This was as predictable as predictable can be
Tell me you couldn’t see this one coming.
The New York Giants are reporting meeting with free agent wide receiver Gabe Davis, cut recently by the Jacksonville Jaguars just one season into a three-year, $39 million contract.
The Giants have been acting like a team looking to remake the bottom of their wide receiver depth chart, particularly with a big-bodied receiver or two. They signed two veteran free agent receivers, 6-foot-2, 215-pound Zach Pascal and 6-4, 225-pound Lil’Jordan Humphrey. The Giants also brought in five undrafted free agent receivers, most of them bigger players.
Davis fits the mold, and the Giants have extensive working knowledge of Davis from their time with the Buffalo Bills.
Davis was Buffalo’s fourth-round pick in 2020, when Joe Schoen was assistant GM and Brian Daboll was offensive coordinator. The 6-2, 225-pound Davis caught 35 passes in each of his seasons with Daboll as the play-caller, 13 of those for touchdowns.
In his five-year career, he has 183 receptions for an average of 16.2 yards per catch and 29 touchdowns.
Davis played in only 10 games last season, catching just 20 passes for 239 yards and two touchdowns. He suffered a season-ending torn meniscus, and with a new head coach in Liam Coen and a revamped front office Jacksonville decided to move on.
The Giants have Malik Nabers, Darius Slayton and Wan’Dale Robinson at the top of their wide receiver depth chart, with the thus far disappointing Jalin Hyatt as the fourth receiver. None of them qualifies as a true big wide receiver.
