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Giants sign TE Brandon Myers
Sunday, March 17, 2013, 10:56am

NJ.com - [Full Article]

The Giants have a new starting tight end: Brandon Myers, who is coming off a career year with the Raiders.

Myers agreed to sign with the Giants after a visit today, a person with knowledge of the agreement confirmed.

Myers replaces Martellus Bennett, who left for the Bears on the first day of free agency. The 27-year-old had 79 catches for 806 yards and four touchdowns last season with the Raiders. The Giants liked Myers (6-foot-3, 256 pounds) so much, they didn't let him end his visit without agreeing to a deal.

The Giants sounded like they might move forward at tight end with former fourth-round pick Adrien Robinson or a draft pick, but Myers is an intriguing addition to work with quarterback Eli Manning and veteran tight ends coach Mike Pope.

Fantasy Impact:

Add Myers to the long list of semi-reliable TEs that will be available in the middle or late rounds. He was 9th in standard formats (6th in PPR) in 2012 and is heading to a good situation in New York. In the last five seasons, the top Giants tight end has averaged 2.7-36-.33, which isn't bad considering that we're talking about Kevin Boss (2008-2010), Jake Ballard (2011) and Martellus Bennett (2012). That works out to 5.6 fantasy PPG, which would have equated to #14 TE numbers in 2012. Myers is a better receiver than any of those players and his weakness (only 4 TD catches in 2012) should be offset by Eli Manning's propensity to throw to his tight end in the redzone. Giants TEs have averaged 5.0 TDs per season, so Myers should be able to build on that given his skill set. He looks like an upside TE2 in standard formats and a low-end TE1 in PPR formats.

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Ahmad Bradshaw active for Giants
Sunday, December 23, 2012, 3:06pm

Giants Inactives
Ramses Barden WR
Travis Beckum TE
Adewale Ojomo DE
Kenny Phillips SS
Adrien Robinson TE
Tyler Sash DB
Justin Tuck DE

Fantasy Impact:

RB Ahmad Bradshaw is active for the Giants as expected. He'll split work with rookie RB David Wilson.

Hakeem Nicks ACTIVE for Giants
Sunday, December 9, 2012, 3:05pm

Giants Inactives
Marvin Austin DT
Travis Beckum TE
Adewale Ojomo DE
Kenny Phillips S
Adrien Robinson TE
Tyler Sash DB
Ryan Torain RB

Fantasy Impact:

Hakeem Nicks is active for the Giants as expected. He will be playing at less than 100%.

Hixon, Torain OUT for Giants
Monday, December 3, 2012, 7:06pm

Giants Inactives
Marvin Austin DT
Travis Beckum TE
Domenik Hixon WR
Adewale Ojomo DE
Adrien Robinson TE
Ryan Torain RB
Jacquian Williams OLB

Fantasy Impact:

With Hixon out, rookie Rueben Randle will continue to work as WR3. Kregg Lumpkin is active with newly signed Ryan Torain inactive. He will work behind Bradshaw and Wilson.

Sunday, November 25, 2012, 7:14pm

Giants Inactives
Marvin Austin DT
James Brewer T
Selvish Capers T
Domenik Hixon WR
Adewale Ojomo DE
Adrien Robinson TE
Jacquian Williams OLB

Ahmad Bradshaw active for Giants
Sunday, November 4, 2012, 3:05pm

Giants Inactives
Chase Blackburn LB
Adewale Ojomo DE
Bear Pascoe TE
Kenny Phillips S
Keith Rivers LB
Adrien Robinson TE
Jacquian Williams LB

Fantasy Impact:

Ahmad Bradshaw is active. Andre Brown will see carries behind him.

Ahmad Bradshaw active for Giants
Sunday, October 28, 2012, 3:06pm

Giants Inactives
Rocky Bernard DT
James Brewer T
Jerrel Jernigan WR
Adewale Ojomo DE
Kenny Phillips SS
Adrien Robinson TE
Jacquian Williams OLB

Fantasy Impact:

Ahmad Bradshaw is active and expected to get the start. Andre Brown is expected to work behind Bradshaw.

Hakeem Nicks ACTIVE for Giants
Sunday, October 14, 2012, 3:00pm

Giants Inactives
S Kenny Phillips
RB Andre Brown
DT Rocky Bernard
WR Jerrel Jernigan
DE Adewale Ojomo
T James Brewer
TE Adrien Robinson

Fantasy Impact:

Hakeem Nicks is active. It's a tough matchup, but play him if you've got him.

Ahmad Bradshaw active for Giants
Sunday, September 30, 2012, 7:20pm

Giants Inactives
David Diehl T
Jayron Hosley CB
Hakeem Nicks WR
Adewale Ojomo DE
Mitch Petrus G
Keith Rivers OLB
Adrien Robinson TE

Fantasy Impact:

Domenik Hixon will start at WR with Hakeem Nicks out. Ramses Barden will rotate in and play in 3WR sets.

Nicks, Hixon, Bradshaw OUT as expected for Giants
Thursday, September 20, 2012, 7:09pm

Giants Inactives
WR Hakeem Nicks
WR Domenik Hixon
RB Ahmad Bradshaw
OL David Diehl
DL Adewale Ojomo
CB Michael Coe
TE Adrien Robinson

Fantasy Impact:

Andre Brown will get the start at RB with rookie David Wilson backing him up. Ramses Barden will start in place of Nicks with rookie Rueben Randle working as the Giants WR3.

Thursday, July 12, 2012, 2:40pm

ESPN - [Full Article]

Giants OC Kevin Gilbride on the training camp battle brewing between TEs Martellus Bennett, Bear Pascoe and Adrien Robinson: "You are hoping Martellus [steps up]. ... That is why he was brought here. You are hoping that Adrien Robinson down the road would be the guy. If not, Bear is going to be the guy.

Giants TE Jake Ballard likely to miss 2012 season
Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 9:25am

Newark Star-Ledger - [Full Article]

In a move that pretty much makes official what was clear back in February when Jake Ballard tore his anterior cruciate ligament in Super Bowl XLVI, the Giants have waived Ballard with a failed-physical designation.
The transaction means Ballard is headed to the physically-unable-to-perform/reserve list once he likely clears waivers. The third-year tight end will likely eventually be placed on injured reserve, where he'd then remain for the entire season.

Fantasy Impact:

This was a procedural move so the Giants could free up a roster spot while keeping Ballard, assuming he clears waivers. With Ballard likely on the shelf for 2012, the TE looks in New York will be up for grabs between newly signed Martellus Bennett, Travis Beckum and Adrien Robinson.

Monday, May 7, 2012, 12:43pm

The NY Daily News - [Full Article]

The Giants may not be banking on having TE Travis Beckum at the start of the 2012 season. But there's a pretty good chance that it might happen.

Beckum was at Sunday's Knicks-Heat game, and he told the Daily News that he's still hoping to return by the start of the season.

"If everything works out, yeah," he said. "I'm just working hard and getting it healthy."

Just two months after surgery, Beckum, who tore his ACL and meniscus in Super Bowl XLVI, is already moving around without a brace and feeling next to no pain. He had surgery on Feb. 28, then spent three weeks using a passive machine to regain his range of motion. He's already progressed to strength exercises, and there was no sign of crutches when he showed up at the Garden.

He said he hasn't run yet, mostly because there's no need to push it this early in the offseason.

There's also no need to rush back to health, and Beckum said that he understands that. The Giants acquired veteran tight end Martellus Bennett in free agency, and they picked up super-athlete Adrien Robinson in the draft, so Beckum knows he doesn't need to rush back.

Fantasy Impact:

Jake Ballard will probably be out a while, so the Giants will lean on Bennett and Robinson until Beckum gets back into the mix.