Giants Release Kicker Gano, Seek New Reliability

0:00On March 30th, the New York Giants are set to release Kicker, Graham Gano, any day now. He joined the team as a free agent back in 2020 after seven solid years with the Carolina Panthers. Gano started strong, hitting over 90% of his field goals in two of his first three seasons here, including a near perfect 96 point, 9% in year 1. But injuries hit hard starting in 2023, right after he inked a three year extension worth $16,500,000. A knee surgery that year limited him to eight games and dropped his accuracy to just 64.7%. Then came hamstring wolves in 2024 that put him on injury reserve, a groin pull in week three of 2025, and finally a neck. Injury needing season ending surgery. The Giants scrambled for kickers during that mess, trying out Jude McCatammy from Rutgers, and young Hoku from Atlanta, but neither stuck. Fans in the team felt the frustration as the position became a revolving door, hurting close games.

1:03They finally found stability with undrafted rookie Ben Salz, a lefty from Pitt, who had practiced squad time with the Steelers. Now the Giants brought in Jason Sanders from Miami to push him in training camp this summer. Jason Gano clears $5,750,000 off the cap, saving $4,500,000 with just a $1,250,000 dead hit. Looks like they're gearing up for a fresh kick at reliability. Football news, powered by AI. This is NFL News Today. I'm Corey with The Story.