Aug 27, 2026 · 32 min · 18 segments
Matt and Phil Simms break down the Giants' final roster crunch, including John Harbaugh's admission that the team has "way more than 53" roster-worthy players, and dig into the fallout from Calvin…
Matt SimmsHost
Phil SimmsGuest
And we are getting just ever closer to final cuts, which is always, of course, a upsetting time, right, for a lot of people, a lot of players and families involved within that process.
A bittersweet moment for a lot of players because, you know, no doubt just going out there, giving your all and competing at a super high level.
And, you know, talking with Coach Harbaugh, me and Bob Poppet doing stuff there with Sirius XM and just him describing to us how there's about 10 to 15 players that are fighting for five to six jobs, it seems like, that are still kind of wide open.
And he even said, too, he goes, we definitely have way more than 53 guys that we believe should be in our locker room and a part of our Giants' future.
So you could just kind of see right there from a guy who has been through this a lot, been doing it for almost 20 years now, right, as a head coach.
Mm-hmm.
It's always the, the battle for every single team and roster construction towards the end of this, uh, from going to 90 to 53 and, uh, man, it's, uh, and it's tough, you know, because yeah, they got a game this weekend.
The giants played the jets, uh, in, in the Met life battle of the bridge type of football game that it is not the Snoopy bowl anymore.
And, you know, why don't you describe a little bit your own experience as a player, a player that really wasn't on necessarily the cut watch, but just how those things and how those things kind of took place around you as you were preparing for the season.
And we are getting just ever closer to final cuts, which is always, of course, a upsetting time, right, for a lot of people, a lot of players and families involved within that process.
A bittersweet moment for a lot of players because, you know, no doubt just going out there, giving your all and competing at a super high level.
And, you know, talking with Coach Harbaugh, me and Bob Poppet doing stuff there with Sirius XM and just him describing to us how there's about 10 to 15 players that are fighting for five to six jobs, it seems like, that are still kind of wide open.
And he even said, too, he goes, we definitely have way more than 53 guys that we believe should be in our locker room and a part of our Giants' future.
So you could just kind of see right there from a guy who has been through this a lot, been doing it for almost 20 years now, right, as a head coach.
Mm-hmm.
It's always the, the battle for every single team and roster construction towards the end of this, uh, from going to 90 to 53 and, uh, man, it's, uh, and it's tough, you know, because yeah, they got a game this weekend.
The giants played the jets, uh, in, in the Met life battle of the bridge type of football game that it is not the Snoopy bowl anymore.
And, you know, why don't you describe a little bit your own experience as a player, a player that really wasn't on necessarily the cut watch, but just how those things and how those things kind of took place around you as you were preparing for the season.
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