And I think both make the team. Taylor signed for the vet. min. and has proven to be productive in the past. I still hold out some hope for Odighizuwa but I think Taylor beats out him and Kerry Wynn.
I think Bryant has a good shot of unseating Bromley as the #3 or #4 DT
I fully expect Taylor to make the roster. He's the one proven veteran pass rusher they have to back up JPP and Vernon. With draft choice Moss also making the roster, that leaves one job for Okwara, Wynn, OO if he even shows up for camp, Jordan Williams, and Schwan who is becoming a strong candidate for the Practice Squad.
Bryant? maybe he makes it, maybe not. He still has to beat out either a draft choice in Bromley, and we know that Reese hates to give up on them before their rookie contract is up, or he has to beat out a guy - Thomas - that they kept around last year when he was unable to play and they could have dumped him with no consequences, and that they had working with the first team DL this spring. So they obviously like Thomas. It's really three guys competing for two jobs here, and harder to handicap this race.
The bottom line with both of these guys is that they were signed to create competition among the DL reserves and that is going to help the team no matter what happens. If nothing else, these two are added insurance against an injury to other D linemen.
they were both 4th year player team option for 5 th year i believe
Taylor was a fourth-round pick. Bryant was a UDFA (and Buffalo wasn't even his original team). So there was no team option for either.
Some signings raise a team's ceiling; others set a floor. Taylor and Bryant are typical floor-setters. Ideally, the starters will stay healthy and younger players with more upside will step up and bump these guys from the roster. But it's nice to have legitimate pros as fallback options. Taylor might even be more than that: it's not hard to envision him as the first rotational DE off the bench; that's an important role, especially if the staff aims to reduce the starters' workload.
who don't have a chance to make the final 53. Some chances are much better than others. As 4 year vets their chances are certainly better than Andrew Adams' chances were last year.
RE: I don't think the Giants are bringing any players to camp
who don't have a chance to make the final 53. Some chances are much better than others. As 4 year vets their chances are certainly better than Andrew Adams' chances were last year.
So here's a question: which player currently on the roster faces the longest odds for holding a spot until September 10th? A few obvious candidates:
DL: Jordan Williams and Josh Banks (and maybe Jarron Jones, who has been working at OT).
S: Ryan Murphy, Trey Robinson
WR: Jerome Lane, Kevin Snead, Keeon Johnson
TE: Colin Thompson
I didn't include any linebackers, cornerbacks or offensive lineman. The bottom of the depth chart at those positions is so weak that it wouldn't take much for a dark horse to break through. It's not that I have any idea about, say, Nigel Tribune or DeShaun Amos. I just don't see Valentino Blake as much of an obstacle.
Taylor and Bryant are in my mind locks for the final 53
Devin Taylor gets cut unless Avery Moss goes OLB
I think Bryant has a good shot of unseating Bromley as the #3 or #4 DT
Bryant? maybe he makes it, maybe not. He still has to beat out either a draft choice in Bromley, and we know that Reese hates to give up on them before their rookie contract is up, or he has to beat out a guy - Thomas - that they kept around last year when he was unable to play and they could have dumped him with no consequences, and that they had working with the first team DL this spring. So they obviously like Thomas. It's really three guys competing for two jobs here, and harder to handicap this race.
The bottom line with both of these guys is that they were signed to create competition among the DL reserves and that is going to help the team no matter what happens. If nothing else, these two are added insurance against an injury to other D linemen.
Some signings raise a team's ceiling; others set a floor. Taylor and Bryant are typical floor-setters. Ideally, the starters will stay healthy and younger players with more upside will step up and bump these guys from the roster. But it's nice to have legitimate pros as fallback options. Taylor might even be more than that: it's not hard to envision him as the first rotational DE off the bench; that's an important role, especially if the staff aims to reduce the starters' workload.
DL: Jordan Williams and Josh Banks (and maybe Jarron Jones, who has been working at OT).
S: Ryan Murphy, Trey Robinson
WR: Jerome Lane, Kevin Snead, Keeon Johnson
TE: Colin Thompson
I didn't include any linebackers, cornerbacks or offensive lineman. The bottom of the depth chart at those positions is so weak that it wouldn't take much for a dark horse to break through. It's not that I have any idea about, say, Nigel Tribune or DeShaun Amos. I just don't see Valentino Blake as much of an obstacle.
DE: JPP, Taylor
DT: Snacks, Bromley
DT: Tomlinson, Bryant
DE: Vernon, Okwara
Wynn cut; Moss to IR (sneaky move....)
DT: Snacks, Bromley
DT: Tomlinson, Bryant
DE: Vernon, Okwara, OWA (shocker....he rebounds)
OWA will be the interior 3rd down pass rusher if he can just stay healthy. Otherwise, I like Moss.