• Giants surprisingly cut rookie Javon Leake with 53-man roster due soon

    Giants surprisingly cut rookie Javon Leake with 53-man roster due soon

    The ears of Giants players must have been ringing throughout their day off. As players enjoyed their mandatory weekly time away from the facility Saturday, Giants coaches and personnel evaluators gathered for a six-hour discussion of the roster — an extended version of a weekly conversation. There is one more scrimmage scheduled for Thursday before …
  • Darius Slayton poised to become even greater Giants threat

    Darius Slayton poised to become even greater Giants threat

    There was no one anywhere near Darius Slayton when he sat down for his Zoom call on Wednesday … and he kept his mask on anyway. “Honestly at this point, we wear it every day — it’s habit,” Slayton said. “I just wear it all the way around ’cause we have to wear it in …
  • Giants mailbag: Debunking the Chase Young tanking myth

    Giants mailbag: Debunking the Chase Young tanking myth

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Giants. Why on earth did (Dave) Gettleman want Pat Shurmur to win that Redskins game? Chase Young will haunt …
  • Giants pick up options for Evan Engram and Jabrill Peppers

    Giants pick up options for Evan Engram and Jabrill Peppers

    Tight end Evan Engram and safety Jabrill Peppers aren’t going anywhere, at least until after the 2021 season. The Giants made official Wednesday night what was widely speculated and expected, picking up the fifth-year options on players selected two picks apart in the first round of the 2017 draft. Engram went No. 23 to the …
  • Giants’ free-agency hunt turns to offense with Levine Toilolo signing

    Giants’ free-agency hunt turns to offense with Levine Toilolo signing

    There are luxuries and there are necessities and there are purchases made simply as replacements. Consider the Giants agreeing to terms Tuesday with tight end Levine Toilolo as the latter. The retirement of Rhett Ellison left the Giants without a seasoned blocking tight end, and that is where Toilolo comes in. He is a seven-year …