Yesterday the Giants made their mandatory cuts to reduce the preseason roster to 53. In doing so they said good-bye to David Tyree and traded Michael Matthews to NE for an undisclosed conditional 2011 draft pick.
However, this is clearly not the final roster because suspended LB Michael Boley does not count against the game one roster. Thus one player on the opening day roster will have to be cut (or traded) when Boley returns for the second week game against Dallas. In addition, the positional numbers seem out of balance and further tinkering before Sunday's game against Washington would not be surprising.
The roster on offense numbers 26 including 7 wide receivers and 10 linemen, leaving only 3 running backs (plus one blocking fullback) and only 3 TE including H-Back rookie Travis Beckum. On defense the positional numbers seem even more skewed. The total count of 25 includes 9 linemen and 8 linebackers, leaving only 5 corners and 3 safeties.
Current Roster:
QB (2): Eli Manning, David Carr
RB (3): Brandon Jacobs, Ahmad Bradshaw, Danny Ware
FB (1): Madison Hedgecock
WR (7): Domenik Hixon, Steve Smith, Mario Manningham, Sinorice Moss, Derek Hagan, Hakeem Nicks, Ramses Barden
TE (3): Kevin Boss, Darcy Johnson, Travis Beckum
OL (10): David Diehl, Rich Seubert, Shaun O’Hara, Chris Snee, Kareem McKenzie, Kevin Boothe, Adam Koets, Guy Whimper, William Beatty, Tutan Reyes
DL (9): Justin Tuck, Osi Umeyiora, Mathias Kiwanuka, Barry Cofield, Fred Robbins, Chris Canty, Rocky Bernard, Leger Douzable, Dave Tollefson
LB (8): Antonio Pierce, Danny Clark, Clint Sintim, Chase Blackburn, Jonathan Goff, Bryan Kehl, Gerris Wilkinson, Zak DeOssie
CB (5): Aaron Ross, Corey Webster, Kevin Dockery, Terrell Thomas, Bruce Johnson
S (3): Kenny Phillips, Michael Johnson, C.C. Brown
K (1): Lawrence Tynes
P (1): Jeff Feagles
Suspended list (1): LB Michael Boley
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