1. Slayton
2. Hodgins
3. Campbell
4. WDR
5. Shep
6. Johnson
7. Crowder
8. Smith
If they draft a guy, they’ll have quite a bit of competition to sort out the roster spots. Assuming they’ll carry 6 at most - maybe 7 if they view some of them as key STers (Crowder, Smith)
BBI would be upset the giants sogned a veteran wr at a presumably minimum deal. These are the type of guys you want around. Shep and even wandale are no guarantee foe this year.
Jones and Crowder were not on the roster at the same time. Jones was a fresman the year after Crowder was drafted by the Redskins.
Career stats:
With WAS:
2015: 59 rec for 604 yrds and 2 tds
2016: 67 rec for 847 yrds and 7 tds
2017: 66 rec for 789 yrds and 3 tds
2018: 29 rec for 388 yrds and 2 tds(only played 9 games)
With NYJ:
2019: 78 rec for 833 yrds and 6 tds
2020: 59 rec for 699 yrds and 6 tds(only played 12 games)
2021: 51 rec for 447 yrds and 2 tds(only played 12 games)
With BUF:
2020: 6 rec for 60 yrds and 0 tds(only played 4 games)
Career catch rate of 66%. His big year with the Jets also included 8 drops.
I'd say he's a training camp body with a chance to compete for return duties.
have a lot of bodies at WR, but right now really only Slayton, Campbell, and Hodgins are certainties to make the roster, assuming they stay healthy. Everyone else is either injured or a journeyman. We have plenty of room for Smith and Crowder and whoever we draft.
Every team signs guys to vet minimum contracts. But let's not act this team was cheap this offseason when they added two guys who make 10 million or more and signed others in the 4-6 per range.
That looks terrific, and then another injury comes along. That being said, it’s clear that Schoen is looking to create some competition amongst the receiver group. If they draft another one they’ll be up to 14 guys. I would say 12 of those players would have made last years roster.
Interesting, this move makes even more sense then. And like you said people need to prepare for no WR in rounds 1-2. Anything could happen but they might go D and OL.
that both Shep and WDR play by the end of October at the very latest.
They might play, but there's a good chance Shep will get hurt again and be done sometime in Nov. Not trying to be mean, but we can't count on him based on recent history.
And who knows how effective WDR will be in his 1st season coming back from an ACL.
Instead of just going out and getting a WR1, the Giants are signing four .25 WRs. Because as we know, 1/4 x 4 = 1. So now we have our WR1 in Campbell, Slayton, Shep, Crowder.
it's kind of feeling like they entered this offseason thinking
James is a borderline NFL roster player, and the fumbles are killers.
a few years ago yes, now not so sure. if james would have signed for minimum i think they'd have taken him over crowder. the fumbles werent good obviously but if have someone else returning the ball his hands catching were extremely reliable and he made a lot of tough catches.
“#Giants are signing WR Jamison Crowder to 1-year VSB (veteran salary benefit) deal, source confirms. Focused on building out positions with value deals to create competition + provide options if bad things happen.
Does not change draft board or what WR looks like moving forward.”
James is a borderline NFL roster player, and the fumbles are killers.
a few years ago yes, now not so sure. if james would have signed for minimum i think they'd have taken him over crowder. the fumbles werent good obviously but if have someone else returning the ball his hands catching were extremely reliable and he made a lot of tough catches.
I don't think they were particularly keen on James returning.
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The Giants are signing WR Jamison Crowder, per @JosinaAnderson
. Another versatile receiver. Strength by #s. NYG don’t want to get stuck like last year.
Crowder also has pre-existing relationship w/fellow Dukie Daniel Jones. Didn’t play together but have worked out together.
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1. Slayton
2. Hodgins
3. Campbell
4. WDR
5. Shep
6. Johnson
7. Crowder
8. Smith
If they draft a guy, they’ll have quite a bit of competition to sort out the roster spots. Assuming they’ll carry 6 at most - maybe 7 if they view some of them as key STers (Crowder, Smith)
it seems like james is not coming back.
Who else is out there to sign?
Wan'Dale probably starts year on PUP , so it makes sense
Not all of these guys are going to open the season on the active roster.
The Giants will resume offseason activities in a few weeks. They'll need a slot WR giving Jones a good look with the 1's.
Hopefully at least 1 gem stands out.
While I haven't watched Jameson play the past couple of seasons, on the surface I like him over James as a receiver.
What’s interesting though is that the team really seems to have no issue with small WRs.
Crowder is assured nothing. I'm sure he can be cut with no cap hit.
Good move.
Career stats:
With WAS:
2015: 59 rec for 604 yrds and 2 tds
2016: 67 rec for 847 yrds and 7 tds
2017: 66 rec for 789 yrds and 3 tds
2018: 29 rec for 388 yrds and 2 tds(only played 9 games)
With NYJ:
2019: 78 rec for 833 yrds and 6 tds
2020: 59 rec for 699 yrds and 6 tds(only played 12 games)
2021: 51 rec for 447 yrds and 2 tds(only played 12 games)
With BUF:
2020: 6 rec for 60 yrds and 0 tds(only played 4 games)
Career catch rate of 66%. His big year with the Jets also included 8 drops.
I'd say he's a training camp body with a chance to compete for return duties.
im not sure how much he has left since a bunch of guys played over him in buffalo last year but depth is depth.
Btw, he had an ankle injury in 2022. It wasn’t like his right arm was cut off.
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Interesting, this move makes even more sense then. And like you said people need to prepare for no WR in rounds 1-2. Anything could happen but they might go D and OL.
They might play, but there's a good chance Shep will get hurt again and be done sometime in Nov. Not trying to be mean, but we can't count on him based on recent history.
And who knows how effective WDR will be in his 1st season coming back from an ACL.
Did you miss last year?
a few years ago yes, now not so sure. if james would have signed for minimum i think they'd have taken him over crowder. the fumbles werent good obviously but if have someone else returning the ball his hands catching were extremely reliable and he made a lot of tough catches.
Does not change draft board or what WR looks like moving forward.”
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James is a borderline NFL roster player, and the fumbles are killers.
a few years ago yes, now not so sure. if james would have signed for minimum i think they'd have taken him over crowder. the fumbles werent good obviously but if have someone else returning the ball his hands catching were extremely reliable and he made a lot of tough catches.
I don't think they were particularly keen on James returning.
Not any game breakers necessarily but a way way better start to training camp with this list of WRs.
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The Giants are signing WR Jamison Crowder, per @JosinaAnderson
. Another versatile receiver. Strength by #s. NYG don’t want to get stuck like last year.
Crowder also has pre-existing relationship w/fellow Dukie Daniel Jones. Didn’t play together but have worked out together.