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All NFL teams were required to cut their rosters from 90 players to 53 by 4 p.m. on Saturday. That means the Giants, who had 89 players on their roster, made 36 moves.
Below is our running list of their cuts and other transactions:
1. DE Josh Mauro will be placed on the suspended list (4 games)
2. WR Roger Lewis
3. S Andrew Adams
4. CB Chris Lewis-Harris
5. WR Amba Etta-Tawo
6. WR Kalif Raymond
7. RB Jalen Simmons
8. LB Calvin Munson
9. OL Zac Kerin
10. CB Grant Haley
11. WR Travis Rudolph
12. DL Tyrell Chavis
13. RB Jhurell Pressley
14. DL A.J. Francis
15. OL Malcolm Bunche
16. WR Alonzo Russell
17. K Marshall Koehn
18. OL Chris Scott
19. LB Mark Herzlich
20. DT Izaah Lunsford
21. DE Avery Moss
22. OL Nick Gates (will be placed on injured reserve)
23. CB Mike Jones
24. CB Leonard Johnson
25. TE Garrett Dickerson
26. LB Warren Long
27. S Darian Thompson (waived/injured)
28. WR Marquis Bundy
29. DT R.J. McIntosh will be transferred to the reserve/non-football injury list.
30. DT Robert Thomas
31. LB Jordan Williams (waived/injured)
32. TE Ryan O'Malley
33. OL Victor Salako
34. S Orion Stewart
35. WR Jawill Davis
36. OL Nick Becton (placed on injured reserve)
Giants roster in full
Offense (27)
QB (4): Kyle Lauletta (R), Eli Manning, Alex Tanney, Davis Webb
RB (4+1): Saquon Barkley (R), Wayne Gallman, Robert Martin (R), Jonathan Stewart, Shane Smith (FB)
WR: (5): Odell Beckham, Jr., Cody Latimer, Hunter Sharp, Russell Shepard, Sterling Shepard
TE (4): Jerell Adams, Rhett Ellison, Evan Engram, Scott Simonson
C/G (6): Evan Brown (R), John Greco, Jon Halapio, Will Hernandez (R), John Jerry, Patrick Omameh
T (3): Ereck Flowers, Nate Solder, Chad Wheeler
Defense (23)
DL (5): Josh Banks, Damon Harrison, B.J. Hill (R), Dalvin Tomlinson, Kerry Wynn
OLB (5): Connor Barwin, Lorenzo Carter (R), Kareem Martin, Romeo Okwara, Olivier Vernon
ILB (4): Ray-Ray Armstrong, Tae Davis (R), B.J. Goodson, Alec Ogletree
CB (4): Eli Apple, Donte Deayon, Janoris Jenkins, B.W. Webb
S (5): Sean Chandler (R), Landon Collins, William Gay, Curtis Riley, Michael Thomas
Special Teams (3)
K: Aldrick Rosas
P: Riley Dixon
LS: Zak DeOssie
R = Rookie
If you're wondering why the Giants kept four quarterbacks … well, get in line. And it's a long line that includes some of the quarterbacks and their agents.
It makes no sense, of course, in an era where some teams carry only two. Alex Tanney is a veteran journeyman who has one part of one regular-season game on his resume and didn't play particularly well in his one preseason game with the Giants, so his presence is certainly interesting - especially since, according to a source, he was expecting to be cut earlier on Saturday.
The fact that he wasn't made everyone think the Giants were shopping one of their young quarterbacks. And considering the new regime just drafted Kyle Lauletta, it's a safe bet they were shopping the old regime's quarterback, Davis Webb.
Presumably that situation will be resolved before the Giants really begin practicing on Wednesday. Possibly as early as Sunday. Maybe they just kept Tanney in case they could strike a deal and he'll be cut if they can't. It's hard to believe they'd cut Webb, a 23-year-old with a strong arm and lots of potential, especially since they have no idea what they have in the rookie Lauletta yet.
So, the QB situation is to be determined. There weren't many huge surprises on the rest of the roster. Perhaps the biggest was that the Giants cut two former starting safeties - Darian Thompson and Andrew Adams. There was also the departure of veteran LB Mark Herzlich after seven years with the Giants. A valuable special teams player and a good guy in the locker room, the Giants suddenly had too many good linebackers on the team to keep him around based on that.
Getting rid of Adams and Thompson (waived/injured with a hamstring problem) left the Giants with Curtis Riley starting opposite Landon Collins, and veterans Michael Thomas and William Gay and rookie Sean Chandler rounding out the depth, such that it is. They're also pretty thin at cornerback, where Donte Deayon and B.W. Webb are the only backups (though Gay obviously can play corner, too).
The depth issue was also apparent elsewhere - something that was really apparent all summer long. There are concerns at receiver behind Odell Beckham and Sterling Shepard, where Cody Latimer, Hunter Sharp and Russell Shepard will fight for snaps. There's real concern on the offensive line, where Chad Wheeler is the only backup tackle and Ereck Flowers is still the starter on the right side