Cutting a veteran right after the cutdown to 53 players? Stupar was not brought here to play LB except if someone got hurt. No one should be surprised he was not good. What he did well, and he did it very well was special teams. People have short memories. How long ago was it that the Giants lost multiple games because the special teams sucked?
There are currently two TEs on the current roster Â
Jints are allegedly going to emphasize TEs in their game-planning hence it would behoove them to actually have TEs who are healthy and know the plays in order to implement said game plan.
Jints are allegedly going to emphasize TEs in their game-planning hence it would behoove them to actually have TEs who are healthy and know the plays in order to implement said game plan.
Are you not counting Engram as a TE? Or are you suggesting some of these guys don't know the plays or are injured?
Because as far as I know, the Giants currently have 4 TE's on the 53-man roster Engram, Ellison, Dickerson and Tomlinson. Conrad would make a 5th.
With Stupar gone and Jones active, the inactives for Sunday seem pretty well set:
WR (1) Slayton (injury)
TE (1) Dickerson (injury)
OL (2) Choose from Gates/Slade/Smith
QB (1) Tanney
DB (1) Love
NA (1) Empty roster spot
Actives would be 22 Defense, 21 Offense, 3 Special Teams. Might be more accurate to say 21, 19, and 6, because Core, Mayo and Russell Shepard are basically dressing to play specials.
Paul Perkins is also a possibility, if they want to dress eight OL or have Love available. The extra offensive lineman becomes more plausible if Remmers is iffier than he and the staff are letting on.
Nothing, TBH. Just a lucky guess, based on the Carolina/GM/coaching connection, and the fact that any solid LB/STer would be an upgrade over what Stupar appeared to have left in the tank.
It would be interesting to know whether the Giants pursued Mayo in the offseason but simply got outbid by San Francisco. At the time, maybe they thought Stupar was better. In any case, he was cheaper.
That there are no plans to fill the vacancy this week, which leads me to believe they have a veteran that they wanna bring in for a workout after Monday. If they sign a vet after the cowboy game the salary is not guaranteed.
That was my supposition. I imagine they are allowed to talk to available vets?
Cutting a veteran right after the cutdown to 53 players?
Does anyone have an answer to this question? What's the reason for putting Stupar on the 53-man roster, but then cutting him at this point without a free agent addition?
They cut him before sunday most likely to avoid that, and may holding off on officially signing whoever it is that they have in mind for that spot until next week for the same reason.
Vested vets on the roster for game one have guaranteed base salary for the year.
dickish of the Giants to keep a guy on the roster, who they seem to not have wanted to hold on to from the start, all the way up to just 48 hours before the first game of the season.
should have been on the roster in the first place - but these players are people. Unless there's a specific reason we don't know about, I don't think it's right to wait until this late to cut a player.
And it does make a difference - at this moment the Giants do not have a full 53 man roster, which isn't a huge deal but there's no advantage to doing that. And it's a missed opportunity for some player out there who doesn't have a team or a paycheck this week.
Conrad would make a third.
Jints are allegedly going to emphasize TEs in their game-planning hence it would behoove them to actually have TEs who are healthy and know the plays in order to implement said game plan.
Conrad would make a third.
Jints are allegedly going to emphasize TEs in their game-planning hence it would behoove them to actually have TEs who are healthy and know the plays in order to implement said game plan.
Are you not counting Engram as a TE? Or are you suggesting some of these guys don't know the plays or are injured?
Because as far as I know, the Giants currently have 4 TE's on the 53-man roster Engram, Ellison, Dickerson and Tomlinson. Conrad would make a 5th.
So we have Engram and Ellison who actually can carry out a TE centric game plan as of today.
Conrad would be a third TE who knows the plays and is healthy.
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I get that it didn’t happen exactly the way I predicted, but I wasn’t that far off.
Hold my beer. A week ago, after the 49ers released Mayo, I predicted that the Giants would sign him and that he would replace Stupar.
So what is it that makes you like Mayo so much?
WR (1) Slayton (injury)
TE (1) Dickerson (injury)
OL (2) Choose from Gates/Slade/Smith
QB (1) Tanney
DB (1) Love
NA (1) Empty roster spot
Actives would be 22 Defense, 21 Offense, 3 Special Teams. Might be more accurate to say 21, 19, and 6, because Core, Mayo and Russell Shepard are basically dressing to play specials.
Paul Perkins is also a possibility, if they want to dress eight OL or have Love available. The extra offensive lineman becomes more plausible if Remmers is iffier than he and the staff are letting on.
It would be interesting to know whether the Giants pursued Mayo in the offseason but simply got outbid by San Francisco. At the time, maybe they thought Stupar was better. In any case, he was cheaper.
That was my supposition. I imagine they are allowed to talk to available vets?
Does anyone have an answer to this question? What's the reason for putting Stupar on the 53-man roster, but then cutting him at this point without a free agent addition?
Vested vets on the roster for game one have guaranteed base salary for the year.
I would concur with that.
And it does make a difference - at this moment the Giants do not have a full 53 man roster, which isn't a huge deal but there's no advantage to doing that. And it's a missed opportunity for some player out there who doesn't have a team or a paycheck this week.