Vikings wide receiver Stacy Coley was claimed off waivers by the Giants, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. Coley was waived by the Vikings on Tuesday and the Giants, using their high waiver priority, jumped at the chance to add him to the roster.
Giants coach Pat Shurmur is extremely familiar with Coley’s skillsets after coaching the former seventh-round pick in Minnesota. Coley barely saw the field in 2017 (and was not in the mix for the Vikings’ first two games of 2018, either), but Shurmur has seen Coley show off his smooth running skills in practice. Some scouts questioned Coley’s passion for the game heading into the 2017 draft, but Shurmur believes that he can get the University of Miami product to harness his talent.
In a related move, the Giants have waived fullback Shane Smith. Smith blew blocking assignments in the Giants’ loss to the Cowboys over the weekend, causing the team to replace him with Elijhaa Penny.
So glad that we picked up a WR off of waivers! This should help with the leaky OL problems and the lack of quality receivers on the team. Oh wait, our line still sucks and our WR depth is good. So he’ll help on special teams then? Oh wait the special teams is playing well. So this tells me that then. G-Men are like a color blind painter in a paint store. Clueless.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, RockHauler. This is turning into another dumpster fire. Need line bolstered, Flowers gone, and a mobile QB.