or three safeties
on your practice squad and then you can kind of
use those guys as your fourth guy in elevator in
each week if you want. That's another way to go
about things. But I think they really liked the three
safeties they kept, Yes, and I don't think anyone else
would really challenge to bump into that top three. But
again for debt purposes, remember, safety is also usually play
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a big role on special teams. At their size and speed,
they're usually important special teams short so we'll see if
they end up trying to add a fourth year at
some point. Well.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Again, I think that's why the back three corners of
the depth chart, the fact that they all contribute heavily
on specials. I think that's what gave the Giants the
imp it is to go the way they're going tonight. Now,
whether they change their minds in the next forty eight
hours and something else comes available, we don't know the
answer to that right now, but I do think that's
the way this factored in, at least on this particular afternoon.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
Also, just to remind the folks, we're gonna be live
on WFN on Wednesday night Paul and I from seven
to nine talk a little bit about the Giants decisions
on the roster, but more importantly just previewing the season.
So make sure you check us out on WFAN six
sixty AM one to one point nine FM seven to
nine pm. You can stream it on the Odyssey app.
If you're not in the New York area on Wednesday night,
make sure you go check that out. Paul, in general,
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I think when you look at this roster, I see
it as a good mix of veterans that can help
now young guys that develop down the road. And I
just think there's a greater number of good NFL players
than we've seen on a Giants roster in some time.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
Yeah, I don't think there's any doubt John, when you
look at it and you say to yourself, well, how
many placeholders do you have on the back of the
depth chart? Not really very many, if it all. I
think at some point in time during the course of
the season, I could look at every one of these
guys on the fifty three, even the guys on the
back end, and say, you know what, I could see
a game or two where even a guy who might
not get a jersey most of the year might wind
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up getting activated for a game.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
And giving them something.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Not to mention, some of the guys that will eventually
be put onto the practice squad, you would have no
problem and have full confidence in those guys stepping in
having to play if you need.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Them to well, especially we mentioned we mentioned a couple
of the linebacker candidates, but even some of the receivers.
We told you all camp the receiver group was pretty deep,
and the defensive line group as well.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
I think there are guys that you can have faith
if you need to call them up in a pinch,
that they can certainly help you. Paul, this is fun
as always, my friend. Yeah, it absolutely was.
Speaker 3 (23:40):
I'm glad we finally got down to the very nitty
gritty of this.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
The Rubik's cube was finally starting to get solved, right.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
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initial fifty three man roster. The odds this is the
same fifty three men that'll be on this roster when
the Giants suit up in Week one is probably not
super high, to be totally honest with you, and that's
just the way the NFL works. But we know what
the initial fifty three is. Twenty six offensive players, twenty
four defensive players, and three specials.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Yeah, and of course there's a new rule that was
put in place last year that allows you to put
two guys on injured reserve designated to return before the
fifty three So little plug for the.
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Speaker 3 (01:01):
When I was on with Matt Sidetek earlier today, we
talked about the fact that it's almost the pseudo fifty
five man roster instead of fifty three because you do
have the ability to protect those extra two guys.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
And those guys have to be on injured reserve for
a minimum of four games correct to come back. So
the Giants did utilize that. Josh A Zudu was the
player that they decided to designate for a turn on
injured reserve. You missed that final preseason game, never really
disclosed what that injury was. No, but he'll be is
the first four games of the season, and I guess
we could start there, Paul, just because that was the
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first piece of news we brought up. The Giants keeping
ten offensive linemen. A Zudo would be number eleven, But
again he is not on that initial fifty three because
he got placed on injured reserve with the ability to
return after four games. So the offensive lineman that made it.
You have your starting five. You have Andrew Thomas, you
have Greg Van Roten, you have John Runyan, you have
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John Michael Schmich Schmid's pardon may and you have Jermaine
so those are your starting five s Andrew Thomas is
healthy in week one, then you have James Hudson Marcus
Bow as your nominal backup tackles. You've Austin Schlatman as
your nominal backup center, and then your two guards are
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Evan Neil and Aaron Stinney. These are the guys that
we had on there when we did our predictions. Neither
one of us had shotman on there. That was a surprise.
But I understand the desire to have a straight up
backup center on your roster. So if something happens to
John Michael Schmidt's knocking on wood, you don't have to
move in and ronover and bring in another guard. Then
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you're changing two spots to fix one.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
You know, usually, John Well, I should say, very often
teams will go with nine offensive linemen. And that's why
when we look at the ten number, we're like, wow,
you know that's a little bit high.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
And eleven with a zudu if you can't.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Him exactly so, but I do understand you're right to me,
I probably would have understood if they decided that Van
Roten would be the backup center and that if anything
did happen, to JMS.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
They would have a guy who I.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Believe could do the job at a competent level, which,
by the way, that still might be what they do
if that injury happens.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
You never know. But but Slotman winds up staying.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Because that is his usual occupation. He is a center
by trade. Clearly they felt more comfortable with that.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Now.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
I wonder if part of that equation, okay, is that
they figure, well, you know what, if JMS were to
go down, isn't it easier to just plug in one
spot instead of after upsetting two spots?
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Yeah, all right, let's stay on offense. Let's go to
the quarterback position, Paul. They keep Russell Wilson, Jamis Winston,
and Jackson Dart. Not really a surprise there. It's always
very difficult to keep four quarterbacks. Even the Browns, who
were theorized they could be a team that could do that,
they end up trading Kenny Pickett. They only kept three.
Giants keep three as well. Who knows what's gonna happen
if the Giants want to or able to get Tommy
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DeVito back on the practice squad. But we'll see if
he clears waivers.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Right, Because again anytime you sign someone of the practice squad,
they got to be willing to sign their signitude of
the paper. And we don't know what kind of future
Tommy DeVito is thinking for himself. Maybe he decides that
you know, he wants a fresh start too. You just
don't know the answer.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
To that, absolutely not. And we'll see how the Again,
this is not a depth chart, folks. I'm just listing
players and random orders here, so let's just keep that
in mind as well. And again, usually around thirty to
thirty five players get claimed on waivers each year, so
we'll see if the Giants claim anyone themselves, or if
any of the Giants players that they like, okay, claimed
by another team. And those players, by the way, within
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that you know early years of service time, if they
get claimed, they have to go another team. Right now,
it's under four years, right, So if you're on your
rookie contract pretty much correct, you're gonna have to go
to the team that claims you. If your past four years,
you can choose to sign wherever you want as a
street free agent after your let go, Just so fans
understand what the process is there, all right, Running back position, Paul,
this is they were. Both of us were a little
(05:01):
bit wrong when we did our predictions on Monday. I
know that I let you convince me because we were
having this debate about this for weeks, and I finally
let you convince me, Well, I'm.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
In and now takey. Barbara felt the same way post
game show.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Both of you managed to convince stuck to my initial
guns and my gut feeling that the Giants would not
keep four running backs, and they did not. They decided
to let go of Turbo Miller, but they do hold
on to Devin Singletary, Tyrone Checy and Camp Scataboo. Look,
I think these are three running backs that the Giants
would have confidence in putting on the field in any
situation at this point. But I do think not keeping
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the fourth shows they do have a level of confidence
in Camp Scataboo being healthy, part as someone that missed
a lot of camp with the leg injury, only played
in one preseason game for two series. But the fact
that they're not keeping a fourth tells me they feel
pretty good about his health heading into the regular season.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Well, I think the real real lynchpin to that whole
thing about Scataboo was that he did get some carries
in the past week's game against the Patriots. Had that
not happened, it would have been logical for them to
have some doubts. But the fact that he was able
to get those carries, and obviously he must have come
out of it healthy, otherwise they might have had trepidation.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Now this is where you get the extra offensive player
that I think we're all a little surprised by. So
the Giants keep six wide receivers, one more than I
would consider the standard which is five generally around the league.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Five.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
And they keep four tight ends, which is one more
than the standard three. Also, let's go tight end first.
Daniel Bellinger, Thomas Faddoni, Theo Johnson, Chris Manherts. The three
guys that we expected to be on the veterans that
have been here for a while. They're on. Theo Johnson
veterans second year player, I know, but he's a young veteran.
He's been sure. And then Thomas Faddoni the second. Obviously
they did not want to potentially lose him as a
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waiver claim as a guy that my guess is out
on a lot of game days, probably will not get
a jersey as the fourth tight end. But he's someone
with a lot of talent, a lot of upside, the
hope down they can develop without a lot of pressure
to play right away with those three veterans ahead of him.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Well, I think anybody who was at training camp or
even the offseason program would agree that he showed much
better off than a seventh round draft choice could possibly
be expected to show. He definitely had some really really
sharp flashes. Then in the preseason games. I forget exactly
(07:26):
how many targets he had, John, but I know this,
he didn't have any drops. I mean virtually everything that
was thrown at him.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
He made a plan. He made a plan, and he
showed off his length a lot of the times we
told out of that when he got drafted, thirty four
inch arms, how many times did he go up and
get balls that were off target?
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Look, I appreciate the fact that early on, you know,
you would liked him even going into the draft process.
Had had injuries early in his career at Nebraska, but
a guy who clearly does have a really nice toolbox,
he did show that when he was here. I think
the thing for me that made it very interesting is
(08:03):
that when you're looking at the number of tight ends
you're gonna keep. Now you got to shave something off
another position, and that can be really difficult to do.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Hoddle up, get in here.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
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middle with at the score great.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
How do we make that happen?
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Speaker 1 (08:25):
Well, especially when you also keep six wide receivers I know,
which was a little bit surprising. So the non surprises
obviously Malik Neighbors he made it, Darius Slayton, Wondel Robinson,
Jaylen Hyatt Gunner, Ossechewsky won the kick returner battle. We'll
talk about that, but first let's talk about the sixth
wide receiver that made it onto the roster, Paul, and
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that's Bo Collins, who I know the coaching staff was
a big fan of. He had a very productive spring.
He missed some time in the summer with an injury,
but when he was on the field, he was also productive.
He caught that nice deep pass in the preseason from
Russell also on the deep post. He's tall, he's long,
he's got a little bit of speed, He's not like
a four to three guy, but he's I think he
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was a high four to four guys when he got
time down in the forty yard dash, so he can
run a little bit. And I the Giants for them
to keep him, Paul, they must like him enough where
they're like, we cannot risk losing him if we decide
not to put him onto the fifty three. So I
think it shows their appreciation for the player and what
they think he can develop into, who I now think
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is in a similar position to Fidoni, where you're not
gonna rely on him right away. There's a good chance
or in the year. He's probably not gonna get a
jersey on game days either, depending on the health of
the rest of the position. But he did play some
special teams yea three season, but he wasn't in there
a ton. He wasn't a core guy.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
He did enough to show his willingness to do so,
which is a big deal.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Correct, But again, I think they got in a guy
at the back end of one of these rooms that
they see as a developmental player that they think, if
they keep working with, can become something down the road.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Well, I think any time that an offensive coordinator can
get his hands on a big bodied, long receiver that
has really good hands, He's going to smile. And so
I do understand the attraction and coming out of Notre Dame,
big time program, and I get this little Tom Coughlin
voice in the back of my head every time I
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think about wide receivers who are not afraid to get physical.
Tom used to say all the time, and this is
going back when he was receivers coach under Bill Parcells.
He would say, my receivers, you better be able to block,
and if you don't block, I'm telling the head coach
not to put you in Well both Collins is not
afraid to block.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Remember Notre Dame. He was also with Clemson before then,
another ragtime program where he was a starting wide receiver.
Never really got with a really top quarterback in his timing, No,
not really. His numbers were a little depressed. Yeah, and
two teams that like to run the ball and Clemson
a Notre Dame as well as how they play, so
something to keep in mind. The other interesting as I
mentioned at the wide receiver position, we had this debate
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who the Giants to keep his kick returner, and we
talked about Brian dables, the importance of having a player
that was going to protect the football and not make
mistakes catching it or fumbling, a guy that will maintain
possession for you. And we figure, look, if that's the case,
the two guys we would talk about as Amer Smith
Marsett and goneral Chef's.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Well, they checked both boxes.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Two veterans that have done it before and have shown
they can be relied on. Goneralski, even though he was
a late ad in the summer, after training camp had
already started, they decided to go with him over Amir
Smith Marsett.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
You know, John, two different body types. Smith Marsett, if
he's going to play receiver, is going to be a
boundary if Ooshevsky's going to be a receiver at all,
if they use him in that fashion, which, by the way,
he was pretty effective over the summer as he was.
And that's the point that I'm really going to make here,
is that Oshewsky was really good during training camp.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Caught everything.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
I don't remember him allowing a ball to hit the
ground on a drop once. He dropped a couple diving catches,
but that's it. Yeah, But I'm talking about where I
would credit him with a drop.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Okay, there are a couple of plays he didn't make,
but no, no drops.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
And he has the versatility of being able to play
slot because he's more demutative. Yep, he's your typical slot
body type, which allows him to then have more versatility
as a pure receiver than Smith morset who, in my
mind is strictly a boundary receiver. I don't know how
much that weighed into the deal here, because what we
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know is that Oshewsky was more of a punt returner
and Smith Morsett was more of a kickoff returner.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Now, Olszewski does have over forty career kick returns, he
just hadn't not a here yet correct.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
So again, I don't know how they really dissected this.
I don't think the Giants could have lost with either guy,
to be honest.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
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Slash Giants three specialists, not surprisingly Graham Geto, Casey Crider,
Jamie Gillen. So that gets you to twenty nine players.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
And I think it's worth mentioning here that Graham Gano,
who had had some injuries in each of the previous
two seasons, came into camp in great shape, kicked extremely well.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
In now three fifty yarders in the first per season game.
They were so happy and then they're like, all, you
don't need to kick anymore. You're good.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Exactly.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
He proved that right now for the time is still
in his rearview mirror, and that's why he's still on
his team.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Absolutely. So that means twenty four defensive players. Let's start
the defensive line, and I'm gonna include Chauncey Golston in
this group, yes, as somebody that will play the edge
and will also play on the defensive line depending on
what down it is. So it's Golston obviously, Dexter Lawince
Ray Robertson, Harris ra Keim Newniez Rochess, the rookie Darius Alexander.
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And then they decide to keep DJ Davidson over Elijah Chapman,
over Jordan Riley, over Elijah Garcia. It was a good
group of guys, they end up keeping Davidson, Paul, He's
the bigger body of that group, except for maybe Jordan Riley.
I think he might be a little bit bigger than David's. Yeah,
Davidson certainly has been I think more consistent in this
time on the field than Riley has. He's battles some
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injuries over the course of his career. But if you
really want to get a true backup nose tackle, that's
a plugger behind Dexter Lawrence. That, ultimately, my guess is
why they went with DJ Davidson.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
Yeah, I would agree with you, John, because when Dexter
Lawrence comes off the field, if you want that true
nose tackle backup, well, DJ Davidson played the best of
anybody who fits that mold. Elijah Chapman for as many
fans who really love what he did. And we know
about the running back versatility which we and I, you
and I talked about on Big Blue Kickoff Live.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
You know, the truth of.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
The matter is Elijah Chapman does not fit the nose
tackle frame.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
No. He iss two hundred and eighty pounds and he's
like five foot ten, so doesn't work. No. But again,
a lot of these players, especially lens that got released
on Tuesday. Those are usually the players the team's gonna
try to get back on the practice squad. So a
lot of these guys could still be here. It's not
always about just putting on putting together the best fifty three.
You're trying to put together really for the Giants, the
best seventy. Because you have Juden Mcatamney, who is your
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ipp player, so he's the free rosters about that gets
at a fifty four. Then you have sixteen practice squad players,
many of which now can be veterans, and that'll get
you to seventy. So the Giants still even in the
players that they let go that we've talked about, and
I'll go through that full list here, at some point,
those guys can still be part of the organization, yes,
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and valuable parts. Look how many guys come off the
practice squad every week. You can have two guys every
week come off the practice squad and dress and play.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
So we talked about this on Big Blue Kickoff for
all week about how you know the coach really has
two lists. He's got that fifty three list and then
he's got that other list which is up to up
to really seventy with the international exemption, and don't do, never, do, never,
ever ever think that just because a guy is on
the roster tonight, that he's not going to be back
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in the morning having breakfast and signing a practice squad deal,
because quite frankly, most of the guys on every team's
practice squad roster were.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Probably all the team in training camp. Yeah, and most
of them.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
And that waiver wire process will be done tomorrow and
then we'll figure out, howl the clock, who is gonna
the squad.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Guys can start getting signed.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
On the practice squad. Those guys have you had on
the practice field for the Giants and the thirty one
those contracts are signed.
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Speaker 1 (16:42):
All right, let's go to the edge. Paul I mentioned
Chauncey Goldsen. He was in the defensive line group. You
want to include him here that's fine. Only three edge
players Paul Brian Burns, Abdul quarter Kaevon Thibodeau obviously old
gimmes here two names we did not mention. That means
both trace Ford and Timon Fox did not make that
initial fifty three. I would not be surprised if both
those guys show up on the practice squad at some point.
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Trace Ford, especially as an undrafted free agent. I thought
it was pretty active and disruptive throughout the summer in
practice and also in the preseason game.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
We covered a fumble against Buffalo.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
And a lot of pressures in the backfield very consistently,
So I would not be surprised if the Giants are
trying to bring those guys back onto the practice.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Well Ford coming out of Oklahoma, a big time program,
and yes he did show a lot of flashes. This
is one of those positions, John, where at the moment
the Giants have three the way they're listing them, where
you could see where they went for the extra tight end, okay,
is that they only kept three edge guys.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Right, and again, Gholston could also be considered in this
position as well. Inside linebacker Bobby o'carake, Mike McFadden, Darius Mussou. Again, guys,
the guys that they did not play in that final
preseason game. That's usually a hint, so usually hint that
they're on the roster. Those three guys all rested coaches
decision in that final preseason game. And then you have
Chris Ford and Demetrius Flanning in fouls, the final veteran
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linebacker both special teams aces Bored and Flanning and Fouls
as guys that made the roster.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
And folks for the billionth time. During this offseason, I've
been talking about how the Giants were emphasizing that they
really strongly want to win special teams every weekend. The
fact that they've kept two inside linebackers where usually you
will not have five, you will usually have four. Once again,
they went five here because there are two guys on
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the back end who are special teams demon That tells
you all you need to know about how important that
part of the game is going to be.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Is they try to tilt the field, no.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Question about it. I'm trying to remember, Paul. Last year
it was Carter Coughlin, who is the other Penn State
linebacker that was the other consistent special teams. Well, a
couple of years ago is Cam Brown, cam Brac was
Cam Brown and Carter Cofflin. Those are kind of the
two inside linebackers that they've had as their special teams guys.
And now Bored and Flanning and Vowls are kind of
the next two guys in that same mold.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
It's a coach Goprial is really excited about their ability
to have an edge every weekend.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
No question about it. All right, let's go to the
cornerback position. Giants keeps seven here, Paul Paul said, the Devo,
Deonte Banks, Corredo Flat, Drew Phillips. Those are the four
guys that should surprise nobody. Are Green and Nick Jones
to young veterans that have played some time in the
league but not a ton. But those are Nick Jones
more of a slot player, Ark Green more of an
outside player. And then seventh time pick Corey Black is
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on the roster. He's missed a lot of time due
to injury, but they must like of what they've seen
of him, gifted physically, big long ran, well, they want
to keep him around again. This is a guy that
I'm not sure every game day he's going to get
a jersey. But he's a young, talented player that you
can try to develop at that cornerback spot.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
Well, let's just talk about the three guys on the
back end of the depth chart right here. Black was
a very big time special teams player in college. When
we talked to Joe Shane, the general manager, right after
the draft, he said, no, no, he's going to get
a chance to compete at corner two because we think
he's got skills. But yes, primarily he has been a
great special teams player in college.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Yeah, and both Green and Jones also in the preseason
games played a ton of specialty. Sure it did punt
coverage as gunners, punt return as vice guys, and kick coverage.
So all comments threat will be competing for special team snaps.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
A Green also.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
When he was with us the Giants last year, had
had done a pretty good job at gunner. He was
not the league guy, but he was one of the
pretty good guys. So I think that's critical.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Jones.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
I think right now, as I look at this John
and you're going to get to the safeties in just
the second, the fact that Jones does have some versatility
in the defensive secondary, I think also plays into the
fact that at the moment, the Giants look like they
might have been a little short at safety, but Jones's
ability to kind of slide in there might have helped him.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
Yeah, only three players at safety, Tyler Nubyn, Jevon Holland,
and Dame Belton. So could the Giants be scattering for
your fourth safety somewhere and that would mean somebody else
doesn't make it. Possibly maybe they think one of those
defensive backs to your point and convert the safety and
be your fourth guy there. Yeah, I don't know that
three is very short at safety generally speaking. Yes, so yes,
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especially if you plan on playing a lot of three
safety packages.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
I mean, you could put yourself in.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
A spot you could theoretically get two or three safeties
on your practice squad and then you can kind of
use those guys as your fourth guy in elevator in
each week if you want. That's another way to go
about things. But I think they really liked the three
safeties they kept, Yes, and I don't think anyone else
would really challenge to bump into that top three. But
again for debt purposes, remember, safety is also usually play
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a big role on special teams. At their size and speed,
they're usually important special teams short so we'll see if
they end up trying to add a fourth year at
some point. Well.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Again, I think that's why the back three corners of
the depth chart, the fact that they all contribute heavily
on specials. I think that's what gave the Giants the
imp it is to go the way they're going tonight. Now,
whether they change their minds in the next forty eight
hours and something else comes available, we don't know the
answer to that right now, but I do think that's
the way this factored in, at least on this particular afternoon.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
Also, just to remind the folks, we're gonna be live
on WFN on Wednesday night Paul and I from seven
to nine talk a little bit about the Giants decisions
on the roster, but more importantly just previewing the season.
So make sure you check us out on WFAN six
sixty AM one to one point nine FM seven to
nine pm. You can stream it on the Odyssey app.
If you're not in the New York area on Wednesday night,
make sure you go check that out. Paul, in general,
(22:35):
I think when you look at this roster, I see
it as a good mix of veterans that can help
now young guys that develop down the road. And I
just think there's a greater number of good NFL players
than we've seen on a Giants roster in some time.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
Yeah, I don't think there's any doubt John, when you
look at it and you say to yourself, well, how
many placeholders do you have on the back of the
depth chart? Not really very many, if it all. I
think at some point in time during the course of
the season, I could look at every one of these
guys on the fifty three, even the guys on the
back end, and say, you know what, I could see
a game or two where even a guy who might
not get a jersey most of the year might wind
(23:13):
up getting activated for a game.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
And giving them something.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Not to mention, some of the guys that will eventually
be put onto the practice squad, you would have no
problem and have full confidence in those guys stepping in
having to play if you need.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Them to well, especially we mentioned we mentioned a couple
of the linebacker candidates, but even some of the receivers.
We told you all camp the receiver group was pretty deep,
and the defensive line group as well.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
I think there are guys that you can have faith
if you need to call them up in a pinch,
that they can certainly help you. Paul, this is fun
as always, my friend. Yeah, it absolutely was.
Speaker 3 (23:40):
I'm glad we finally got down to the very nitty
gritty of this.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
The Rubik's cube was finally starting to get solved, right.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
So it's the nitty griddy and now we start to
getting the big stuff as the NFL season begins and
a little more than a week when the Cowboys kick
off the season against the Pardon me we that's big.
That's our edition of the Giants That Are plodcast presented
by said. This is the official bank of the Giants.
I am John Schmelch. He has pulled the tinol. Thanks
for joining us in our podcast udio presented by Hackensackmoony health.
(24:07):
Keep getting better. I'm getting better, thankfully. That sneeze might
not be indications of that, but I am trust me
for Paul, I'm Schmelk. We'll see you next time. Everybody,
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