The New York Giants continued to tweak their roster on the defensive side of the football on Saturday, placing rookie safety Mark McLaurin on injured reserve with a fractured foot.
McLaurin was a thought to be a key undrafted free agent signing by the Giants this spring out of Mississippi State and was being considered as a candidate for defensive coordinator James Bettcher’s ‘moneybacker’ role, which is a hybrid between a defensive back and a linebacker.
To fill the roster vacancy, Big Blue signed veteran defensive end Terrence Fede.
Fede (6-foot-4, 282 pounds), 27, is a Nyack, New York native who was a seventh-round draft pick of the Miami Dolphins out of Marist College in 2014. Fede played in 51 games for the Dolphins between 2014-17 making 50 total tackles over that period.
McLaurin is guaranteed to be out for at least the first eight regular season games should the Giants designate him as short-term IR. If not, his season is over.
Fede does not have much value to the Giants other than as a special teams player.
