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USA TODAY Sports The pandemic wiped out the Scouting Combine, along with visits to teams and private workouts. For plenty of players drafted or signed after the draft ended, their new coaches saw them up close and personal for the first time at rookie minicamps. “The first time seeing a guy in...

Getty Images A day after he was cut by the Jaguars, running back Ryquell Armstead has his new NFL home. Armstead was claimed off waivers by the Giants today. In 2019 the Jaguars chose Armstead in the fifth round of the NFL draft, and he showed some promise, playing every game as a rookie and...

Getty Images Veteran quarterback Joe Webb has been released by the Giants. Webb, who signed with the Giants late last season, was cut today. The 34-year-old Webb originally entered the NFL as a 2010 sixth-round draft pick of the Vikings and is best remembered for starting a playoff game at...

Getty Images Unlike the turning of the seasons or the emergence of the cicadas, the PFT Mailbag knows no temporal cycle. It happens when it happens. And it happens to be that it’s happening now. With inquiries curated from Twitter, the list of questions and answers appears below. Follow...

Getty Images Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman is giving free agent wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin another NFL shot. Benjamin is signing with the Giants after getting a tryout with them this weekend, according to multiple reports. The 30-year-old Benjamin was a first-round draft pick of...

Getty Images The Giants signed running back Corey Clement to a one-year contract after a tryout during the team’s rookie minicamp, Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News reports. The Giants also had veteran running back Ito Smith at the minicamp competing for a roster spot. Clement, 26...

Giants first-round draft pick Kadarius Toney wasn’t able to finish his first NFL practice. Toney, a wide receiver from Florida, tweaked his right foot during the first day of rookie minicamp, which he attributed to his cleats being the wrong size. Toney did not participate in the conditioning...

Getty Images Wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin isn’t the only familiar face trying out for the Giants at their rookie minicamp this weekend. Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com reports that the team is also taking a look at running back Corey Clement. While Benjamin is familiar to General Manager Dave...

Getty Images The Giants signed three of their six-player draft class Thursday, the team announced. The team’s second-round selection, outside linebacker Azeez Ojulari, and the two sixth-round choices, running back Gary Brightwell and cornerback Rodarius Williams, have signed. The Giants made...

Getty Images Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman picked wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin with the 28th selection in the 2014 draft and now he’s giving him an opportunity to resume his playing career. Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com reports that Benjamin is expected to take part in this weekend’s...

Getty Images The Giants have waived defensive end Breeland Speaks. New York signed Speaks to a futures deal in January. He spent time on both Las Vegas as Dallas’ practice squads in 2020. Originally a Chiefs second-round pick in 2018, Speaks hasn’t appeared in a regular-season game since...

Getty Images It has been nearly 20 years since the NFC East has been won by the same team in consecutive years and it is the Washington Football Team’s chance to change that in 2021. If they do, it will likely be because they finish strong. Washington plays the Giants at home on Thursday night...

Getty Images The NFL announced its 2021 schedule on Wednesday night. The includes 17 games on ESPN’s Monday Night Football. It does not feature a doubleheader on the first Monday night of the season. ESPN also will air a Week 18 Saturday doubleheader. Those games, which will kickoff at 4:15...

Getty Images The Buccaneers and Cowboys will begin the 2021 the season on Thursday, Sept. 9. But Thursday Night Football will technically begin the next week with a divisional contest between the Giants and Washington on NFL Network. After Carolina visits Houston in Week Three, the Week Four...

Getty Images Ten teams each received five primetime games. The Packers, Saints, Cowboys, Seahawks, Steelers, Ravens, Rams, 49ers, Chiefs and Bucs are scheduled for five night games each. The Saints and Cowboys also have Thanksgiving Day games, and the Packers a Christmas Day game. The Bears...

Getty Images The FOX late Sunday afternoon game in Week One is always one of the premiere games of the NFL schedule. Last year, that’s where the league put Tom Brady vs. Drew Brees in their first matchup as NFC South rivals. This year, that’s where the league is putting Aaron Rodgers — whether...

USA TODAY Sports Whether Aaron Rodgers is still with the Packers or makes his way to the Broncos, he’ll be playing at 4:25 p.m. on FOX in Week One. But there will be at least one familiar quarterback in a new place in the network’s early slate to open the season. The Seahawks will travel to...

Getty Images The release of the schedule for the first weekend of the 2021 NFL season has led to sportsbooks releasing point spreads for the first 16 games of the year. A pair of NFC West teams have been installed as the biggest early favorites. William Hill has the 49ers favored by seven...

Getty Images Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard will have a different look for the 2021 season. Shepard posted a sneak preview of it on Instagram on Tuesday. The picture shows Shepard in a No. 3 blue Giants jersey with a caption that the wideout is “getting back to my roots.” Shepard wore...

Getty Images There were no fans at MetLife Stadium for Giants and Jets games during the 2020 season and they didn’t miss much as the two teams combined to go 8-24 while missing the playoffs. Both teams hope that their offseason moves will make for better results on the field and signs are...