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Andrew Thomas, Leonard Williams were highest-graded Giants in Week 2

Pro Football Focus grades are out and Andrew Thomas and Leonard Williams led the way for the New York Giants in Week 2.

The New York Giants defeated the Carolina Panthers, 19-16, in Week 2 but it wasn’t necessarily pretty. Big Blue struggled in a lot of areas, especially on the offensive side of the ball.

In particular, their offensive line appeared to take a step back. With the exception of left tackle Andrew Thomas, that is. He led the team with a 87.5 grade from Pro Football Focus.

Just behind Thomas were wide receiver Richie James (72.6), and tight ends Tanner Hudson (69.1) and Chris Myarick (66.7).

Other notable offensive grades include running back Saquon Barkley (65.9), wide receiver Sterling Shepard (59.9) and quarterback Daniel Jones (51.5).

The lowest-graded Giants on offense were offensive linemen Mark Glowinski (50.2), Jon Feliciano (39.9) and Joshua Ezeudu (22.3).

Defensively, Leonard Williams led the way with an 83.4. He was followed by cornerbacks Darnay Holmes (77.2), Fabian Moreau (69.5) and Adoree’ Jackson (67.2).

Other noteworthy defensive grades include linebacker Oshane Ximines (66.1), safety Xavier McKinney (60.0) and nose tackle Dexter Lawrence (58.3).

The lowest-graded Giants defenders were linebacker Tomon Fox (43.7), defensive lineman Justin Ellis (30.6) and linebacker Tae Crowder (30.2).

The highest-graded Giant on special teams was the aforementioned Chris Myarick, who logged an 81.2.

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Giants vs. Panthers: Statistics, numbers and broken records

The New York Giants defeated the Carolina Panthers in Week 2 and here’s a look at some of the records, statistics and numbers.

The New York Giants defeated the Carolina Panthers, 19-16, on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium. It improved their record to 2-0 on the season and has them sitting in first place in the NFC East — at least for now.

There’s a lot the Giants need to clean up, especially with the Dallas Cowboys coming to town, but there are increasing reasons for optimism.

Here’s a glance at what interesting stats, numbers and broken records were birthed from the Week 2 win over the Panthers.

  • With the win, the Giants start 2-0 for the first time since 2016. They had started 0-2 in each of the previous five seasons.
  • The Giants won their home opener for the first time since 2016 — six years later to the day.
  • New York and Carolina were tied at both halftime and after three quarters, which hasn’t happened in a Giants game since 2017.
  • Graham Gano connected on two 50-plus yard field goals on Sunday, extending his franchise record to 14 50-plus yard field goals.
  • Daniel Bellinger scored his first career touchdown and became the Giants’ first rookie tight end to score a touchdown since 2019 (Kaden Smith).
  • On his first career play, rookie safety Dane Belton recovered a fumble.
  • The Giants last recovered a fumble on the opening kickoff in 2009.
  • Darnay Holmes recorded his first career forced fumble.
  • Julian Love recorded his first full career sack.
  • Cor’Dale Flott made his first career start.
  • Tanner Hudson recorded his first (and second) receptions as a member of the Giants.
  • Justin Layne and Antonio Williams made their Giants debuts.

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Giants release unofficial regular season depth chart: 9 takeaways

The New York Giants have released their unofficial regular season depth chart and here are 9 key takeaways.

The New York Giants will take on the Tennessee Titans this Sunday in Nashville and several things remain unsettled.

Among them are the team’s starters at left guard and inside linebacker. With Shane Lemieux on injured reserve and Blake Martinez having been released earlier this week, the Giants still have some decisions to make.

They won’t come immediately, head coach Brian Daboll told reporters on Tuesday. They’ll have an open competition in practice this week that may lead to some unexpected changes.

Despite that, the team released their unofficial regular season depth chart on Tuesday and there were several notable things to take away.

Here are nine:

3 players released Wednesday Browns could look to add

Another set of releases after the first waiver claim period has a few new players the Browns could go after:

While all the hype around the initial 53-man roster is deserved, it is far from the end of roster movement in the NFL. The Cleveland Browns claimed QB Kellen Mond which led to the release of DE Isaac Rochell. The team tried to claim a tight end as well but lost out due to waiver priority.

Waiver priority kept Mond from becoming a Philadelphia Eagle.

The Browns also brought back 12 players that they had just cut by adding them to their practice squad.

Like Rochell, all of the waiver claims made on Wednesday led to other players being waived or cut. As a veteran, Rochell is free to sign with any team while players with less than four years accrued time in the league must go through waivers.

Here are three players set from on Wednesday that could interest Cleveland:

Giants sign TE Tanner Hudson, waive OL Chris Owens

The New York Giants have signed TE Tanner Hudson and waived OL Chris Owens following Wednesday workouts.

The New York Giants made a series of roster moves and waiver claims on Wednesday, but more moves are expected to come on Thursday as injuries mount.

Prior to Wednesday’s practice, the team held their latest round of workouts with two players in attendance. They were tight end Tanner Hudson and defensive back Nasir Greer.

Of the two, Hudson took his physical and was signed to a contract. The Giants made the transaction official on Thursday morning.

Hudson, 27, was originally signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted rookie out of Southern Arkansas following the 2018 NFL draft. He remained with the Bucs through the 2020 season before spending last season with the San Francisco 49ers.

In 22 career games (one start), Hudson has caught five passes for 67 yards. He earned a 60.0 Pro Football Focus grade in 2020.

Greer signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted rookie free agent back in April and was released this past Tuesday as a part of league-wide cuts.

In order to make room for Hudson on their roster, the Giants waived offensive lineman Chris Owens.

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