The Giants have positioned Graham Gano on the IR and signed Greg Joseph off Detroit’s apply squad

Heading into their Week 2 contest vs. the Commanders, Giants kicker Graham Gano got here in with a groin harm. On the opening kickoff of the sport, Gano injured his hamstring attempting 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 harm. New York had a backup kicker on the apply squad. Nevertheless, he was not activated to the game-day roster and now New York’s beginning kicker is harm. To switch 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 harm.

Greg Joseph has been signed by the New York Giants from the Lions’ apply squad

The New York Giants are signing my shopper 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 report for game-winners in a season (5), Vikings report 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 crew in 2020 and performed in at the very least 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 about to overlook at the very least 4 video games for New York with a hamstring harm. In 5 seasons with the Giants, Gano has hit (87.9)% of his discipline targets and (95.1)% of his additional factors.

With Gano out for at the very least 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 targets with the Vikings. Moreover, Joseph’s profession discipline objective share is (82.6). Joseph holds the NFL report for many game-winning discipline targets (5) in a single season. Moreover, Joesph owns the Vikings’ report with a 61-yard discipline objective. He mockingly made that discipline objective towards the Giants in 2022. Now, he’s suiting up for New York.