Brian Daboll admits blunder without saying a word with Giants’ latest roster move
The New York Giants put themselves at a bit of a disadvantage in Week 2. With kicker Graham Gano nursing a groin injury, he suffered a second injury to his leg. On a kick return, Gano attempted to tackle Washington Commanders RB Austin Ekeler. In the attempt, he sustained a hamstring issue that has now […]
The New York Giants put themselves at a bit of a disadvantage in Week 2. With kicker Graham Gano nursing a groin injury, he suffered a second injury to his leg.
On a kick return, Gano attempted to tackle Washington Commanders RB Austin Ekeler. In the attempt, he sustained a hamstring issue that has now landed him on injured reserve.
Giants sign new kicker to active roster
According to Adam Schefter, New York is adding veteran kicker Greg Joseph to their 53-man roster. Gano's placement on IR was the corresponding move. He will have to miss at least four games.
The move means that Daboll and co. should not have ever played Gano.
The kicker experienced enough discomfort during pregame warmups on Sunday. That discomfort was enough to disrupt his typical routine pregame. He had to go to the locker room.
Even then, Daboll chose to have him play. Why's that?
Well, he did not have a backup plan with the team. No other kicker was on the active roster for Sunday, so they would have needed to use punter Jamie Gillan as their kicker for the entire game.
They chose to not elevate backup kicker Jude McAtamney from the practice squad on Saturday.
Dan Duggan pointed out a great piece to the puzzling choice, too.
But even when the Giants elected not to elevate McAtamney, they still could have added a safeguard after Gano’s disjointed warmup routine. Punter Jamie Gillan could have filled in on kickoffs to preserve Gano for field goals and extra points, thus eliminating any chance of chasing any returners for 40 yards. — New York Times
Now, the Giants are without one of the league's top boots as he is dealing with multiple ailments.
