Skip to main content
New York Giants homepage
Advertising

Giants News | New York Giants – Giants.com

Presented by

Week 8 Tracker: Latest news, notes & roster moves

BOBBY-OKEREKE

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

Tuesday, Oct. 21

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.

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).

View every move made by the New York Giants during the 2025 cycle.

25_ScheduleRelease_SingleGameTickets_1920x1080

Tickets on sale now

Limited 2025 Giants single game tickets are now available

Advertising