Ryan Connelly during Giants training camp on Aug. 27, 2020. Credit: Matthew Swensen
Ryan Connelly had one of the more promising rookie seasons for a linebacker in recent Giants history, but he won’t get to build on that with the team. Last year’s fifth-round pick coming off a torn ACL was claimed off waivers by the Vikings on Sunday. The Giants waived him on Saturday as part of roster trims.
“If things worked out perfectly for us, we would have loved to have him back on the practice squad,” Joe Judge said. “We didn’t expect that to happen to be honest with you because he’s a good, accomplished player and there are a lot of teams in the league that were going to be looking to claim him.