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Week 8 Tracker: Latest news, notes & roster moves

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Track the latest news, notes and roster moves from the Quest Diagnostics Training Center.

Saturday, Oct. 25

4:00 p.m. -- The New York Giants made the following roster moves Saturday ahead of their Week 8 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Activated, from Reserve

  • K Graham Gano

Waived, No Recall

  • LB Swayze Bozeman

Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation)

  • WR Lil'Jordan Humphrey
  • S Raheem Layne

2:11 p.m. -- The Giants announced S Jevón Holland (knee) has been downgraded to out. Holland, CB Paulson Adebo and DL Chauncey Golston will not travel with the team to Philadelphia.

Friday, Oct. 24

2:21 p.m. -- The Giants released their final injury report of the week, along with statuses for Sunday's game in Philadelphia.

Out: CB Paulson Adebo (knee), DL Chauncey Golston (neck)

Doubtful: S Jevón Holland (knee)

Questionable: OLB Brian Burns (hip), DL D.J. Davidson (ankle), K Graham Gano (groin)

11:30 a.m. -- Coach Brian Daboll said OLB Brian Burns (hip) will return to practice today. WR Darius Slayton (hamstring) has had "two good days" so "hopefully he'll be ready to roll." DL D.J. Davidson (ankle) will be OK. K Graham Gano "has done a good job" and they'll see how he is after practice.

Thursday, Oct. 23

4:50 p.m. -- C John Michael Schmitz cleared concussion protocol and practiced fully on Thursday. The third-year pro missed last week's game in Denver, and Austin Schlottmann started in his place. CB Paulson Adebo (knee), OLB Brian Burns (hip), DL Chauncey Golston (neck), S Jevón Holland (knee) and DL D.J. Davidson (ankle) did not practice. TE Daniel Bellinger (neck), LB Swayze Bozeman (ankle), OT Jermaine Eluemunor (knee), LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (hamstring) and WR Darius Slayton (hamstring) were limited.

12:05 p.m. -- Special teams coordinator Michael Ghobrial said K Graham Gano "did a nice job yesterday on what would constitute a normal Wednesday for him and did a good job with his kicks."

8:51 a.m. -- The Giants signed veteran WR Ray-Ray McCloud III to the practice squad. They also released DB LaMareon James from the practice squad and added K Jude McAtamney, who was waived on Tuesday, back to the practice squad as an international player exemption.

McCloud reunites with Daboll, who was his offensive coordinator when Buffalo drafted the Clemson product in 2018. McCloud, 5-9 and 185 pounds, has played in 98 regular-season games (25 starts) for the Bills (2018), Panthers (2019), Steelers (2020-21), 49ers (2022-23) and Falcons (2024-24), who released him on Tuesday. His career numbers include 158 catches for 1,518 yards and two touchdowns, in addition to 25 rushing attempts for 271 yards, including a career-long 71-yard touchdown. He has also returned 140 punts for an average of 9.5 yards (long of 57 yards) and 126 kickoffs for an average of 22.9 yards (long of 49 yards). McCloud has also appeared in eight postseason games.

Last season, McCloud posted career highs in starts (13), catches (62), receiving yards (686) and yards from scrimmage (765). He has appeared in four games (one start) this season with six catches for 64 yards.

"I haven't talked to Ray-Ray in a long time and then the situation came up where they moved on from him," Daboll said. "I've known him. It seems like yesterday, but it was many years ago. … He's a good, young man. I thought he had a productive year last year. I went back and watched some of it. He's got some catching up to do with what we've done, but there's a lot of terminology that [he's familiar with]. He's a pretty smart kid, a Tampa kid. I had him for a couple years there in Buffalo. See how it goes. Just get him in here, let him work out and see what he can do."

Wednesday, Oct. 22

6:18 p.m. -- The Eagles released their first injury report of the week.

Did Not Participate: WR AJ Brown (hamstring), CB Adoree' Jackson (concussion), C Cam Jurgens (knee), OLB Azeez Ojulari (hamstring), LB Jeremiah Trotter (ankle)

Limited: CB Jakorian Bennett (pectoral), TE Grant Calcaterra (oblique), G Landon Dickerson (ankle/back), TE Dallas Goedert (calf), DT Moro Ojomo (shoulder)

Full: DE Brandon Graham (not injury related)

3:39 p.m. -- The Giants released their first injury report of the week following Wednesday's practice.

Did Not Participate: CB Paulson Adebo (knee), OLB Brian Burns (hip), DL Chauncey Golston (neck), S Jevón Holland (knee)

Limited: TE Daniel Bellinger (neck), LB Swayze Bozeman (ankle), DL D.J. Davidson (ankle), OT Jermaine Eluemunor (knee), LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (hamstring), C John Michael Schmitz (concussion), WR Darius Slayton (hamstring)

Full: QB Jaxson Dart (ankle), K Graham Gano (groin)

12:30 p.m. -- Coach Brian Daboll announced that K Graham Gano has been designated for return from injured reserve and will return to practice. Gano suffered a groin injury in final warmups leading up to Sunday Night Football against the Chiefs in Week 3. The veteran has made all six of his field goal attempts this season, with a long of 55 yards in Week 1, and all four extra points. Jude McAtamney, who kicked for Gano the past four weeks, was waived on Tuesday among a series of roster moves. The Giants also have veteran kicker Younghoe Koo on the practice squad.

OLB Brian Burns, S Jevón Holland, CB Paulson Adebo and DL Chancey Golston will not practice today. "We'll see where they are, kind of day to day, if you will," Daboll said. WR Darius Slayton, who has missed the last two games with a hamstring injury, will practice.

Tuesday, Oct. 21

5:32 p.m. -- The Giants made a series of roster moves. They waived K Jude McAtamney and brought back CB Korie Black, a seventh-round pick by the Giants this past April. Black was waived Aug. 27 and signed to the Jets practice squad two days later. He was elevated to their gameday roster for Weeks 2 and 7. He played 15 snaps total, all on special teams. The Giants also added DL Elijah Garcia to the practice squad and released LB Jonas Griffith from the practice squad. Garcia, who was waived on Saturday, has played in nine games (three starts) for the Giants over the past two seasons after beginning his career with the Broncos. Griffith, also a former Bronco, had joined the practice squad last Monday.

TOM-COUGHLIN

11:50 a.m. -- The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced that Tom Coughlin, who led the Giants to two Super Bowl titles, is among 12 coaches who have moved one step closer to the Class of 2026. The Hall of Fame's Coach Blue-Ribbon Committee recently narrowed a list down from 15 nominees and will next cast an additional ballot later this month to reduce the list to nine semifinalists. Those results will be announced in early November. The Coach Blue-Ribbon Committee will then meet virtually in mid-November and, through a sequence of reduction votes, will select one Finalist for the Class of 2026. Dan Reeves, who was a head coach for 23 consecutive seasons (including four with the Giants) and Bill Arnsparger, a longtime defensive coordinator in the NFL and a former Giants head coach (1974-76), are also on the list of 12.

The list of coaches who remain in consideration for the Class of 2026:

  • Tom Coughlin
  • Bill Arnsparger
  • Bill Belichick
  • Alex Gibbs
  • Mike Holmgren
  • Chuck Knox
  • Buddy Parker
  • Dan Reeves
  • Marty Schottenheimer
  • George Seifert
  • Mike Shanahan
  • Clark Shaughnessy

10:17 a.m. -- For the sixth consecutive time, a member of the Giants' 2025 draft class was nominated for Pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Week. QB Jaxson Dart again got the nod after completing 15 of 33 passes for 283 and three touchdowns with one interception against a vaunted Broncos defense. The 25th overall draft pick also added a one-yard touchdown run to regain the lead with 37 seconds remaining, but the Broncos zipped down the field on the ensuing possession and kicked a field goal as time expired for a 33-32 victory.

Dart has been up for the award after each of his four starts since taking over in Week 4. RB Cam Skattebo, a fourth-round pick who leads all rookies with 587 yards from scrimmage and six touchdowns, has been nominated three times. League-wide, the 2025 draft class has combined for the most scrimmage yards and scrimmage touchdowns in NFL history through the first seven weeks of their rookie season.

Dart became the first Giants rookie quarterback with at least three touchdown passes and one rushing touchdown in the same game since Charlie Conerly, another Ole Miss product, in Week 10 of the 1948 season at Green Bay. Dart won the 2024 Conerly Trophy as the most outstanding college football player in Mississippi. Dart also became the third rookie quarterback since 2000 to be responsible for 10 touchdowns in his first four career starts, joining Justin Herbert (10) and Deshaun Watson (13).

Fans can vote for Dart at nfl.com/rookies and on the NFL Mobile app through Thursday at 11 a.m. ET to determine who will bring home the Rookie of the Week championship belt for Week 7. The winner will be announced Thursday on NFL.com.

Monday, Oct. 20

4 p.m. -- WR Lil'Jordan Humphrey and LB Zaire Barnes reverted to the practice squad after being elevated for Sunday's game against the Broncos. Humphrey has played 127 snaps (87 percent) on offense in the past two games. He had no catches on two targets against the Broncos after hauling in four passes for 55 yards the week before (also led the team with eight targets against the Eagles). Barnes has also been called up the past two weeks and has played 40 snaps, all on special teams.

2:30 p.m. -- Brian Daboll did not have any updates yet on S Jevón Holland and CB Paulson Adebo when the head coach spoke to the media on Monday. Both veteran defensive backs, who signed with the Giants this offseason, left Sunday's game in Denver with knee injuries. "They're all kind of getting looked at right now and I'll find out here tonight," Daboll said. Meanwhile, the following players did not suit up due to injury: WR Darius Slayton (hamstring), ILB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (hamstring), ILB Swayze Bozeman (ankle), DL Chauncey Golston (neck), C John Michael Schmitz (concussion).

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