By 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, your New York Giants and the other 31 NFL teams will have established their initial roster of 53 players. Not their last, of course, since waiver requests and free agent collections will make a difference, but the initial lists.
This means that some dreams will come true on Saturday. Others will die. There will be, as always, some head shots that will surprise us all.
The Giants have tough decisions to make in several places, including:
Wide receiver – Who are the backups? The Giants appear to have about five defensible picks for what feels like two spots.
Cornerback and Safety – I put them together because it’s really secondary, and guys like Julian Love and Logan Ryan will fill a myriad of roles. The last spots here are unpredictable.
Saving Offensive Linemen – Again, unpredictable. The arguments begin after five starters, plus rookies Matt Peart and Shane Lemieux. Eight linemen or nine? Newly signed Jon Halapio a lock? Could Tyler Haycraft do the 53? Is there a save tackle other than Peart that deserves a spot?
Stay here with Big Blue View as we keep you updated throughout the day.
The Giants started things off on Friday by placing wide receiver David Sills V on IR and officially signing cornerback Logan Ryan.
Below is the list of the 80 men, by post, before the cuts. Positions are posted as listed on the official team website. That’s why you won’t see Nick Gates listed as a center.
80 Giants roster ahead of cuts
| Player | Pos | HT | WT | Age | Exp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | HT | WT | Age | Exp |
| Jon halapio | VS | 6-3 | 315 | 29 | 4 |
| Spencer Pulley | VS | 6-4 | 308 | 27 | 5 |
| Corey Ballentine | CB | 6-0 | 191 | 24 | 2 |
| James bradberry | CB | 6-1 | 212 | 27 | 5 |
| Grant Haley | CB | 5-9 | 191 | 24 | 3 |
| Hartage watch | CB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | 1 |
| Darnay holmes | CB | 5-10 | 195 | 22 | R |
| Julian Love | CB | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | 2 |
| KeiVarae Russell | CB | 5-11 | 196 | 26 | 4 |
| Prince smith | CB | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | R |
| Brandon williams | CB | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | 5 |
| Jarren williams | CB | 5-10 | 187 | 23 | R |
| Dravon Askew-Henry | DB | 6-0 | 202 | 24 | 1 |
| Logan ryan | DB | 5-11 | 195 | 29 | 2 |
| Nate ebner | DB | 6-0 | 215 | 31 | 9 |
| Chris Williamson | DB | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | R |
| Niko lalos | OF | 6-5 | 270 | 23 | R |
| BJ Hill | DL | 6-3 | 311 | 25 | 3 |
| Dexter Lawrence | DL | 6-4 | 342 | 22 | 2 |
| RJ McIntosh | DL | 6-4 | 283 | 24 | 3 |
| Chris slayton | DL | 6-4 | 307 | 24 | 1 |
| Dalvin tomlinson | DL | 6-3 | 318 | 26 | 4 |
| Leonard williams | DL | 6-5 | 302 | 26 | 6 |
| Daylon mack | DT | 6-1 | 340 | 23 | 2 |
| Nick gates | g | 6-5 | 307 | 24 | 3 |
| Will hernandez | g | 6-2 | 327 | 25 | 3 |
| Chad slade | g | 6-5 | 315 | 28 | 3 |
| Kevin zeitler | g | 6-4 | 315 | 30 | 9 |
| Blake martinez | HE B | 6-2 | 237 | 26 | 5 |
| Graham Gano | K | 6-2 | 202 | 33 | 11 |
| Brown cam | KG | 6-5 | 233 | 22 | R |
| TJ Brunson | KG | 6-1 | 230 | 22 | R |
| Ryan connelly | KG | 6-2 | 242 | 24 | 2 |
| Carter Coughlin | KG | 6-3 | 236 | 23 | R |
| Tae crowder | KG | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | R |
| Devante Downs | KG | 6-2 | 252 | 24 | 3 |
| Kyler fackrell | KG | 6-5 | 245 | 28 | 5 |
| Josiah tauaefa | KG | 6-1 | 232 | 23 | 2 |
| Casey kreiter | LS | 6-1 | 250 | 30 | 5 |
| Carson Tinker | LS | 6-0 | 237 | 30 | 7 |
| Austin johnson | NT | 6-4 | 314 | 26 | 5 |
| Shane Lemieux | OL | 6-4 | 310 | 23 | R |
| Kyle murphy | OL | 6-4 | 302 | 22 | R |
| Lorenzo Carter | OLB | 6-5 | 255 | 24 | 3 |
| Markus Golden | OLB | 6-3 | 260 | 29 | 6 |
| David may | OLB | 6-2 | 240 | 27 | 6 |
| Oshane Ximines | OLB | 6-4 | 254 | 23 | 2 |
| Cameron Fleming | OT | 6-5 | 320 | 28 | 7 |
| Tyler haycraft | OT | 6-3 | 293 | 23 | R |
| Matt Peart | OT | 6-7 | 318 | 23 | R |
| Eric smith | OT | 6-4 | 308 | 25 | 3 |
| Andrew Thomas | OT | 6-5 | 315 | 21 | R |
| Riley dixon | P | 6-4 | 221 | 27 | 5 |
| Daniel Jones | QB | 6-5 | 221 | 23 | 2 |
| Colt McCoy | QB | 6-1 | 212 | 34 | 11 |
| Cooper rush | QB | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | 4 |
| Alex Tanney | QB | 6-3 | 208 | 32 | 5 |
| Saquon Barkley | RB | 5-11 | 233 | 23 | 3 |
| Tavien Feaster | RB | 5-11 | 221 | 22 | R |
| Wayne gallman | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | 4 |
| Dion lewis | RB | 5-8 | 195 | 29 | 9 |
| Elijhaa Penny | RB | 6-2 | 234 | 27 | 4 |
| Sandro Platzgummer | RB | 6-0 | 198 | 23 | 1 |
| Sean Chandler | S | 5-11 | 202 | 24 | 3 |
| Xavier McKinney | S | 6-0 | 201 | 22 | R |
| Jabrill peppers | S | 5-11 | 215 | 24 | 4 |
| Garrett dickerson | AT | 6-3 | 248 | 24 | 3 |
| Evan engram | AT | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | 4 |
| Kaden smith | AT | 6-5 | 249 | 23 | 2 |
| Levine Toilolo | AT | 6-8 | 268 | 29 | 8 |
| Eric Tomlinson | AT | 6-6 | 263 | 28 | 5 |
| Alex Bachman | WR | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | 1 |
| CJ Council | WR | 6-1 | 181 | 26 | 2 |
| Corey coleman | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | 5 |
| Derrick dillon | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | R |
| Johnny holton | WR | 6-3 | 190 | 29 | 4 |
| Austin Mack | WR | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | R |
| Sterling shepard | WR | 5-10 | 201 | 27 | 5 |
| Darius slayton | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | 2 |
| Golden Tate | WR | 5-10 | 197 | 32 | 11 |
| Binjimen Victor | WR | 6-4 | 199 | 23 | R |
