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New York Giants re-signing CB Darnay Holmes to one-year deal

The New York Giants selected Darnay Holmes in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL draft. His rookie contract was up after the 2023 season, but he had no interest in leaving his team.

Jeremy Fowler of ESPN is reporting that Holmes and the Giants have agreed to terms on a one-year deal.

Holmes’ career has been quiet. He landed on injured reserve in 2021 with a rib injury and has quietly worked his way back to the field. Because of this, many didn’t think he would be back in blue this fall.

Since he was drafted in 2020, Holmes has appeared in 54 games. He’s recorded 115 tackles (89 solo), half a sack, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, four interceptions, and 18 passes defensed.

Those numbers aren’t anything special, in fact, they are pretty average. But what makes Holmes special is his ability to be a team player. He had an injury and missed time, but he didn’t complain about having to work his way back to the field. He did what was asked of him and instead of running off at being offered a number he didn’t like, he accepted a pay cut just to stay in New York.

Holmes is a team-first player. Everyone wants to get paid, but there are a handful of players whose desire to win outmatches their desire for personal gain, and those are the guys you want in your locker room.

Welcome back, Holmes.



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John Michael Schmitz not practicing

The New York Giants returned to the field on Wednesday ahead of a Week 18 game against the Philadelphia Eagles — their regular season finale.

Similar to a week ago, the Giants opted to go with a Wednesday walkthrough as opposed to a full practice.

“We’re going to do similar to what we did last week, which will be more of a walkthrough,” head coach Brian Daboll told reporters.

The bad news was that two players were unable to participate in the walkthrough, indicating they are unlikely to play on Sunday afternoon.

“Pinnock will not do the walkthrough and John Michael won’t do the walkthrough,” Daboll said. “It’s more of (Pinnock’s) toe than it is his foot so we’ll see how it goes this week.

“Lower leg, ankle, kind of got leg-whipped a little bit in the game so we’ll see where (Schmitz) is at. Sore today.”

The Giants’ full (projected) Wednesday injury report can be found below:

Did not participate: OL John Michael Schmitz (lower leg), S Jason Pinnock (toe)

Limited participant: CB Detone Banks (shoulder), LB Carter Coughlin (shoulder), CB Darnay Holmes (foot), QB Tyrod Taylor (back)

Full participant: N/A

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Giants’ Thomas McGaughey praises Darnay Holmes’ special teams prowess

The New York Giants’ special teams has taken a huge step back this season and the pressure is on coordinator Thomas McGaughey to make lemonade out of the lemons he’s been left with.

The massive injury spate that has plagued the Giants this year has caused them to employ a slew of newer and inexperienced players on both offense and defense, which means on game day the special teams will be filled with players who haven’t played alongside one another for very long.

There have been some constants, however. The Giants’ coverage teams have been fairly solid despite the revolving door of players and the absence of veteran kicker Graham Gano.

Carter Coughlin and Cam Brown, two fourth-year linebackers, lead the team with seven special teams tackles apiece. Defensive backs Nick McCloud and Darnay Holmes are tied for second with six stops.

Holmes is also a contributor on defense in many sub packages. He is in the final year of his rookie contract but is making his mark as a versatile player with his play as the team’s gunner.

“Darnay has worked his tail off. Darnay is always one of the hardest working guys that we have and it’s starting to pay off for him,” McGaughey told reporters this week.

“When you look at our tackle chart, it’s Nick (McCloud), Darnay, Cam (Brown), Carter (Coughlin) and I think all of them have like seven tackles a piece, so all those guys are doing a really good job and Darnay, in particular, has really worked his tail off and he’s got a little momentum. The more plays you make, the more confidence you get, you go make more plays and he made a heck of a play the other night, so he’s getting better for sure.”

Since the Giants have beefed up their secondary in the past years, Holmes has seen his defensive snaps diminish. It was suggested that he is concentrating more on his special teams role these days as a result, that’s why’s flourishing.

“That’s part of it, definitely because he definitely stays after practice, he works on his angles to the ball and as guys are catching punts, he’ll work on different things but that happens,” McGaughey said. “I can remember 15 years ago when Corey Webster, there was a stretch in there during the season where he was a healthy scratch for like four weeks and then all of the sudden he starts playing gunner on the punt team and made a couple plays and it all kind of translated back over to defense and we ended up giving him like 20 million at the end of the year, so I mean it happens.

“That’s just part of guys’ maturation process and everybody is different. And Darnay has done a good job of being diligent and then taking advantage of the opportunities that he’s gotten.”

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Darnay Holmes takes pay cut, will remain with New York Giants

With cutdown day now just 24 hours away, the New York Giants and general manager Joe Schoen remain hard at work making personnel decisions.

On Monday, they made 11 total transactions, which included the release of 10 players. Rookie wide receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton was also placed on season-ending injured reserve (IR) with a torn ACL.

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With players off on Tuesday, there’s little in-person work to be done. However, that didn’t stop Schoen from dealing with on lingering contract situation.

Dan Duggan of The Athletic reports that cornerback Darnay Holmes has accepted a pay cut to remain with the team. He had been a potential salary cap casualty.

Holmes is in the final year of his rookie deal and was scheduled to account for $2.941 million against the cap in 2023. Cutting him would have saved the Giants more than $2.74 million.

It’s unclear how much of a pay cut Holmes took, but this is an ideal outcome for the Giants. They are short on cap space but also thin at cornerback, especially if veteran Adoree’ Jackson plays poorly on the inside or rookie Tre Hawkins struggles on the outside. This move allows the Giants to keep a veteran corner with experience in Wink Martindale’s system without eating up the extra cap space.

Put another feather in Joe Schoen’s cap.



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7 New York Giants to watch in Week 3 preseason game vs. Jets

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If the Giants carry three quarterbacks, Tommy DeVito makes the roster. If they decide to go with only two, he’ll be waived and signed back to the practice squad.

This will happen no matter how well or poorly he plays in this game. The only issue here is the prospect of losing him to another team if he gets cut, but that means another team would probably have to add him to their 53-man roster, which is unlikely.

Either way, he’s fun to watch and will be up against a tough Jets defensive front.

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Giants stock report: Risers, fallers after two weeks of training camp

The New York Giants are well into their 2023 training camp and several players have shone while others have not. And while there’s still plenty of time left and things are subject to change, a story is beginning to take shape.

Here is a quick list of “risers” and “fallers” since camp began two weeks ago.

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New York Giants Darnay Holmes explains what led to 2022 backside video

When a player sustains an injury during an NFL game, they are escorted to the medical tent behind the team’s bench for treatment to determine the extent of said injury.

The tent, which is usually covered by a blue canopy, is designed to give the player and team medical personnel a level of privacy while a preliminary examination is conducted.

Last October, in a game between the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers in London, defensive back Darnay Holmes suffered a thigh bruise and was being attended to out in the open by a trainer, who chose not to take Holmes into the tent.

The video and screen shot of Holmes with his uniform pants dropped down exposing his backside immediately went viral.

On a recent appearance on the “2nd Wind Podcast”, Holmes recounted the incident.

“Let me make my a– international,” he joked. “I knew I had a thigh bruise. Once it gets stiff, it’s over with. Your day’s over with. So I’m like ‘I can’t let it get stiff, man, it’s two-minute.’ I’m like, ‘Hey, J [the trainer], I need you to rub on my thigh. But I know this can go south — let’s go to the tent.’ He’s like ‘Nah, y’all ’bout to hit the field, man. Y’all about to hit the field.’ I’m like, ‘It is what it is at this point. Bet.’”

Holmes also had to explain the situation to the Giants’ brass on the plane ride home.

“We win the game, we celebrating, we on the plane…. Our GM [Joe Schoen] and owner [John Mara] come up to me like, ‘so that’s how you get it down?’”

Lesson learned.

We’re sure the Giants — and other teams — will be more wary of their surroundings going forward, as cameras are omnipresent these days.



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New York Giants’ Darnay Holmes receives pay bump due to PPE program

Darnay Holmes is entering his fourth – and possibly final – season with the New York Giants this summer. The former fourth-round pick out of UCLA will battle a slew of newcomers for both a roster spot and playing time this season.

Holmes will do so with a pay bump thanks to the league’s annual Proven Performance Escalator program as per SI.com Giants beat reporter Pat Traina. 

According to Article 7, Section 4 of the 2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement, there are three levels of qualifications. Level 1, for which Holmes qualifies, is earned if a player participates in a certain percentage of a team’s offensive or defensive snaps in two of his first three seasons or averages that percentage of offensive or defensive snaps over his entire first three years.

In Holmes’ case, as he is a fourth-round draft pick, that percentage is 35 percent; hence his base salary rises to the Right of First Refusal (ROFR) Restricted Free Agent (RFA) tender, $2.743 million.

Holmes’ rookie contract, signed back in 2020 was for the standard four years for a total of $4,086,888. That included a $791,888 signing bonus, which was guaranteed, with an average annual salary of $1,021,722.

In 2023, Holmes will earn a base salary of $2,743,000, while carrying a cap hit of $2,940,972 and a dead cap value of $197,972.

Holmes, who is primarily a slot corner or an extra body in nickel and dime packages, will face stiff competition from the many additions the Giants will bring to training camp this summer.

He currently sits behind second-year player Cordale Flott on the depth chart and will have to contend with rookies Deonte Banks, Tre Hawkins III and Gemon Green as well as free agents Amani Oruwariye and Leonard Johnson not to mention players returning from 2022 such as Aaron Robinson, Rodarius Williams and Zyon Gilbert.

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