Photos of players on the Giants official roster
DE BRAD BARS
WR ODELL BECKHAM JR
SAFETY NAT BERHE
LB JASPER BRINKLEY
DT JAY BROMLEY
LB JONATHAN CASILLAS
T EMMETT CLEARY
SAFETY LANDON COLLINS
WIDE RECEIVER VICTOR CRUZ
SAFETY JUSTIN CURRIE
WIDE RECEIVER ANTHONY DABLE
RB ORLEANS DARKWA
WR GEREMY DAVIS
LS ZAK DEOSSIE
TIGHT END LARRY DONNELL
WR BEN EDWARDS
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN DILLON FARRELL
T ERECK FLOWERS
GUARD ADAM GETTIS
DEFENSIVE TACKLE JOHNATHAN HANKINS
WR DWAYNE HARRIS
DT DAMON HARRISON
GUARD BOBBY HART
LB MARK HERZLICH
DEFENSIVE TACKLE MONTORI HUGHES
SAFETY BENNETT JACKSON
CB TRAMAIN JACOBS
CB JANORIS JENKINS
RB RASHAD JENNINGS
GUARD JOHN JERRY
FB/TE WILL JOHNSON
CENTER BRETT JONES
LINEBACKER DEVON KENNARD
WIDE RECEIVER TAVARRES KING
TIGHT END MATT LACOSSE
QB ELI MANNING
DE STANSLY MAPONGA
CENTER SHANE MCDERMOTT
DEFENSIVE BACK LEON MCFADDEN
LINEBACKER JAMES MORRIS
QB RYAN NASSIB
TACKLE MARSHALL NEWHOUSE
DEFENSIVE TACKLE LOUIS NIX III
KICKER TOM OBARSKI
LS TYLER OTT
DEFENSIVE END OWA ODIGHIZUWA
DEFENSIVE END JASON PIERRE-PAUL
TACKLE JUSTIN PUGH
RB Bobby Rainey
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN WESTON RICHBURG
LINEBACKER KEENAN ROBINSON
CB DOMINIQUE RODGERS-CROMARTIE
OFFENSIVE TACKLE JAKE RODGERS
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN RYAN SEYMOUR
LB Kelvin Sheppard
OL Byron Stingily
SAFETY COOPER TAYLOR
LB J.T. THOMAS
SAFETY MYKKELE THOMPSON
TIGHT END WILL TYE
DE OLIVIER VERNON
RB SHANE VEREEN
CB TREVIN WADE
RB ANDRE WILLIAMS
PUNTER BRAD WING
WIDE RECEIVER MYLES WHITE
FULLBACK NIKITA WHITLOCK
DEFENSIVE END KERRY WYNN
Michael:
Can you explain the difference between "released" and "waived?" And what are the advantages to the team for doing one over another when letting a player go?
Samuel
Dear Samuel:
For the Giants' purposes, "released" is a generic term for cutting a player. Players with less than four pension credits are "waived." Those players are on waivers for 24 hours and may be claimed by any other club. If they go unclaimed during the claiming period their contracts are terminated via waivers. They are then free agents and can sign with any club. Players with four or more pension credits are "terminated." They don't go through waivers (until after the trade deadline, when everyone must go through waivers) and are immediately free agents.
Michael:
We saw Nikita Whitlock play both sides of the ball during the final preseason game. Is this something we should expect during the regular season?
Robert
Dear Robert:
I doubt it. The Giants have a solid defensive tackle rotation, with Johnathan Hanks and Markus Kuhn as the current starters. Their four defensive tackles, including Jay Bromley and Louis Nix III, are 320, 303, 310, and 342 pounds. Whitlock is listed at 250 pounds, which is quite light for a modern NFL defensive tackle. Unless the tackles are decimated by injuries during a game, it's unlikely Whitlock will be asked to play there.
