The Giants have released cornerback Janoris Jenkins. The move comes hours after Jenkins used the “r-word” and issued something of a non-apology apology. 
“This was an organizational decision,” coach Pat Shurmur said. “From ownership to management to our football operations, we felt it was in the best interests of the franchise and the player. Obviously, what happened this week, and the refusal to acknowledge the inappropriate and offensive language, was the determining factor.”
Rumors have swirled about Jenkins’ status with the team for some time now and his use of an offensive term proved to be the final straw. For his part, Jackrabbit has been frustrated by the constant talk coupled with a lack of communication from the front office about his future. Prior to the trade deadline this year, the Giants discussed deals for the veteran cornerback, but did not find a suitable deal.
Because the release comes after the trade deadline, Jenkins will be subject to the waiver wire, even though he is a vested veteran. Any team claiming Jenkins would be responsible for the prorated portion of his $10.15MM salary for 2019. He’s also due $11.25M in the last year of his deal in 2020, including a $1MM roster bonus in March, but it’s completely non-guaranteed. Playoff teams could give real consideration to Jenkins, if they’re willing to withstand the PR backlash.
Jenkins, 31, logged 84 tackles and matched a career-high of four interceptions through 13 games this year. Across four years with the G-Men, Jackrabbit came away with 12 INTs and one Pro Bowl nod (2016).
What’s the r-word?
It’s what people call the ones on the short buss
Bus
Thank you. I’ve never heard it called that before. Oh the kindergarten country we live in.
Seriously…. everyone so darn sensitive. Not to get political but I’m a classical liberal and its stuff like this is exactly why trump won and will win again…all the PC sensitivity nonsense has gone way too friggin far
overreacting to overreactions, makes perfect sense
Wait, I missed something. What’s the “r-word”??
The word is R_TARD.
Wow i’m so sorry the fan had to deal with that. Is he gonna be ok??
Ugh can we get any SOFTER???
I hope I’m wrong, but, I actually think it is going to get worse!
PC culture strikes again. A huge meteor needs to hit the earth and kill us all. Start over from scratch. We deserve it.
Well we did have Myles Garrett claim that he was called the N-word as justification for his actions.
Just imagine if Baker would have called Garett the “r” word following the “n” word. After hitting him with his helmet, Garrett would have taken his shoes off and stabbed him a few times with his cleats.
Hahahaha Hahahaha
Jenkins’ childish language was merely the last straw in a mountain of straws. There’s no reason for this version of the NYGs to keep him. They’re in full blown rebuild mode.
Exactly. And he was going to be cut anyway this offseason even if he said nothing all season.
Make it happen Mayock.
No thanks
we need him and Suggs
glad someone recognizes the gravity of this word. no reason to ever say that.
Agreed, 100%.
What a pansy.
Grow a pair. It’s a word. Everyone is going to be ok, I promise
Or you could just, like, not say it? It’s not a big deal to not say something that people feel denigrates others.
Our rights trump your feelings. We have the right to say whatever we want to (so long as it isn’t something like falsely yelling “Fire”) and you have the right to disagree with it. You don’t have the right to tell other people they can’t say things.
I was just asking people the same thing
What’s the r world.
I came up with an answer but I don’t want to offend anyone or be cut from the site.
Redneck
No, apparently the former medical term for “slow/slowed growth” is a slur now. So much so that you have to sound like a 7yo and say “he said the r-word!!!!”
I had to look up the “r word” myself. it’s probably exactly what you are thinking. FWIW, Joe Flacco said the same word prior to the super bowl back in 2012, and people were shaking their fists at him then too…. but he signed a massive extension right after the ravens won the super bowl.
The r-word is retire, rather than be a G-man any longer
NFL players take a knee for the politics of the left. You reap what you sow.
Rather do that then suck up to the alt-right owners
Yup × 1000
Than move to the Soviet Union snowflake
*Then
And there is no Soviet Union.
What does the Soviet Union have to do with this? Are you just regurgitating right wing talking points? You know there is a difference between authoritarian socialism and democratic socialism, right? I know i went too far on a rumor site trying to bring in the most basic of information. My apologies for going political.
actually there is No difference. Both use police power to enforce ever expanding government
You’re such a person who has lagging mental growth, fox
Politics of the left… they kneeled because black people are being murdered by cops in droves. I didn’t realize only the left cared about murdering human beings.
I guess the question is which human beings?
all these Left and Right views are offensive to all us Up and Down members of society…don’t even get me started on how offensive it towards the Forward and Back parties either
Literally only a handful of players stood with Kaepernick. Jesus you right wingers are so easily offended.
Um. How are right wingers easily offended when its the left thats offended by the r word? Hypocrisy strikes again
Ridiculous
Kind of conflicted on this.
Don’t agree with Jack Rabbit, but feel maybe suspension for this week’s game or even rest of season would be more reasonable.
Snowflakes can’t handle being told anything non supportive. Need to toughen society up a little.
Couldn’t agree with you more. Where does it end? Would “old” be offensive to someone?
It is. Ask old people how pissed they are at being called a boomer.
I am 70 and am not al all upset if called a “boomer”. We have been called “boomers” for much of our lives as we became known as the “baby boom” generation.
Ha! I’m in my late thirties and some SJW Millennial called me a “boomer” for some reason.
Not mad, just laughed and asked him how mom’s basement feels with $150,000 of student loan debt for a worthless degree feels.
This “woke” generation is nuts and not very bright. And the deserve all of it.
Wow, man!!!! You really got him!!!
Wonder how empty your life has to be to brag on the internet about verbally slamming a ‘millennial’ and being so easily offended that you have to use ‘SJW millennial’ as an insult. Toughen up, my man.
I’m offended by all of you. Every word everyone says is offensive, mean spirited, alt right, alt left, socialist, communist, fascist, liberal, conservative, impeachy, non peachy, GoNadler, Schiff Show, Rachel Madcow, Hannity, Trump, Obama, THE Clintons, joe Stalin nasty. Stop speaking. Discussion in general should be eliminated. I feel unsafe. Your white, brown, green privilege is attacking me with micro aggressions.
When I’m called a boomer I embrace it. I point out my personal wealth, young retirement age, and carefree lifestyle. Drives them insane.
Don’t bother me.
I can’t imagine there will be much of a PR backlash for a team picking him up. Sure the Giants cut him because of this but I think they were just looking for any reason to dump the guy to secure a top draft pick
Cleveland or Oakland
Come on to the 49ers
Ya he will totally be embraced in San Francisco and he will be able to be himself
The bottom-of-the-division Giants probably were going to cut him at the end of the year anyways. They wouldn’t have been contending by the end of Jenkins’ contract anyways, so why pay all that money when the contract is non-guaranteed. This move just makes them seem like the good guys for bowing down to PC culture
When did work’s become worse that beating your wife?
No joke! We live in a ass backward world. Kind of makes you see where Marshawn Lynch was coming from. One slip up in an interview or tweet and your jobs gone. It’s ridiculous!
Words.
The R word is almost as bad as the L word. As in Liberal Lunantic. The same Lunatics that have taken over our media!
Right. Go watch your Faux “News”.
You do know Faux and Fox are pronounced differently, right?
Boston accent.
Who cares? Doesn’t make the propaganda they pump out any less false.
Faux News? Do you mean the #1 most popular cable news network?
Rumpelstiltskin!
Rumplestiltskin
.???
So to call JJ a ‘bleeping N-word R-word’ for his actions would be about as non-PC as you could get??? (I’m being sarcastic, btw).
I don’t understand the confusion here…
Hasn’t it now been well established that the NFL is a private employer who has the right to hire and fire who they see fit, especially when individuals might hurt a team’s image or brand?
Yes. But the old white folks are looking for any reason to complain how soft people are today. Right after they’re gonna cry because someone says “ok boomer”.
Grouping people together and stereotyping? And old white folks are not looking for reasons to complain about how soft people are today. We don’t have to look too far.
Boom!
They get offended when people tell them that using straws is kind of wasteful. They get offended by AOC even though she’s one of 500+ people in the House (ie, she’s basically powerless) and represents a district they’ll never set foot in. Most easily offended generation in history.
I love being a boomer. I actually remember a time when we weren’t involved in a war. I have a huge house, 3 cars, a boat, RV and I retired at 50. I spend my days doing whatever I want. Meanwhile you guys have 4 roommates in a studio apartment and eat Top Ramen. By the way my wife is an ex figure skater that can still do the splits. I win.
So let me get this straight here most are against this but fine with Kaepernick getting black balled for kneeling ?
Kaepernick is being “black balled” because he stinks. Jenkins got cut because he stinks (a least, has, this year).
If Kap played even like Cam Newton, he could kneel on both knees, and start a bonfire with American flags. If Jenkins played anywhere close to his contract/reputation, he could say the “N” word, the “R” word, and the “Q” word.
Be careful. Someone will be offended by black balled.
Kapermick is better than half of the backups in the NFL and some of the starters. Look at what the Redskins rolled out there last year at the QB position. There’s no comparison.
Burn the flag in front of me and it won’t go well. Promise.
It wouldn’t even get lit in front of me.
I was a Kaep supporter until he pulled what he did in Atlanta.
He could have “tried” out in front of over half the teams in the league. Has he not got an offer then he could have said “look” but he wanted to be a media star not a gridiron
Well, there was the whole supporting BLM who chant anti-police rhetoric and endorse killing said individuals, then he wore socks with images of police officers as pigs, and then in his most recent try out for the NFL he wore a certain shirt (Kunta Kinte SP?) which of course we know was a slave. Making yet another statement.
You pile that on top of the fact that he lost his job to Blaine Gabbert and here we are.
He also could have had a job in Baltimore, but his racist girlfriend couldn’t keep her mouth shut and cost him that opportunity by calling the Ravens owner a slave driver and Ray Lewis an Uncle Tom.
I just watched “There’s Something About Mary” which is a hilarious comedy where they use this word.
They’re words folks. If words harm and irreparably traumatize you, you probably aren’t really fit for this world.
Because you’re going to be dealing with much, much harsher things, snowflakes.
I would bet absolutely everything I own that you wouldn’t say offensive words to the face of the people those words have been used to denigrate. Let’s see you do it, pusscakes.
Calm down, R word
Whos uncle tom?
Lucky for lots of folks on here that they were born after All In The Family.
“Would it make ya feel any better little goyal if dey was bein’ trown outta windahs?”
Sadly, “All in the Family” would probably never make it on the air today. It would offend too many snowflakes.
And I’m a lifelong old-fashioned liberal Democrat (ya, there’s still 50 of us alive, I think) who detests snowflakes. That’s NOT what being “liberal” means.
All in the Family? The Office would need to alter many episodes/jokes. Alot has changed in the last 10 or even 5 years with “sensitivity”.
The Honeymooners? Holy Toledo!
I watched an episode of Green Acres yesterday where they called someone a Wet back. That would warn someone the death penalty today.
Huge sigh of relief in Washington by those who worried that the r-word might be Redskins.
let’s go Gruden
The “r” word.
Receiver?
Redskins?
Rick Roll?
I have never understood who actually decides which words are derogatory and which aren’t? Do they take a national poll? Is there a special committee somewhere making these decisions?
You all offend me. Now acknowledge that immediately or you’re all fired!