Tag: Tim Boyle

Giants’ Drew Lock expected to start vs. Falcons in Week 16

New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll said on Wednesday that Drew Lock would be the team’s starting QB this Sunday in Atlanta.

New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll said on Wednesday that Drew Lock would be the team’s starting quarterback this Sunday in Atlanta when they take on the Falcons.

At least that is the intention at the moment. Lock missed last Sunday’s game against Baltimore with heel and elbow issues. If he can practice to any reasonable degree, he will be under center this Sunday.

Lock started the two previous games in place of Tommy DeVito, who was sidelined with a forearm injury. DeVito started last Sunday’s game against Baltimore and was ruled out at halftime with a concussion. He was replaced by Tim Boyle.

Daboll said that DeVito, should he clear the concussion protocol, has a shot a being the primary backup this week.

The Giants have had four different quarterbacks (Daniel Jones, DeVito, Lock, and Boyle) throw passes this season. That last happened back in 1992 when Phil Simms, Jeff Hostetler, Dave Brown and Kent Graham did it.

This season, Jones started the first 10 games, going 2-8 before being benched and subsequently released. Since then, Lock and DeVito have each started twice with Boyle coming in relief last week.

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Giants’ Brian Daboll unsure who will start at QB vs. Falcons due to injuries

New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll is unsure who will start at quarterback in Week 16 due to a number of injuries.

The New York Giants ended Sunday’s 35-14 loss to the Baltimore Ravens at MetLife Stadium with just one healthy quarterback.

That was Tim Boyle, the journeyman backup the team added to the practice squad less than a week before. He was inserted into the game right before halftime after starter Tommy DeVito left with what would later be classified as a concussion.

Boyle began the game as the primary backup, while Drew Lock, who had started the Giants’ two previous games, was inactive due to heel and elbow issues.

On Monday, Giants head coach Brian Daboll was unsure who would start this Sunday when the Giants face off against the Falcons in Atlanta.

Daboll said that before the team would continue forward with Boyle as the starter, he would have to check the condition of the other two quarterbacks.

“It t depends on how these other guys are health-wise,” he said.

DeVito is in concussion protocol and Lock won’t be evaluated again until Wednesday.

“We’ll see where he’s at,” Daboll said of DeVito. “Again, it’s only a day away from where Drew was, so we’ll see how Drew is. We could potentially do that, but we’ll see where these guys are at each day, and Wednesday hopefully they’ll be ready to go.”

Boyle came in after the game was decided but did move the offense, something DeVito had not done while he was in the game.

“I thought he made some nice throws,” Daboll said of Boyle. “He was decisive with the football. He was ready to go. He was prepared. He’s worked extremely hard since he’s been here. He made the most of his opportunity, the chance he got to be in there.”

But Boyle is not the answer going forward. We know that. Neither are DeVito and Lock.

The Giants are simply trying to make it to the finish line; that’s the goal.

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Giants place OL Jon Runyan Jr. on season-ending IR

The New York Giants have placed guard Jon Runyan Jr. on season-ending injured reserve (IR) and made several other roster moves.

The New York Giants continue dropping like flies. On Saturday, the team placed guard Jon Runyan Jr., their top offseason signing, on season-ending injured reserve (IR).

Runyan suffered an ankle injury during a Week 14 loss to the New Orleans Saints. Head coach Brian Daboll indicated it would be a “week-to-week” issue and it quickly became apparent there wasn’t enough time remaining in the season for his return.

Runyan ends his first season with the Giants having started 13 games at left guard. He earned an overall Pro Football Focus grade of 56.1, including a 62.6 pass blocking grade.

Over 842 snaps, Runyan committed five penalties and allowed two sacks.

Replacing Runyan on the 53-man roster is quarterback Tim Boyle, who was signed from the team’s practice squad. He is expected to back up Tommy DeVito on Sunday, as Drew Lock is injured (heel/elbow).

Finally, the Giants elevated defensive back Raheem Layne from the practice squad. It is his first standard elevation this season and he has two remaining.

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Giants place Tre Hawkins on IR, sign four to practice squad

The New York Giants have placed CB Tre Hawkins on injured reserve, signed four to the practice squad, and made several other transactions.

As anticipated, the New York Giants made a flurry of roster moves on Tuesday after suffering a glut of injuries in Sunday’s 14-11 loss to the New Orleans Saints.

Cornerback Tre Hawkins, who had a breakout performance in Week 14, was placed on injured reserve (IR) with a fractured lumbar spine. Although the injury will end his season, it does not require surgery.

The Giants also placed center Jimmy Morrissey on practice squad IR.

With Hawkins on IR, cornerback Greg Stroman, who was elevated against the Saints, was signed from the practice squad to the 53-man roster.

Finally, to fill out the reserve unit, the Giants added four players to the practice squad—two veteran signings and two standard signings.

Quarterback Tim Boyle, as expected, was re-signed. Also added were defensive lineman Ross Blacklock, and cornerbacks Ekow Boye-Doe and Azizi Hearn.

Blacklock was originally a second-round pick of the Houston Texans in the 2020 NFL draft. However, he quickly became a journeyman, making stops with the Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts, and Tennessee Titans.

In 44 career games, the 26-year-old Blacklock has recorded 40 tackles (27 solo, five for a loss), one forced fumble, two passes defensed, nine QB hits, and 3.0 sacks.

Boye-Doe and Hearn have little to no regular season experience.

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Giants place D.J. Davidson on IR in flurry of roster moves

The New York Giants made a flurry of roster moves on Saturday, including to placement of DL D.J. Davidson on injured reserve (IR).

The New York Giants made a flurry of roster moves on Saturday afternoon before a Week 14 game against the New Orleans Saints at MetLife Stadium.

Defensive tackle D.J. Davidson (shoulder) being placed on injured reserve (IR) was the most notable. He had been listed as doubtful for Sunday’s game.

In 12 games this season, Davidson has recorded 23 tackles (12 solo, one for a loss), two fumble recoveries, two QB hits, and 2.0 sacks.

The Giants also waived quarterback Tim Boyle, leaving them with just Drew Lock and Tommy DeVito this week. He is likely to sign back to their practice squad.

In corresponding roster moves, New York signed defensive linemen Elijah Garcia and Casey Rogers from their practice squad to the active roster.

Finally, the team elevated offensive lineman Tyre Phillips and cornerback Greg Stroman from the reserve unit. It’s the first elevation for Phillips and the third for Stroman, who has none remaining.

If the Giants want to use Stroman again, he’ll have to be signed to the 53-man roster.

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Giants activate Kayvon Thibodeaux from injured reserve

The New York Giants have activated LB Kayvon Thibodeaux from IR, officially waived QB Daniel Jones, and made several other roster moves.

The New York Giants have activated linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux from injured reserve (IR) and he will play on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Thibodeaux has missed the past five games after suffering a fractured wrist — an injury that required surgery — against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 5.

Before landing on IR, Thibodeaux had recorded 12 tackles (eight solo, three for a loss), seven QB hits, and 2.0 sacks.

In Thibodeaux’s absence, fellow linebacker Azeez Ojulari has stepped in and played well, earning a larger snap share even with his counterpart’s return.

“Obviously with Azeez coming on and the impact he’s been able to have for us, he’s earned the opportunity to play,” defensive coordinator Shane Bowen said this week.

The Giants also signed quarterback Tim Boyle from their practice squad to the active roster. He will serve as the emergency quarterback in Week 12 and beyond.

In corresponding roster moves, the Giants officially waived quarterback Daniel Jones and edge rusher Tomon Fox.

Fox is expected to sign back to the practice squad.

The Giants did not elevate any other players from their practice squad ahead of Sunday’s game.

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Giants sign OL Tyre Phillips, QB Tim Boyle to practice squad

The New York Giants have signed OL Tyre Phillips and QB Tim Boyle to their practice squad, and released three others.

On Tuesday, the New York Giants added offensive lineman Tyre Phillips and quarterback Tim Boyle to their practice squad.

Phillips, 27, was the Baltimore Ravens’ third-round pick out of Mississippi State in 2020. He played in 22 games over two seasons in Baltimore, starting 13.

Phillips played 22 games for the Giants (starting 14) from 2022-23 with a stop on the Philadelphia Eagles’ practice squad sprinkled in the middle. He suffered a quad injury in Week 17 last season and was not re-signed by the Giants this offseason.

Boyle, 30, is a well-traveled backup quarterback by trade who has played for Green Bay, Detroit, Chicago, the Jets, Houston, and Miami. He has five NFL starts to his credit.

Boyle is likely here to fill out the quarterback room and serve as the emergency quarterback as it has become obvious the Giants do not want to put Daniel Jones back out on the field under any circumstances.

Jones has a $23 million injury guarantee in his contract. The Giants will almost certainly cut him loose after this season.

In corresponding roster moves, the Giants have released linebacker Curtis Bolton, offensive lineman Garret Greenfield, and fullback Jakob Johnson from their practice squad.

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Dolphins move Tua Tagovailoa to active roster, release QB to make room

After weeks of quarterback transactions, the Dolphins’ depth chart at the position is back to what it was at the start of the season.

The Miami Dolphins officially moved Tua Tagovailoa to the active roster from the injured reserve Saturday, the team announced.

It was an expected move after Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel told reporters that Tagovailoa cleared the final steps of the NFL’s concussion protocol making him the team’s starter Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. To make room for Tagovailoa, the Dolphins cut quarterback Tim Boyle, who was signed to the active roster last week as a backup to Tyler Huntley.

The move means that the Dolphins’ quarterback depth chart now looks like it did for the first two weeks of the season with Tagovailoa starting and Skylar Thompson serving as the team’s primary backup.

Huntley was placed on injured reserve Friday and veteran C.J. Beathard was added to the practice squad earlier in the week.

Additionally, the Dolphins elevated long snapper Matt Overton and defensive lineman Neil Farrell to the active roster for Sunday. Miami’s usual long snapper Blake Ferguson is on the non-football illness list and defensive lineman Zach Sieler suffered a fractured orbital in practice that will keep him out against the Arizona Cardinals.

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Tua Tagovailoa defends Dolphins backup QBs who struggled in his place

Tua Tagovailoa says “it’s really tough to ask” a backup to step in and find immediate success in the Dolphins offense.

The Miami Dolphins won just one of their four games without Tua Tagovailoa, and averaged a dismal 10 points per game during the stretch.

Skylar Thompson, Tyler Huntley, and Tim Boyle all saw time under center, and found varying levels of success, but the Dolphins’ only touchdown pass since Week 2 was a 10-yard screen pass to Jonnu Smith on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts.

“Listen, I think it’s really tough to ask any of our quarterbacks to come in to do the footwork that we’ve been doing for the past two years,” Tagovailoa said Monday. “To see fast guys running and seeing the space that’s there and asking them to kind of process all of that.

“We looked at film, we were able to see what we missed and what we could’Sve got better with, but it’s a team sport. It shouldn’t take one position for this whole thing to crumble, everybody needs to be on their Ps and Qs as well.”

In September, not long after Tagovailoa landed on injured reserve due to the concussion he suffered in Week 2, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said he’d “kind of get triggered” by comments that any passer could step into his system and find success.

“To say that anybody could, then we would have open tryouts and that would be very salary cap-friendly,” McDaniel said. “I think the way that Tua plays the position is very unique and that’s always triggered me that people have said anybody can. … From my vantage point, being in the offense for 20 years, that the statement that anybody can run it is false.”

Still, McDaniel said Monday that he stressed to his team that they can’t see Tagovailoa as the “savior” who will fix all of their offensive woes. There have been plenty of mistakes and miscues beyond just the issues at quarterback.

The trio of Huntley, Thompson, and Boyle combined to complete 60 percent of their passes in relief of Tagovailoa for 717 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

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Dolphins release QB Tim Boyle, QB Skylar Thompson to serve as backup

The roster move clears a spot for the Dolphins to activate WR Odell Beckham Jr. or CB Cam Smith from the PUP list.

The Miami Dolphins released quarterback Tim Boyle from their roster Friday.

Boyle, 30, signed with the Dolphins practice squad in August after he was released by the Houston Texans at the end of training camp. After a few weeks with Miami, he was bumped up to the active roster following Tua Tagovailoa’s move to the injured reserve due to a concussion.

It didn’t take long for Boyle to be called into action, as Skylar Thompson suffered a ribs injury in his first start of the season. After taking over in the third quarter, Boyle completed seven of his 13 passes for 79 yards against the Seattle Seahawks.

With Tagovailoa and Thompson unavailable to start in Week 4, the Dolphins passed up Boyle to start Tyler Huntley instead. And despite Huntley’s struggles in a loss to the Titans, the Dolphins again named the newcomer their starter in Week 5.

Now it’s Thompson who will serve as the backup for Huntley on Sunday against the New England Patriots.

The reason for the move is likely to make room on the roster for one of the team’s PUP list members to get activated. Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and cornerback Cam Smith are both listed as questionable for Sunday, but aren’t currently members of the active roster and don’t count against the team’s 53-man roster limit.

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