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Let’s see who’s in, who’s out
The last time we did a 53-man roster projection for the New York Giants was at the conclusion of mandatory minicamp last month. With training camp almost here, let’s see if my thinking about who will or will not make the roster has changed at all.
Quarterback (3) — Russell Wilson, Jameis Winston, Jaxson Dart
Out: Tommy DeVito
(No change)
Brian Daboll called DeVito the “head statesman” in the quarterback room this spring because he is the only one of the four quarterbacks with experience in the Giants’ scheme. That doesn’t mean he is making the roster.
Running back (3) — Tyrone Tracy Jr., Devin Singletary, Cam Skattebo
Out: Eric Gray, Dante Miller
(No change)
Gray is a player the Giants selected in 2023 after Joe Schoen admitted that other potential kick/punt return options they had been considering were off the board. Gray never really established himself as a trustworthy option as a runner or returner. Skattebo makes him superfluous.
Tight end (4) — Theo Johnson, Daniel Bellinger, Chris Manhertz, Thomas Fidone
Out: Greg Dulcich, Jermaine Terry
(No change)
As I have thought about this position, I think Bellinger is the player to watch. He is an NFL-caliber player, no doubt, and has probably been under-utilized the last two seasons. Still, on this roster he is TE3 behind Johnson and Manhertz, and because of proven performance escalators he carries a salary cap number of $3.604 million. It would be straight out of Schoen’s playbook to strong-arm Bekl
Wide receiver (6) — Malik Nabers, Darius Slayton, Wan’Dale Robinson, Jalin Hyatt, Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Dalen Cambre
Out: Bryce Ford-Wheaton, Zach Pascal, Juice Wells, Jordan Bly, Montrell Washington, Da’Quan Felton, Beaux Collins
(Change: Humphrey out)
I am on record as having said an undrafted free agent rookie receiver will make the roster. Right now, it is a coin flip for me between Cambre, Felton and Collins. Even though spring production in shorts and t-shirts doesn’t mean much, right now I am going with Cambre because of his spring performance. I was shocked by his play as a receiver this spring after getting just 10 receptions in his college career. He is a special-teamer first, and we haven’t seen him do that yet.
I have see some speculation that Smith-Marsette is on the roster bubble. Not if Schoen and Daboll have learned their lesson about cavalierly treating the returner as an afterthought.
Offensive line (10) — Andrew Thomas, Jon Runyan Jr., John Michael Schmitz, Greg Van Roten, Jermaine Eleumunor, Marcus Mbow, James Hudson III, Jake Kubas, Evan Neal, Aaron Stinnie
Out: Aaron Stinnie, Josh Ezeudu, Stone Forsythe, Jaison Williams, Austin Schlottman, Jimmy Morrissey, Brian Hudson
(Change: Stinnie in)
The biggest thing to watch in training camp is whether or not Neal can really push for a starting job. If he does, he would almost certainly push Van Roten into a backup role. At that point, the question would become how the Giants would align Neal and...
