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dl taylor and bryant

hankb1126 : 6/26/2017 7:16 pm
two questions first do either of these guys have a chance to make final 53

2ns question why were they let go to go free agent since both started last season for detroit and buffalo

I think Bryant  
Earl the goat : 6/26/2017 8:09 pm : link
Makes it over Bromley

Devin Taylor gets cut unless Avery Moss goes OLB
They weren't let go. They were free agents.  
Anakim : 6/26/2017 8:14 pm : link
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
dl  
hankb1126 : 6/26/2017 8:23 pm : link
they were both 4th year player team option for 5 th year i believe
They both have a very legitimate chance to make the 53-man roster.  
Red Dog : 6/26/2017 8:28 pm : link
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.

Bryant  
XBRONX : 6/26/2017 8:29 pm : link
has a good shot to make the team. Bromley and Thomas both stink.
Both likely make team  
George from PA : 6/26/2017 9:17 pm : link
They were FA.....people thought Taylor would get a 7 million per year deal....neither are starters but more good veteran depth.
i think  
BlackburnBalledOut : 6/26/2017 10:07 pm : link
theyre both camp bodies. Taylor the better chance of the two to make the roster. could replace odighizuwa.
Hankb: The fifth-year option applies only to first-round picks.  
Big Blue Blogger : 6/27/2017 1:57 am : link
hankb1126 said:
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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.
they are both average players,  
Doomster : 6/27/2017 8:15 am : link
that have the chance of upgrading our backups....nothing more...
I don't think the Giants are bringing any players to camp  
WillieYoung : 6/27/2017 10:20 am : link
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  
Big Blue Blogger : 6/27/2017 5:45 pm : link
WillieYoung said:
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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  
SGMen : 7/4/2017 1:30 am : link
Taylor has talent and Bryant can hold his own as compared to say Thomas.

DE: JPP, Taylor
DT: Snacks, Bromley
DT: Tomlinson, Bryant
DE: Vernon, Okwara

Wynn cut; Moss to IR (sneaky move....)
Correction  
SGMen : 7/4/2017 1:35 am : link
DE: JPP, Taylor
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.
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