Giants Could Look at Just-Released Quarterbacks Ahead of Roster Deadline

Getty The New York Giants should look at just-cut quarterbacks as they complete their 53-man roster.

The New York Giants are weak on quarterbacks as they work to complete their 53-man roster by the 4 p.m. Eastern time deadline on Tuesday, August 27. Only Daniel Jones, Drew Lock and Tommy DeVito are on the depth chart.

But on Sunday, August 25, and Monday, August 26, NFL teams started cutting players, presenting some fresh quarterback choices for the Giants if they decide to bring on new blood.

Dolphins, Colts & Chiefs Released QBs That Giants Could Consider

By early evening on August 26, CBS Sports’ NFL roster cut tracker showed 10 NFL teams had cut quarterbacks.

One is Mike White of the Miami Dolphins. White was up against Skylar Thompson to be the team’s backup quarterback position behind Tua Tagovailoa, but Thompson won. White has in-game experience with the Cowboys, Jets and Dolphins, including starting experience. During White’s two-year career with the New York Jets, he started seven games with a total of eight appearances. He also completed just over 62% of his passes and averaged 268 passing yards per game with the Jets. Plus, he’s a familiar name in Giants country.

The Indianapolis Colts also waived rookie Kedon Slovis on Sunday, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network first reported. The team signed him in April 2024 as an undrafted free agent. Slovis, a former USC freshman, was 16-of-22 passing for 149 yards with a 90.9 rating in the preseason for the Colts. The Colts have a lot of cooks in the kitchen when it comes to quarterbacks, so there just wasn’t room for Slovis, despite his decent numbers.

Another just-released quarterback of potential interest is Ian Book of the Kansas City Chiefs, who was let go Monday, as first reported by Pelissero. The Chiefs franchise is strong, so anyone let go from their roster is going to get some eyeballs. Kansas City let Book go to make a roster spot for wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. Book, a former Notre Dame player, played in all three of the Chiefs’ preseason games and finished with 133 yards passing and 2 touchdowns without an interception. He did, however, have a high-profile fumble in the team’s preseason game loss to the Detroit Lions.

It’s not known if Chiefs quarterback Chris Oladokun will make the final roster, so he could become available, too. Oladokun was 22-of-33 passing for 250 yards with 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions during the preseason.

Matt Corral Was a Standout in the UFL

Matt Corral is also available after the Minnesota Vikings cut him on Monday, according to Pelissero.

Corral was with the United Football League last season, playing for the Birmingham Stallions. He signed with the UFL in February 2024, and in his 10 games with the league, he threw 494 passing yards, 2 touchdowns, 2 interceptions and rushed for 94 yards.

He was a third-round pick by the Carolina Panthers in 2022 but was placed on the injured reserve in August 2022 after suffering a “significant” tear of his left Lisfranc ligament, then-head coach Matt Rhule said at the time, and waived the next offseason in the wake of Rhule’s departure.

Corral was then picked up by the New England Patriots in August 2023 but quickly waived after a brief “roller-coaster ride” that included Corral leaving the team “without notice” in early September and going missing for two days, Dakota Randall reported for NESN.com at the time.