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The New York Giants are making moves. Maybe not the ones fans were hoping for, but they are shuffling the deck a bit.
On Tuesday, the club re-signed tight end Scott Simonson, who suffered an ankle injury in the preseason finale in New England and was placed on injured reserve and then released on Sept. 10.
The addition of Simonson will give the Giants four tight ends again, but only two healthy ones. Evan Engram (foot) missed Sunday’s game against the Jets and could miss more time. Rhett Ellison left Sunday’s game with a concussion and is in the protocol. Rookie Kaden Smith was the lone tight end for the remainder of the game.
Simonson will fill the roster spot left by the release of offensive lineman Evan Brown, who was released on Monday.
Joining the Giants’ practice squad are tight end Garrett Dickerson, wide receiver Alex Bachman and long-snapper Colin Holba.
Dickerson played four games last year for Big Blue and three this season before he was waived on Oct. 22. He does not have a career reception the regular season. Dickerson originally joined the team as a rookie free agent from Northwestern on June 4, 2018.
From the Giants:
“Bachman, 6-0 and 190 pounds, was signed by the Los Angeles Rams as a rookie free agent on April 29 and was waived on Sept. 5. He caught two passes for 24 yards in the preseason. Bachman played in 32 games in four seasons at Wake Forest and caught 82 passes for 1,162 yards (14.2-yard avg.) and 10 touchdowns. As a senior in 2018, he played in 11 games and posted career-best totals of 37 receptions for 541 yards and six touchdowns.
Holba, 6-4 and 255 pounds, has played in 13 NFL regular-season games, including the first two this season with San Francisco. He also played seven with Jacksonville in 2017 and four with the 49ers last year. Holba originally entered the NFL as a sixth-round draft choice (213th overall selection) by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2017, from Louisville. He was waived at the end of training camp and signed with the Jaguars on Nov. 14 that year.”
To make room on the practice squad, the Giants terminated the contracts of wide receiver Reggie White and defensive end Freedom Akinmoladun.
Cornerback Corn Elder was signed to the Carolina Panthers’ active roster on Monday, creating the third opening.