Giants GM Joe Schoen minimize linebacker Blake Martinez on Thursday, hours after saying “we like the guys that are here, the 53 players that are on the roster.”
Schoen later mentioned he couldn’t rule out something that made the workforce higher, when requested about extensive receiver Darius Slayton, whom he mentioned would “be on the team Week 1.”
“Right now the 53 today, I’m not gonna say Week 1 on any of these guys,” Schoen mentioned. “You by no means know what’s gonna occur. But we like our 53 proper now. We’re gonna transfer ahead with our 53.
“If there’s opportunities available that we need to pursue then we will, whether it’s Darius or anybody else,” Schoen mentioned. “Everybody’s competing on a daily basis for their position because we want the best 53.”
It wasn’t instantly clear what led to Martinez’s launch on Thursday particularly. But he had been absent from Wednesday’s follow for private causes.
He returned to follow Thursday and was truly the primary participant to welcome the media again into the Giants’ locker room.
“Welcome back!” he mentioned with a smile, strolling the opposite approach. “Someone made my locker messy.”
It’s attainable Martinez requested to be launched.
Former Giants head coach Joe Judge now coaches the New England Patriots’ offense, and former Giants defensive coordinator Pat Graham is the Las Vegas Raiders’ defensive coordinator. They valued Martinez and named him captain in each his seasons in New York.
Schoen additionally had assured Martinez $2 million this season when he took a paycut in March to stick with the Giants. So Thursday’s launch wasn’t any actual achieve for the group from a monetary standpoint.
On the opposite hand, new Giants defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale didn’t appear to favor Martinez all through camp, although Martinez nonetheless had been training with the starters in his ramp up from final season’s torn left ACL.
Former GM Dave Gettleman initially signed Martinez as a free agent to a three-year, $30.75 million take care of $19 million assured within the spring of 2020.
The Giants restructured Martinez’s contract twice: as soon as in 2021, pushing $3.5 million in cap {dollars} to this yr; and once more together with his pay minimize within the spring, including $2 million in ensures to 2023 that had not existed in his unique deal.
The Giants’ inside linebacker room now’s Tae Crowder, rookie Micah McFadden, Austin Calitro, Carter Coughlin and Cam Brown. Rookie sixth-round decide Darrian Beavers was having an excellent camp earlier than tearing his left ACL in a preseason sport.
The Giants stuffed the roster spot by claiming guard/sort out Tyre Phillips off waivers from the Baltimore Ravens. The third-year professional has 22 common season video games, 13 begins and two postseason begins beneath his belt.
Schoen additionally minimize 4 gamers from the follow squad: OT Garrett McGhin, OT Roy Mbaeteka, CB Darren Evans and S Nate Meadors. And he signed 4 to the follow squad: OL Wyatt Davis, DE Henry Mondeaux, S Tony Jefferson and LB Charles Wiley.
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