The cut-down to the 53-man roster was anticlimactic a year ago, so much so that a day after the cuts were made, the Giants sliced off another seven players and replaced them with guys waived throughout the league.
The depth on the team this time around is considerably better, which is why trimming the roster will be more challenging.
“I think so,’’ coach Pat Shurmur said Friday. “I think that’s a good thing. You want competition within the groups. A year ago, we cut from 90 to 53 and there was only a couple guys that ended up on other rosters.