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Daniel Jones, Adoree’ Jackson were highest-graded Giants in Week 2

QB Daniel Jones and CB Adoree’ Jackson earned the New York Giants’ highest offensive and defensive grades in Week 2.

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The New York Giants fell in heartbreaking fashion to the Washington Football Team on Thursday night, dropping their record to 0-2 on the season.

As the losing continues, frustration across the organization is beginning to grow. Players are griping with each other and the coaches, fans are calling for heads and somewhere, John Mara is probably throwing chairs.

But there were a few bright spots in Week 2. Namely quarterback Daniel Jones, who earned a team-high grade of 91.3 on Thursday night courtesy of Pro Football Focus.

Just behind Jones on the offensive side of the ball were tight end Kaden Smith (87.9), fullback Eli Penny (70.9) and wide receiver Sterling Shepard (68.6).

Other notable grades on offense include running back Saquon Barkley (63.3), wide receiver Darius Slayton (61.0) and right tackle Nate Solder (49.7).

The lowest-graded player on offense was center Billy Price, who checked out at 28.1, including a pass protection grade of 8.7 (no, that’s not a typo).

On the defensive side of the ball, cornerback Adoree’ Jackson led the way with an 84.3. He was followed by safety Xavier McKinney (75.5), cornerback James Bradberry (74.3) and safety Jabrill Peppers (69.8).

Other noteworthy defensive grades include linebacker Azeez Ojulari (51.6), safety Logan Ryan (51.0) and defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence (45.0).

The lowest-graded Giants defender was defensive end Raymond Johnson (29.7).

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Giants place Shane Lemieux on IR, sign Matt Skura to active roster

The New York Giants have placed OL Shane Lemieux on injured reserve and signed OL Matt Skura to their active roster.

The New York Giants made a series of transactions on Thursday prior to their Week 2 matchup with the Washington Football Team.

The Giants officially announced that offensive lineman Shane Lemieux (knee) has been placed on injured reserve. He will miss a minimum of three weeks but potentially more.

Lemieux suffered what some have reported to be a partially torn patellar tendon. He missed all three of the Giants’ preseason games and took just a 17 snaps in Week 1 before being replaced by Ben Bredeson.

Replacing Lemieux on the 53-man roster is offensive lineman Matt Skura, who was signed from the practice squad. Skura signed with the Giants earlier this month after being released by Miami. He has appeared in 54 career games — 42 of those at center.

With Lemieux now on IR, Nick Gates will slide from center to left guard. Billy Price will start at center.

Bredeson will serve as a backup.

In addition to those moves, the Giants have also elevated wide receiver/kickoff returner C.J. Board and tight end Chris Myarick to their gameday roster. This is the second week in a row Board has been elevated.

Following the conclusion of Thursday’s game, Board and Myarick will be returned to the practice squad.

Billy Price traded to the New York Giants

According to Ian Rapoport, The Cincinnati Bengals traded former Ohio State All-American center Billy Price to the New York Giants on Monday.

We’ve got another former Ohio State player on the move as NFL teams jostle personnel to make tough decisions to cull things down to the necessary 53-man roster to start the year.

The Cincinnati Bengals traded former Buckeye center Billy Price to the New York Giants according to NFL insider Ian Rapoport. At Ohio State, Price won the Rimington Award as an All-American and was selected in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft by the Bengals.

However, Price has never been able to find a consistent role with Cincinnati and it’s likely that the Bengals wanted to get something for the former first-rounder rather than leave him off the active roster and have him claimed off waivers, getting nothing in return.

In this case, the Bengals get defensive lineman B.J. Hill as a part of the deal.

Things are about to get crazy, and we’ll do our best to stay on top of all the roster cuts and moves over the next couple of days. For now, though, here’s to wishing Price luck in getting things together out in the Big Apple.

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Report: Bengals had Michael Jordan trade talks before Billy Price-Giants deal

Could the Bengals still trade another notable name?

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The Cincinnati Bengals ultimately decided to trade Billy Price to the New York Giants.

But they weren’t the only team interested in Price — and Price wasn’t the only name who came up in trade talks.

According to MMQB’s Albert Breer, New York and the Jacksonville Jaguars were calling teams like the Bengals about help. And besides Price, one of the names who came up was Michael Jordan.

Jordan was first on the depth chart at guard to start training camp but is firmly on the roster bubble now. And he’s now a name to watch in trade chatter before the Bengals have to cut the roster to 53 players by Tuesday afternoon.

Also of note, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported the Bengals had Price’s name in talks for weeks, with a deal only coming to fruition right before the 53-man cutdown.

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Report: Giants trade DL B.J. Hill to Bengals for OL Billy Price

The New York Giants have traded defensive lineman B.J. Hill to the Cincinnati Bengals for offensive lineman Billy Price.

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New York Giants head coach Joe Judge announced on Monday the team is trading defensive lineman B.J. Hill; one reason why Hill was held out of Sunday night’s game versus New England.

The trade is reportedly to the Cincinnati Bengals for center Billy Price, a 2018 first-round pick out of Ohio State.

The trade, pending physicals, does several things for the Giants. First, it opens up a roster spot for defensive lineman Raymond Johnson (as per Judge), who has impressed this summer at camp and in the preseason.

The second leg of why this is a good trade for Big Blue is it gives them a natural center in Price. That will potentially shift Nick Gates Gates back to his role as a guard/swing tackle where he has proved to be effective.

If Gates stays at center, Price also has experience at guard.

Price, 6-foot-4 and 300 pounds, won the Rimington Trophy in 2017 as the nation’s top center. He was selected 21st overall by the Bengals in the 2018 NFL draft and has played in 42 games for Cincinnati but has mostly been a rotational player suffering through a spate of injuries.

Pro Football Focus graded Price as their 47th ranked center in the NFL last year. This spring, the Bengals declined to exercise his fifth-year option.

Hill was a former third-round pick of the Giants in 2018. He is in the final year of his rookie contract.

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Is Billy Price a trade candidate for the Bengals?

Should the Cincinnati Bengals move Billy Price?

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The Cincinnati Bengals will have to make some interesting calls during cutdown days this summer.

When we formulated our 53-man roster projections recently, center Billy Price stuck on the roster mostly because of the numbers game — his versatility in that he can play all over the interior is a plus.

But over at Bleacher Report, Brad Gagnon listed one player each team should trade before the upcoming season and listed Price as Cincinnati’s candidate:

“Finding a trade partner could be tough considering the 26-year-old’s struggles the last few years, but he’d represent an inexpensive one-year trial for a team looking for help within the interior offensive line and Cincinnati might be able to at least salvage a late-round pick in exchange for him.”

And that sums it up well — Price has been a bust and is on his last chance with the team. Getting something back for him in exchange for his eventual departure would make sense. And for the team getting him, it’s a one-year experiment.

So yes, the Bengals should take pretty much any offer that might come up for Price, unless returning line coach Frank Pollack is really adamant he stays. But he’s on the roster bubble as it is and maybe the only other convincing argument is the team needs him as insurance since Trey Hopkins continues to rehab his season-ending injury.

But with rookies like Trey Hill on the rise as possible long-term options, Price returning any sort of value on the trade market might be a smart move for the Bengals.

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Cincinnati Bengals decline Billy Price’s 5th-year option

The Cincinnati Bengals finally made a call on Billy Price’s fifth-year option.

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In a predictable turn of events, the Cincinnati Bengals won’t pick up the fifth-year option on offensive lineman Billy Price.

Price is the first 2018 first-rounder to have his fifth-year option declined. It would have paid him roughly $10.4 million in guaranteed cash. Instead, he’ll head to free agency after the upcoming season.

A fall-back plan for the Bengals after Frank Ragnow, Price’s illustrious collegiate career never translated to the pros, as the Ohio State product struggled to stay healthy and productive when on the field. He started 10 games as a rookie but didn’t match that output in the ensuing years.

The news dropped on the day before the 2021 draft, where the Bengals figure to use multiple picks on addressing the offensive line. Going into the summer, Price figures to be fighting for his roster spot despite the return of line coach Frank Pollack.

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NFL trade deadline: 9 players on offense the Bills could target

Potential trade deadline targets for the Buffalo Bills on offense ahead of the 2020 NFL Trade Deadline.

The 2020 NFL trade deadline is right around the corner. It’s slated for Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Sitting at 5-2 overall and in control of their own destiny at this point, could the Buffalo Bills add to their arsenal to solidify themselves as a legitimate contender in the AFC? Despite their record, the Bills do certainly have a hole or two they could stand to fill in their roster.

In this part of Bills Wire’s trade deadline coverage, we’ll take a look at a couple of players just on offense in general that the Bills could target as Tuesday inches closer and closer:

John Ross, Billy Price listed as Bengals trade candidates by ESPN

The Cincinnati Bengals have a few interesting trade candidates, says ESPN.

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The Cincinnati Bengals didn’t end up as sellers at the trade deadline last season.

But that could change in 2020.

Just ask ESPN’s Bill Barnwell, who pointed out two notable Bengals players as likely trade candidates — John Ross and Billy Price.

While listing Ross, Barnwell proposed a trade that sends him to the New England Patriots in exchange for a sixth-round pick and wrote the following:

Another first-rounder from the prior regime gone wrong, Ross had injury issues in college at Washington, and he hasn’t been able to stay healthy as a pro. The No. 9 overall pick in the 2017 draft has flashed as a deep threat, but after dropping two passes in the opener, he was a healthy scratch before missing Week 5 with an illness. The Bengals have already declined his fifth-year option and will likely move on from the 25-year-old after the season.

Barnwell also suggests the Bengals send Price to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for a seventh-round pick.

And yes, that’s about as good as trade compensation figurest to get for either player. Ross has shown flashes as a redzone weapon and deep threat in the past, but his miserable connection with Joe Burrow (at least so far) has had him completely out of the lineup. Even the idea of his spacing an offense isn’t a good one, as a team as desperate for help as the Bengals hasn’t been using him.

With Price, it’s hard to imagine any team actually trades for him. He’s been downright horrific when inserted at guard (38.8 grade at PFF this year), but like Ross, the Bengals will probably take anything than can get for what is a surefire eventual departure.

Don’t expect trades to happen with either player, but if offers were to come in for some reason, the Bengals would be foolish not to jump.

Billy Price is up to 330 pounds and ready to compete at Bengals training camp

Cincinnati Bengals OL Billy Price remade his body and is ready to compete at training camp.

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Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Billy Price hasn’t exactly thrown in the towel on his NFL fate.

Price, Cincinnati’s first-round pick in 2018, got knocked out of potential starting jobs last season under a new coaching staff and had the look of a player about to be on the roster bubble.

But Price has remade his body this offseason, ballooning up to 330 pounds in an effort to match what offensive line coach Jim Turner likes, according to Dave Lapham of the team’s official website:

“Billy Price has responded like you hope as a teammate and a coach he would…he’s not assuming the fetal position, he’s trying to do something about it, trying to improve himself and the offensive line as a whole.”

It’s something of a last-ditch effort for Price, who lost the center job to Trey Hopkins and didn’t exactly outperform a rookie Michael Jordan at left guard last year.

There’s always hope Price can still realize some of his potential if his body agrees, but he’s battled plantar fasciitis and other nagging issues since going pro. The Bengals have responded as of late by signing Xavier Su’a-Filo in free agency and drafting Hakeem Adeniji to boost the entire unit.

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