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Giants officially sign 13 undrafted rookie free agents

The New York Giants have officially signed 13 undrafted rookie free agents ahead of their three-day minicamp.

The New York Giants will hold their three-day rookie minicamp beginning on Friday and that meant the arrival of many players on Thursday. It also meant the time had come to officially sign some contracts.

Following the NFL’s schedule release, the Giants officially announced the signing of 13 undrafted rookie free agents — many of whom we had been made aware of previously.

The 13 signees were as follows:

  • TE Austin Allen
  • DB Yusuf Corker
  • DT Jabari Ellis
  • DB Darren Evans
  • DB Zyon Gilbert
  • FB Jeremiah Hall
  • DT Christopher Hinton
  • TE Andre Miller
  • G Josh Rivas
  • DB Trenton Thompson
  • DT Antonio Valentino
  • RB Jashaun Corbin
  • EDGE Tomon Fox

In addition to those 13 players, the Giants have invited a slew of others for tryouts. And while those names have not yet been released, it’s expected that several NFL veterans will also be trying out for a spot on the 90-man roster.

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Browns mock draft watch: Pro Football Network mocks full seven rounds

Browns mock draft watch: Pro Football Network mocks full seven rounds broken down by our @joshkeatley16 #Browns

Well this weekend was not ideal as the Cincinnati Bengals took the Kansas City Chiefs to bed and are now heading to the Super Bowl. Obviously the AFC North is getting better and Joe Burrow and the Bengals are going to be hard to beat, but the Cleveland Browns will have an opportunity to improve with the 13th pick in the NFL Draft and a front office ready to make this team better.

The lovely people at Pro Football Network have been gracious enough to publish a seven round mock draft and I wanted to breakdown who they selected and who I thought maybe a better option.

Notre Dame at Florida State: Overtime Analysis

Whew.

They say it’s better to be lucky than good. We’ll find out as the season goes on if Notre Dame is both. For now, it will be satisfied with a 41-38 overtime win on the road over Florida State.

The Irish (1-0) won the coin toss and chose to defer to the Seminoles (0-1). After handing it off to Jashaun Corbin twice, McKenzie Milton appeared to fumble the ball after losing a bunch of yardage, setting up Ryan Fitzgerald for a 50-yard field goal attempt. Just before the ball was snapped, Seminoles coach Mike Norvell challenged the previous ruling, hoping for it to be changed to an incomplete pass to get Fitzgerald closer. Though Norvell eventually got the ruling he wanted to give Fitzgerald a 37-yard attempt instead, the long wait ended up icing his own kicker, who missed the field goal wide left.

All the Irish had to do was hold onto the ball to set up Jonathan Doerer. They didn’t advance very far, forcing Doerer to kick from 41 yards. Still, it was close enough because Doerer split the upright, and the Irish escaped with a victory that nearly slipped away.

Notre Dame at Florida State: First-Quarter Analysis

That quarter could have gone just a little better.

Notre Dame wasted no time making its presence known in Sunday’s season opener against Florida State. When you’re able to put up a quick score on offense and start out suffocating the quarterback on defense, good things are going to happen. However, bad things can happen, too, and that’s why the Irish are faced with a 7-7 tie after the first quarter.

Jack Coan connected with Michael Mayer, the Irish’s top returning receiver, on a 25-yard completion on the game’s first play from scrimmage to advance the ball to midfield. The offense soon was faced with a fourth-and-1, and Tommy Rees decided it was a good-time to test out his unit’s ability in that situation. So far, that ability appears to be good as Coan took advantage of a broken Seminoles coverage to complete another pass to Mayer, who ran 41 yards for the Irish’s first touchdown of the season.

The Irish had to punt on their next two offensive possessions, and it turned out they should have done more with those opportunities. Jordan Travis, who was named the Seminoles’ starting quarterback mere moments before his team took the field, had trouble moving the football, let alone getting beyond his own red zone. With his offense only moving backwards, it appeared the Irish’s defense was in control. That all changed when Jashaun Corbin, the Seminoles’ top returning running back, took a handoff at his team’s 11-yard line, broke a couple of tackles and was off to the races via an 89-yard game-tying touchdown run.

The Irish’s next turn on offense went better, and they were faced with another fourth-and-1 in Seminoles territory. Coan completed a short pass to Kyren Williams, but a measurement determined he fell down just short of the first-down marker.

We’re already being reminded of how quickly momentum can change in college football. That confidence isn’t quite there right now, is it?

Tale of the Tape: Leading Rushers – Kyren Williams vs. Jashaun Corbin

The Irish shouldn’t have a problem with this particular position battle.

Notre Dame will have a clear advantage at running back during its season opener against Florida State. Kyren Williams was terrific in 2020, demonstrating how capable he was at putting up 100-yard performances. In fact, the 185 yards he ran for in last year’s meeting with the Seminoles are his career high. More importantly, the Seminoles were one of five opponents against which he scored at least two touchdowns.

In 2020, Seminoles quarterback Jordan Travis was the team’s leading rusher, but as far as actual running backs, that title went to Jashaun Corbin. While it wasn’t a bad accomplishment for the Texas A&M transfer, he hardly had what you would call breakout numbers. In sizing up the two running backs in this comparison, Corbin literally was half the player Williams was last season. If Mike Norvell starts McKenzie Milton instead of Travis on Sunday, Corbin might have to pick up the slack on the ground unless Milton effectively unleashes that part of his game.