Tag: Isaiah Hodgins

Giants agree to terms with WR Isaiah Hodgins

The New York Giants are re-signing wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins after opting not to tender him earlier in free agency.

The New York Giants announced on Thursday evening that they have agreed to terms with wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins.

The Giants did not tender Hodgins, who was a restricted free agent, when the new league year opened. The tender would have cost them $3 million and now they get him back at a much cheaper price.

Hodgins came over from the Buffalo Bills’ practice squad during the 2022-2023 season. He was impressive down the stretch and into the playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings.

Hodgins appeared in eight games in his first season with Big Blue, hauling in 33 catches and four touchdowns. He regressed in 2023, like most of the Giants’ roster, catching just 21 balls for three touchdowns while playing in all 17 games.

Hodgins will rejoin familiar faces Darius Slayton, Wan’Dale Robinson, and Jalin Hyatt in the wide receiver room. He provides a reliable set of hands Daniel Jones and adds familiar depth to the wide reviving corps.

With wide receiver very much in play in the 2024 NFL draft, Hodgins may slide further down in the depth chart following the draft. However, with a weak free agent class at wide receiver and the Giants in desperate need of bodies at the position, the move to bring Hodges back is a no-brainer.

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Giants don’t tender restricted free agent WR Isaiah Hodgins

The New York Giants did not tender restricted free agent (RFA) wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins.

The New York Giants did not assign a tender to restricted free agent wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins before the league new year began on Wednesday afternoon, effectively making him an unrestricted free agent.

Hodgins was claimed off waivers by the Giants in November of 2022 and was an integral part of the team’s playoff run that season racking up 351 yards receiving and four touchdowns in eight games.

Last season, Hodgins’ production dipped to just 21 receptions for 231 yards and three scores in 17 games played.

The Giants may seek to bring Hodgins back this spring on a more inexpensive deal.

Offensive lineman Wyatt Davis and quarterback Jacob Eason were also not tendered.

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Giants-Eagles Week 18: Offense, defense and special teams snap counts

The New York Giants won their Week 18 game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Here are the snap counts on offense, defense and special teams.

The New York Giants closed out a dismal 2023 campaign in unexpected fashion, dominating the Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10, at MetLife Stadium.

The score doesn’t indicate just how badly the Giants stomped all over their NFC East rivals as Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni waived the white flag at halftime, removing most of his starters from the game.

With the win, the Giants closed things out with a record of 6-11 and now head into an offseason filled with uncertainty.

Here are the snap counts that contributed to the Giants’ most season-ending victory.

Offensive snaps: 67
Defensive snaps: 65
Special teams snaps: 26

In what was likely his final game as a member of the Giants, wide receiver Sterling Shepard saw action on 25 percent of the team’s offensive snaps. Fellow wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins also saw an increase in playing time with 53 snaps.

Defensively, safety Xavier McKinney and linebacker Bobby Okereke closed out the season having taken all 100 percent of the team’s snaps for the 17th straight game. Impressive.

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Giants are sticking with the youth movement at wide receiver

New York Giants coach Brian Daboll says the team will continue to play their young wide receivers over the veterans as the season winds down.

The New York Giants are going through several transitions on both sides of the ball, but none more evident than at the wide receiver position.

The team started out with a mix of veterans and young players at wide receivers and as the season has gone on, it’s apparent they want to go with the youngsters.

That means playing rookie Jalin Hyatt and second-year wideout Wan’Dale Robinson more and players such as Isaiah Hodgins, Parris Campbell and Sterling Shepard less.

In last Sunday’s 24-6 loss to the Saints in New Orleans, Darius Slayton led the way by playing on 95 percent of the snaps followed by Robinson (85 percent) and Hyatt (71 percent).

Hodgins played on just 29 percent of the offensive snaps followed by Shepard (5 percent) and Gunner Olszewski (2 percent). Campbell didn’t even make the game day cut as he was a healthy scratch for the second straight week.

“Hyatt and Wan’Dale are playing more,” head coach Brian Daboll told reporters on Wednesday when asked about the distribution of playing time at wideout.

Asked how the veterans were dealing with the reduced workload, Daboll didn’t add much depth to his decision.

“They’re pros,” he said. “I mean, they’re competitive, I’m sure they’d like to play, but we’re playing Wan’Dale and Hyatt.”

The Giants are more invested in Hyatt and Robinson than the others. They are players that current general manager Joe Schoen scouted and drafted as opposed to the others.

They used a second-round pick on Robinson last year and a third- and fourth-round pick in a trade this year to select Hyatt. That is why they are out on the field.

The Giants inked Slayton to a two-year, $12 million deal last March, so he was always going to fit prominently in their plans. Shepard and Campbell are playing this season on one-year deals.

Hodgins is due to become an exclusive rights free agent come next offseason.

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Tommy DeVito’s confidence, swag helped fuel Giants in primetime stunner

The New York Giants believed because QB Tommy DeVito believed, and then the “stone-cold killer” delivered a massive upset of the Packers.

The New York Giants bid adieu to their primetime curse on Monday night, defeating the Green Bay Packers, 24-22, on a walk-off field goal as time expired.

The 37-yard Randy Bullock boot game after rookie quarterback Tommy DeVito orchestrated an eight-play, 57-yard drive with just 1:33 remaining.

The Packers had regained the lead after picking up a rare Saquon Barkley fumble and then punching the ball in on a short Jordan Love pass, but the Giants never wavered. They followed the lead of their quarterback, who was calm, cool, and collected in the biggest moment of his life.

“Just go win the football game,” DeVito said of his thinking as he took the field on that final drive. “Go execute a drive that we practice every day before practice, which is a two-minute drive. We do it every day, different situations. With all the practice, we have that exact situation or something very similar to it, so just go out, execute the offense and go win the game.”

Head coach Brian Daboll had a simple message for the rookie after Green Bay took the lead: Go “rip that son of a (expletive).”

As swag as ever, DeVito took that message and then delivered one of his own in the huddle.

“Let’s go win the game,” DeVito recalled telling his teammates. “It’s on us, on the offense.”

Message received. Loud and clear.

Giants end primetime curse, stun Packers, 24-22, to keep playoff hopes alive

The New York Giants ended their primetime curse and stayed alive in the NFC Playoff hunt with a 24-22 upset of the Packers on Monday night.

The New York Giants hosted the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football at MetLife Stadium in a Week 14 matchup between two of the NFC’s hottest teams.

The Giants sported their ‘classic’ uniforms from their 1980s heyday under Bill Parcells and local hero Tommy DeVito started once again at quarterback.

Here’s how things turned out…

LOOK: Every player drafted in the NFL during Jonathan Smith’s era at Oregon State

Check out every player that was drafted into the NFL during new MSU HC Jonathan Smith’s tenure at Oregon State:

New Michigan State football coach Jonathan Smith is known as a program builder and someone who can develop players at a high level. He has shown the ability to elevate the talent that he recruits, a quality Spartan fans are very excitedly looking forward to.

At Oregon State, Smith was able to really turn the development up on a plethora of offensive talent at Oregon State leading to a handful of draft picks in his six year tenure in Corvallis. Of his eight draft picks, seven have seen significant snaps and game action in the NFL, which is impressive to his development acumen.

Check out who got drafted into the NFL during Smith’s tenure at Oregon State:

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5 impact Giants from 2022 who have vanished in 2023

The 2022 New York Giants surprised the football world by picking up a playoff victory but these 5 impacts players have vanished in 2023.

The New York Giants came into the 2023 season with high hopes after experiencing their first playoff appearance since 2016 last season.

Those hopes have been dashed — and then some — as the Giants have opened the 2023 season with a 2-8 record and are on course to have one of their worst seasons in franchise history.

That didn’t happen in a vacuum. Injuries, poor coaching and personnel choices, and yes, player underperformance, have all contributed to the club’s rapid demise.

Here are five players who contributed heavily in 2022 that have ‘vanished’ this season.

What we learned from Giants’ 24-3 loss to Seahawks

The New York Giants fell to the Seattle Seahawks, 24-3, in Week 4 and here’s some of what we learned from that game.

The New York Giants fell to 1-3 on the season after completely disintegrating on Monday night at MetLife Stadium versus the Seattle Seahawks.

The score was 24-3 but that didn’t matter. You didn’t need a scoreboard to figure out that the Giants are a complete mess of a team in which no unit is functioning at an acceptable level.

Here are four things we learned on Monday night.

Fantasy Football: Potential bargains, must-plays from Giants-Seahawks game

Here’s a look at some potential bargains for daily fantasy from the New York Giants-Seattle Seahawks Week 4 game on Monday night.

The New York Giants (1-2) will host the Seattle Seahawks (2-1) on Monday Night Football in Week 4 in a matchup of NFC playoff teams from last season.

There’s a number of fantasy picks to choose from in this game. Here are four.