Giants' John Harbaugh announces roster cut news ahead of NFL draft
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New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh has announced several early roster cuts.
The New York Giants and head coach John Harbaugh announced news of several roster cuts just before the start of offseason workouts and the NFL draft.
NYG team reporter Dan Salomone shared the transactions via Big Blue. With the Giants’ social media team reposting Salomone.
Dan Salomone
The Giants have waived four players: ▪️WR Da’Quan Felton ▪️S Patrick McMorris ▪️CB TJ Moore ▪️CB Myles Purchase
“The Giants have waived four players: WR Da’Quan Felton, S Patrick McMorris, CB TJ Moore, [and] CB Myles Purchase,” the post read.
To which The Athletic’s Dan Duggan responded: “Giants doing some roster pruning before the start of the offseason program. I have the roster count at 76 two weeks from the draft.”
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Most of these cuts are bottom-of-the-roster guys. Felton was an undrafted wide receiver last summer. He landed with the practice squad after training camp.
McMorris and Purchase, on the other hand, were veteran pickups in the secondary. The Giants made moves to replace all three players this spring.
The headliner here is probably Moore, simply because of his story.
“Moore was the undrafted rookie who fractured his femur in a preseason game last summer,” Duggan reminded Giants fans just after the news. He added that it “was a gruesome injury [and] long recovery process.”
Moore was turning into a bit of a training camp darling before his injury. So, the news was disappointing at the time.
The injury occurred during a preseason game against the New England Patriots. Moore has not taken the football field since, and it’s unclear when he’ll make his NFL return.
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This is just the latest bit of roster deconstruction from Harbaugh. The new Giants head coach has actually been relatively tempered with his moves.
Most times, when a new regime takes over in the NFL, a major overhaul ensues. But that hasn’t been the case with the G-Men.
Perhaps that’s because general manager Joe Schoen is still with the organization. Although when Harbaugh wants someone gone, their walking papers are not far behind.
This has been more of a slow and methodical roster transformation under Harbaugh, rather than the more typical stick of dynamite method.
Harbaugh has brought in former Baltimore Ravens to help set the tone, like fullback Patrick Ricard, punter Jordan Stout, defensive back Ar’Darius Washington, and new star tight end Isaiah Likely.
He’s also added necessary pieces in free agency, with the assistance of Schoen and new front office executive Dawn Aponte. But there have been fewer departures than expected.
The Giants shockingly re-signed draft busts like Evan Neal and Joshua Ezeudu. They also asked a clear cap casualty candidate like veteran running back Devin Singletary to take a pay cut.
Harbaugh’s Big Blue has also made public efforts to keep trade candidates like Kayvon Thibodeaux and Dexter Lawrence, despite steady outside rumors that both could be moved. The latter, Lawrence, even requested a trade on April 6.
At the end of the day, this roster is in for major changes over the next few years. However, more often than not, Harbaugh has not felt the need to make those changes right away.
The new Giants HC has shown patience and thoughtfulness, and that’s what you want to see out of the leader of your football team.