Giants Sign Placekicker Shayne Graham, Place Victor Cruz On IR

With his leg, you’d think he could become a kickoff specialist. I’d tell him to just boom it.

I thought he was a pretty damn good kicker. Why did they let him go for?

I see Wenz mentioned a hamstring…too bad

Good move though…

there’s no FOX on cablevision….WTF

. . . But I’m not sure what other options there were. The team wants Beatty back on the roster when he’s healthy, and obviously wasn’t prepared to IR Hedge (although he’s been so bad they would have gotten little argument here), so it was Cruz. . . . anybody else, practice squadding for a week or whatever, would have been snatched up.

Tough break for Cruz, but let’s face facts here, guys. Until one of the big three gets hurt or signs a monster deal somewhere else, neither Cruz nor Barden are going to get much of a shot with the Giants.

I was looking forward to Cruz making some catches this year, but an alternative would be to IR madison Hedgecock. Pascoe has taken up the slack and a traditional fullback is becoming a thing of the past. In addition, Hedgecock may be beyond usefulness. He was part of what was wrong with the blocking last year which ultimately cost us the running game and Manning pass protection.

I don’t understand why was Cruz placed on injuried reserve,when everyone knows once Tynes is healthy next week or so he or this guy will be cut.

Shayne Graham is solid, with lots of game experience and a well rested leg. He will be just fine. As long as we keep winning, I don’t really want to see touchbacks, as if there is one thing we need, it is constant reps on returns. I have the impression that the return coverage is improving week on week, but we need the reps. As far as figgie acuracy goes, Tynes is only 5 of 8 this year which translates to 63% accuracy, so it’s not like we are losing Bironas. I think IR’ing VC could indicate that this may be more than a 1 week replacement. The planting foot ankle is not a good thing, as for figgies you plant and twist when you kick. Kickoffs are easier. We could end up using a two kicker solution for a while, if someone else ends up needing to be deactivated and we have the space.

Sometimes moves like this result in a new kicker. In my opinion the position has been open for a couple of years now. I don’t want to sound like a fanatic but let’s face it, Tynes isn’t what we want in the long run. Let’s congratulate him for kicking that field goal in Green Bay and send him on his way as soon as possible.

Why are we hung up on Cruz? Yes he had a spectacular game but it was the preseason. He hasn’t dressed for all games and in the games he has dressed he’s seen limited if any action. He also has zero catches. How much has he been missed? Not at all. How much would he be missed? Very little.

Also, our WR have been pretty damn good. So good that Ham hasn’t caught a ball in 2 games and has only been targeted a few times. Even Beckum has more catches the last 2 games than Ham.

Could make Tynes an after thought…

He’s only missed 4 inside 30 yards in his career…and didn’t Tynes do that last year? He’s 50% on 50 yarders too, which is pretty good.

no problem IR’ing Cruz either. No sense in cutting him and he’s useless for STs or at least compared to Duke Calhoun. Barden being healthy now makes him irrelevant for the WRing too.

been rushing the punter on ST

I’m sure his injury isn’t that bad and as you say he was stashed for next season, I’m still waiting for the G-Men to use Barden in the red zone but until Coughlin goes it looks like we are stuck with Gilbride as OC a change I would really like to see.