Heading into their Week 2 contest vs. the Commanders, Giants kicker Graham Gano got here in with a groin damage. On the opening kickoff of the sport, Gano injured his hamstring making an attempt to deal with Austin Ekeler. Gano didn’t return to the sport and the Giants had been pressured to make use of punter Jamie Gillan as their emergency kicker.
Head coach Brian Daboll was scrutinized for letting Gano play if he had a earlier damage. New York had a backup kicker on the apply squad. Nonetheless, he was not activated to the game-day roster and now New York’s beginning kicker is damage. To interchange Graham Gano, the Giants have signed veteran kicker Greg Joseph off the Lions’ apply squad. He’ll fill in for Gano who’s on the IR with a hamstring damage.
Greg Joseph has been signed by the New York Giants from the Lions’ apply squad
The New York Giants are signing my consumer Greg Joseph to their energetic roster from the Detroit Lions p-squad. 7-yr vet kicked for the Vikings the previous 3 seasons and holds NFL file for game-winners in a season (5), Vikings file for longest FG (61 yds), & led NFL in TB% in ’21.
— Brett Tessler (@TesslerSports) September 17, 2024
In every of his final two seasons, Graham Gano has missed time for the New York Giants. The 37-year-old joined the workforce in 2020 and performed in a minimum of 16 video games over his first three seasons. Sadly, Gano solely performed eight video games for the Giants in 2023 who had to make use of a handful of kickers. Now, Gano is ready to overlook a minimum of 4 video games for New York with a hamstring damage. In 5 seasons with the Giants, Gano has hit (87.9)% of his discipline objectives and (95.1)% of his additional factors.
With Gano out for a minimum of 4 video games, the Giants wanted so as to add a kicker to the roster. They determined to signal veteran kicker Greg Joseph from the Lions’ apply squad. Joseph was with the Vikings for the final three seasons, taking part in in all 17 video games annually. He made (82.2)% of his discipline objectives with the Vikings. Moreover, Joseph’s profession discipline aim share is (82.6). Joseph holds the NFL file for many game-winning discipline objectives (5) in a single season. Moreover, Joesph owns the Vikings’ file with a 61-yard discipline aim. He paradoxically made that discipline aim towards the Giants in 2022. Now, he’s suiting up for New York.
