{"id":59278,"date":"2022-08-29T01:41:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T01:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-jets-things-i-think-waiting-begins-for-players-on-the-bubble\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T01:41:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T01:41:08","slug":"giants-jets-things-i-think-waiting-begins-for-players-on-the-bubble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-jets-things-i-think-waiting-begins-for-players-on-the-bubble\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-Jets ‘things I think’: Waiting begins for players on the bubble"},"content":{"rendered":"
The 80 men remaining on the New York Giants’ roster have done all the work. They have toileted through throughout offseason workouts and practices, mini-camps, training camp and preseason games. They have rehabbed injuries. <\/p>\n
They have done everything they can to further or continue their NFL careers. Now, they can do no more. Except wait for the phone to ring. Oh, not ring.<\/p>\n
NFL teams have to trim their rosters from 80 players to the regular-season limit of 53 by 4 pm ET Tuesday, less than 48 hours from when this post will go out to the world. Some NFL teams that played earlier in the weekend have already begun that process.<\/p>\n
I think this is the hardest part. <\/p>\n
Players who know they will be on the roster when the Giants reconvene on Tuesday to begin practicing for the season-opener against the Tennessee Titans know many of the guys they have been working with for months won’t be around.<\/p>\n
There are questions about who will, and will not, make the roster at almost every position for the Giants. That means dozens of players who were in uniform Sunday don’t know if they will have a Giants’ practice jersey on Tuesday. Or, if they will be ending up elsewhere. Or, sadly, if their NFL lives are over.<\/p>\n
Much of the chatter leading up to the decisions on the initial roster has been regarding whether or not wide receiver Darius Slayton, a 2019 fifth-round pick, would be a Giant when the regular season begins.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t really stress about it too much,\u201d Slayton said after Sunday’s game. \u201cAt the end of the day if it’s meant for me to be here I’ll be here. If it’s not, I won’t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Slayton has had few first-team opportunities this summer, spending most of his time working with backup Tyrod Taylor and third-teamer Davis Webb. He also dealt with a hamstring tweak that kept him off the field for a while.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, a big part of the reason Slayton may be an ex-Giant some time in the next 48 hours has to do with his $2.598 million salary cap hit, difficult for the cap-strapped Giants to digest since Slayton is buried on the depth chart .<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t think I would be surprised (to end up elsewhere),\u201d Slayton said.<\/p>\n
Linebacker Austin Calitro has been in the league since 2017, with the Giants being his 11th NFL team. He has been with the Seattle Seahawks and Cincinnati Bengals twice.<\/p>\n
Calitro had a 35-yard interception return for a touchdown, a fumble recovery and five tackles on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I put my best foot forward,\u201d said Austin Calitro. \u201cIt’s not really in my hands anymore. I did what I could and we’ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the vagabond nature of his career, Calitro wants to keep going.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you would have asked me my rookie year if I would’ve made it to stick around this long, I would’ve said no,\u201d Calitro said. \u201cI just want to keep going; when you’re undrafted you’re not supposed to make it this far. One day when I have kids, I want to leave some kind of legacy behind for them, and for me I’m still not done yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fourth-year edge defender Oshane Ximines entered training camp on the roster bubble. After a solid training camp\/preseason during which he got a large number of first-team opportunities, Ximines can now only wait to find out if it was enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy goal was to maximize every single day. Not take one single day, not one single rep for granted and I feel like I did that,\u201d Ximines said. \u201cI just tried to go as hard as I possibly could and let the chips fall where they may.\u201d<\/p>\n