Overview
- The Giants, who released Graham Gano on Sunday, opened about $4.5 million in cap space and will carry roughly $1.25 million in dead money.
- Gano, 38, spent six seasons in New York and ranks sixth in team scoring with 456 points, but a run of knee, groin, and a 2025 neck disc injury limited him to 23 games since 2023.
- New York now has an open competition at kicker between recent free-agent addition Jason Sanders and second-year Ben Sauls.
- Sanders has made 84.6% of his career field goals and missed 2025 with a hip injury, while Sauls ended last season 8-for-8 on field goals without a missed extra point.
- The change reflects a larger special-teams overhaul under Harbaugh that also added punter Jordan Stout and long snapper Zach Triner as the Giants manage the cap ahead of the draft.