Dante Pettis is heading to New York. The Giants announced that they have claimed the wide receiver off waivers. Pettis was waived by the 49ers yesterday.
While Pettis’ impending quarantine will sideline him for this weekend’s matchup against Washington, he could see a role in the Giants offense when the team returns from bye in Week 12. New York’s receiver corps is led by Golden Tate, Darius Slayton, and Sterling Shepard (along with tight end Evan Engram and running back Dion Lewis), but Pettis could slide in as a fourth receiver.
Of course, he also could have had a role in San Francisco, but he was phased completely out of the offense by the time he was let go. The former second-rounder showed some promise during his rookie campaign, hauling in 27 catches for 467 yards and five scores in 12 games (seven starts). His production plummeted in 2019, and he hasn’t had a reception in five games this season.
As Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel pointed out yesterday on Twitter, Pettis will account for around $264K in cap space. Considering the Giants’ early spot in the waiver order, there’s a good chance a handful of other teams made a claim.
Does he have a wife that can help him get any targets?
Good pick up
Giants don’t have many wins but they are a well coached team
Give them time
San Fran has a good coach and cut him. I hope he can turn it around, but it isn’t about quality of organizations.
It could partially be due to a lack of opportunity. I’m sure there are reasons SF did not trust him with more playing time, but the Giants are terrible and are thin at receiver, so Pettis could have an opportunity.
@elscorcho the marlin
Hahahaha, I wasn’t knocking the 49ers
I just like the head coach of the Giants and wanted to give them some dap
Plus the 49ers are a good team, it’s just a weird year with Covid and all the injuries the 49ers have
Earned his way to the Inactive squad by virtue of questionable conditioning and questionable focus during the practice week.
Gettleman: “Welcome to the inferno, Dante”.
I bet 49ers wish they had kept him another week since they only have one healthy receiver going into tonight’s game.
Seems odd that the NFL would have a trade deadline but you can claim players off waivers at any time.