Former New York Giants starting center Jon Halapio reportedly had a tryout with the Houston Texans on Wednesday. This furthers the theory that his return to the Giants is not in the cards — for now.
Today’s tryout/visit list. pic.twitter.com/a0aHKj9Cwh
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) August 26, 2020
Halapio was the Giants’ starting center coming out of the last two training camps. In 2018, he broke his leg in Week 2 and was lost for the season. After a rigorous rehab, he won his job back last summer and started in 15 games for the Giants. He underwent surgery for an Achilles injury and has been working his way back.
The original thought was that the Giants were interested in bringing Halapio back after general manager Dave Gettleman mentioned him as being part of the mix of players the team were considering at center.
That hasn’t happened. Spencer Pulley is the current starter with Nick Gates and rookie Shane Lemieux pushing him for the job in camp. Head coach Joe Judge called the competition between Pulley and Gates this week as “scratch even” this week.
As you can also see on the chart, former Giants linebacker Avery Moss met with the Miami Dolphins. Moss was a fifth-round pick of the Giants out of Youngstown State back in 2017. He never really got his footing with Big Blue and was part of the Giants’ final cuts last summer.
