NFL cutdown day is annually hectic and surprising.
But once the transaction dust settles — though it never really does — and rosters begin to take shape, cutdown day is, most of all, revealing.
Answers to a plethora of offseason questions emerged after Tuesday’s 4 p.m. deadline to trim rosters down to 53 players. As did fresh expectations for key players whose names are on that list.
While the Jets left little room for surprise in their cuts, the Giants left multiple notable names off their initial 53-man roster. Entering their second year in charge together, Giants head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen have, on paper, improved the team’s talent from a season ago. That, however, required tough decisions about many players previously on the team.