Giants roster moves: TE Garrett Dickerson added

Janoris Jenkins Jerseys 2019 , Kaelin Clay waived With tight end Evan Engram sidelined for the next few weeks due to an MCL sprain suffered Sunday against the Houston Texans, the Giants on Tuesday moved to add an additional tight end to their roster.Garrett Dickerson, an undrafted free agent from Northwestern, has been signed to thye 53-man roster from the Giants’ practice squad. Kick returner Kaelin Clay was waived/injured with an ankle injury to make room.Dickerson, 6-foot-2 and 244 pounds, played in 49 games at Northwestern and caught 87 passes for 887 yards and nine touchdowns. As a senior in 2017 Youth Wayne Gallman Jerseys , he played in 13 games and was selected honorable mention All-Big Ten after recording career highs in receptions (37) and yards (401).Clay was awarded off waivers to the Giants on Sept. 2, one day after he was released by the Buffalo Bills. He played in the season’s first two games, and returned five punts for 15 yards. Clay injured his ankle at Dallas on Sept. 16. He was inactive Sunday against the Houston Texans as Stacy Coley made his Giants debut returning kicks. After suggesting that the Giants may apply the Kansas City model to the transition from quarterback Eli Manning to a rookie, the Giants have more recently suggested that they may adopt the Green Bay model — which would put first-rounder Daniel Jones on the bench for three seasons. But when the Packers relegated first-rounder Aaron Rodgers to second string behind Brett Favre three years from 2005 through 2007, the rules were very different.Under the labor deal executed in 2011, a key decision must be made regarding all first-round picks after their first three seasons. As demonstrated by the news cycle from recent days Wayne Gallman Jerseys Stitched , teams must decide whether to exercise the fifth-year option by May 3 after the player’s third year.So if a player like Jones were to sit for three years like Rodgers did, the team would have to make a decision on whether to pick up the fifth-year option before the player ever becomes a starter. Complicating the decision is the fact that Jones was a top-10 pick; thus, his 2023 fifth-year option will equate to the 2022 transition tender for quarterbacks. For Rams quarterback Jared Goff and Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz, top-10 picks in 2016 whose fifth-year options recently were exercised, that’s an injury-guaranteed salary of $22.783 million for 2020.This contractual reality makes it far less likely that the Giants would sit Jones for three years. Indeed, if they don’t plan to transition from Eli Manning to Jones until 2022 Youth Dalvin Tomlinson Jerseys , why even take a quarterback now? In today’s NFL, it’s important to use first-round picks on players who will be playing as rookies or, at the latest, in their second seasons. And if a team isn’t willing to view a potential first-round pick that way, the team should draft someone else.