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Giants promote DBs Sean Chandler, Ryan Lewis to active roster

The Giants make some moves.

The New York Giants promoted defensive backs Sean Chandler and Ryan Lewis to the active roster ahead of Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears.

With Adrian Colbert (quad) ruled out for the game, the Giants bring up Lewis and Chandler, the former of which familiarity in Patrick Graham’s system. Chandler has appeared in 30 games for the Giants since the 2017 season.

Lewis (6’0, 185) spent training camp with the Washington Football Team and was with the Dolphins with Graham in 2019 for eight games.

The Giants will travel to Soldier Field to take on the Bears on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. ET.

Giants protect four practice squad players, including QB Cooper Rush

The New York Giants announced that four practice squad players, including QB Cooper Rush, had been protected ahead of Week 2.

The New York Giants announced the names of their four protected practice squad players on Wednesday afternoon and they were very similar to a week ago at this time.

Once again, the Giants chose to protect quarterback Cooper Rush, offensive lineman Chad Slade and cornerback Ryan Lewis. The only difference this week was the addition of kicker/punter Ryan Santoso in place of wide receiver Johnny Holton.

Rush, of course, was signed by the Giants during the offseason and eventually beat out Alex Tanney, a future coach, for the third and final spot at the quarterback position. Meanwhile, Slade signed with the Giants last season after spending four years with the Houston Texans.

Both Lewis and Santoso were signed to the practice squad in early September

As part the practice squad changes this season, NFL clubs are permitted to “protect” up to four players on their practice squad per week, which prevents them from being signed to another team’s 53-man roster.

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Giants attempted to claim CB Ryan Lewis off waivers

The New York Giants attempted to claim CB Ryan Lewis off of waivers from the Miami Dolphins, but he ended up in Washington.

The New York Giants have spent a substantial amount of time in recent years re-working their secondary, which has included additions to both the top and bottom of the depth chart.

They continued that work this past week by claiming defensive back Shakial Taylor off of waivers from the Denver Broncos, but it didn’t end there.

Although he ultimately ended up in Washington, the Giants also put a claim in for cornerback Ryan Lewis, who was waived by the Miami Dolphins on Thursday.

Lewis broke into the league with the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent following the 2017 NFL Draft. He later spent time with Joe Judge in New England before moving onto the Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles and the aforementioned Dolphins.

Over his three-year NFL career, Lewis has appeared in 20 games with six starts, recording 43 tackles, two forced fumbles, eight passes defensed and one interception.

Lewis would have been a familiar face for defensive coordinator Patrick Graham, but instead, the young cornerback will now play the Giants twice per season (should Lewis stick in Washington).

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Report: Panthers, Giants both put in claim for Washington CB

According to a report by Field Yates at ESPN, the Panthers and the Giants both put in claims for cornerback Ryan Lewis.

According to a report by Field Yates at ESPN, the Panthers and the Giants both put in claims for cornerback Ryan Lewis, who was claimed by Ron Rivera’s Washington Football Team.

Something these three teams all have in common is that we are likely to see them near the bottom of the NFC standings at the end of the season. Their lack of depth and talent at cornerback will be a significant factor.

The Panthers are projected to start Donte Jackson and Eli Apple outside, with rookies Troy Pride Jr. and Stantley Thomas-Oliver III backing them up. It’s unclear at this point who will take over for Javien Elliott in the slot.

Clearly, there’s a lot of room for improvement there so it makes sense to put in a claim for Lewis, now playing for his fifth NFL team.

There are still a few decent options on the market. Those choices are dwindling by the day, though. On Thursday, the Falcons took another name off the board by agreeing to terms with former Bengals cornerback Darqueze Dennard.

A familiar face might be the answer, here.

Bringing back Ross Cockrell wouldn’t make the Panthers any kind of a contender, but if they are serious about improving at cornerback he is worth another look. Cockrell was generally tight in coverage, allowing a 55% completion rate, one touchdown and a 68.6 passer rating. Cockrell did miss 12 tackles, but that’s not a bad trade off.

Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar even has him ranked among his top 101 players in the NFL.

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Washington claims CB Ryan Lewis; can he compete for playing time?

While Washington looks to fill out their cornerback rotation during training camp, Ryan Lewis was claimed to try to fill a role.

The Washington Football team made a roster move on Thursday afternoon by claiming cornerback Ryan Lewis off of the waivers and adding him to the training camp roster.

Lewis, who was released by the Miami Dolphins on Wednesday, will immediately come to Washington and look to compete for playing time in a secondary that is seemingly wide open outside of the top two or three spots.

Lewis has played only two seasons in the NFL, the first of which was with the Buffalo Bills, where he started three games, had three passes defended and forced two fumbles. In 2019, Lewis bounced around, playing for Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, and Dolphins. He had one interception in Miami.

So will Lewis have a chance to earn some real playing time in Washington? I don’t see why not. Outside of the trio of Kendall Fuller, Ronald Darby, and Fabian Moreau, there isn’t a strong candidate to take over as one of the starting options. Second-year CB Jimmy Moreland will surely be in the rotation, and either Danny Johnson or Aaron Colvin might definitely step up into a bigger role going forward. However, for Lewis, this can be the perfect place for him to carve out his own role in a young but hopeful defense.

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