Giants are keeping Darius Slayton for now

Al Bello | Getty ImagesDarius Slayton has been granted a reprieve. But it remains to be seen for how long.

The wide receiver is expected to be on the Giants’ Week 1 roster, general manager Joe Schoen told reporters Thursday. Slayton has been the topic of consistent roster move speculation all offseason. The salary cap-strapped Giants were expected to cut or trade him to save $2.5 million in cap space. And they clearly have tried to deal him. But they have not been able to, so Slayton is still here.

There are two ways to look at this. The first is Schoen is repeating what he did with former cornerback James Bradberry, albeit on a much smaller scale. The entire NFL knew the Giants had to dump…