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USA Today
17-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Giants' Graham Gano named a potential cap casualty
The New York Giants have approximately $43 million in available cap space to play with come free agency next month but that doesn't mean they won't continue to fine-tune their roster. One potential cap casualty this offseason could be veteran kicker Graham Gano, per The Athletic. The Giants don't have any albatross contracts to shed this offseason and they're in a healthy enough cap situation that they don't need to make any cap cuts. Still, a $5.7 million cap hit is excessive for the 37-year-old Gano, who has missed 16 games due to injury the past two seasons. The Giants can create $3.2 million in cap savings while eating $2.5 million in dead money by dumping Gano. That's not an overwhelming financial impetus, but a team in the Giants' position can allocate that money better. The Giants could very well part ways with Gano as Dan Duggan outlines and may already have his successor in Jude McAtamney, who they inked to a futures deal last month. McAtamney, an Irish native who kicked at Rutgers, played in one game for the Giants last season converting his one PAT chance and a 31-yard field goal in the Giants' Week 9 loss to Washington. The Giants could also explore a cheaper veteran option. Greg Joseph was their kicker for the final six games last season. He could be brought back to challenge McAtamney this summer at camp.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
McAtamney doubted college career 'enough to impress' NFL
New York Giants kicker Jude McAtamney has admitted he almost did not attend the Rutgers University pro day that ended up landing him a chance to kick in the National Football League (NFL). The former Derry GAA underage goalkeeper from Swatragh kicked a field goal and extra point from two attempts in his NFL debut against the Washington Commanders in November. He joined the franchise as an undrafted free agent after three years in college, the first at Chowan University in North Carolina before a further two at Rutgers. In his final season at the New Jersey school, however, he was no longer the team's primary field goal kicker. With that demotion a "bitter pill to swallow", McAtamney needed convinced to keep chasing his NFL dream. "The preparations had started for the college pro day, where NFL teams come to your school to watch you, and two weeks before, I was sitting in my apartment in New Brunswick," McAtamney told the GAA Social, BBC NI's Gaelic Games podcast. "I said to my girlfriend, 'I'm not going to do this, I just don't want to.' "I was at a point where I didn't think I could. How my college career went, I didn't think on paper it was good enough to impress NFL scouts or coaches." Ultimately, it was McAtamney's girlfriend who convinced him to attend. "I was missing home at that point too which influenced how I was thinking and feeling," he added. "She told me to just do it, that I'd regret not doing it. Fast forward two weeks and I was in a good space. "It was do or die. If I didn't kick well that day I wouldn't have had a shot. "Looking back now, you'd be so stupid to take that opportunity for granted but being on the other side of it was a different perspective." Listen to the GAA Social here, where McAtamney talks about his journey from Swatragh to Giants Stadium.
BBC News
05-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
McAtamney doubted college career 'enough to impress' NFL
New York Giants kicker Jude McAtamney has admitted he almost did not attend the Rutgers University pro day that ended up landing him a chance to kick in the National Football League (NFL).The former Derry GAA underage goalkeeper from Swatragh kicked a field goal and extra point from two attempts in his NFL debut against the Washington Commanders in joined the franchise as an undrafted free agent after three years in college, the first at Chowan University in North Carolina before a further two at his final season at the New Jersey school, however, he was no longer the team's primary field goal that demotion a "bitter pill to swallow", McAtamney needed convinced to keep chasing his NFL dream."The preparations had started for the college pro day, where NFL teams come to your school to watch you, and two weeks before, I was sitting in my apartment in New Brunswick," McAtamney told the GAA Social, BBC NI's Gaelic Games podcast."I said to my girlfriend, 'I'm not going to do this, I just don't want to.'"I was at a point where I didn't think I could. How my college career went, I didn't think on paper it was good enough to impress NFL scouts or coaches."Ultimately, it was McAtamney's girlfriend who convinced him to attend."I was missing home at that point too which influenced how I was thinking and feeling," he added."She told me to just do it, that I'd regret not doing it. Fast forward two weeks and I was in a good space."It was do or die. If I didn't kick well that day I wouldn't have had a shot."Looking back now, you'd be so stupid to take that opportunity for granted but being on the other side of it was a different perspective."Listen to the GAA Social here, where McAtamney talks about his journey from Swatragh to Giants Stadium.
