Casey Kreiter Has Been a Rock for NY Giants' Special Teams

 

Kreiter is one of a few Giants players who doesn't have to worry about his job this year.

Patricia Traina | Jun 18, 2025

New York Giants long snapper Casey Kreiter / Andrew Nelles-Imagn Images

 

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If there’s one position on the roster that the New York Giants don’t have to worry about (barring injury, of course), it’s the long snapper.

Veteran Casey Kreiter has held down the post for Big Blue since 2020, playing on a year-to-year contract and providing the Giants with a solid performer. Last season, he had his best year as a pro since his 2018 Pro Bowl campaign with the Broncos.

Kreiter began his pro career in 2014 as an undrafted free agent out of Iowa. He signed with the Cowboys after that year’s draft and spent two seasons with the organization’s practice squad. 

Dallas released Kreiter during the 2015 53-man roster cutdown date after he lost the long snapping battle to L.P. Ladouceur. 

After sitting out the 2015 season, Kreiter signed with Denver the following offseason and won the starting job. His first campaign was limited to ten games after he landed on IR with a calf injury.

Kreiter continued to hold onto the job, his first and only (to date) Pro Bowl coming in 2018 when AFC head coach Antony Lynn personally picked Kreiter as a “need” player. Kreiter became the first Broncos long snapper to be named to a Pro Bowl, the honor coming after he handled 146 snaps flawlessly. 

Kreiter signed with the Giants during the 2020 offseason as a free agent. 

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Casey Kreiter, LS

·         Height: 6-1

·         Weight: 250  lbs.

·         Exp.: 10 Years

·         School: Iowa

·         How Acquired: FA-20 

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2024 in Review

The Giant's special teams captain, Kreiter, had another pristine season with his deep-snapping and also chipped in with a healthy five tackles on punt coverage, a career-high for the soon-to-be 35-year-old long-snapper.

Contract/Cap Info

Kreiter signed another one-year deal with the Giants this past offseason, his sixth consecutive one-year contract. His deal is worth $1.422 million, but only counts for $1.197 million against the team’s cap, as it qualifies as a veteran salary benefit deal. 

That $1.197 million is fully guaranteed and includes a $167,000 signing bonus, which accounts for roughly 0.4% of the Giants’ 2025 cap. 

2025 Preview

Barring injury, the long snapping job is Kreiter’s, who, again, put forth his most productive season last year as a Giant and has shown little to no signs of slowing down. 

NFL All Quarter Century team: Best 53-man roster, coaches

 

Aaron Schatz

Seth Walder

Jun 18, 2025, 06:45 AM ET

 

Coaching staff

Bill Belichick, head coach

We wrestled back and forth here, considering both Belichick and Andy Reid. Reid has the advantage of sustained success with multiple quarterbacks and multiple franchises, but we went with Belichick because of his superior success in the postseason: nine Super Bowl appearances and six Super Bowl championships.

Belichick also won in different ways. His early Patriots teams were more about the defense, highlighted by a game plan that slowed down the 2001 Rams' dynamic offense. The midcareer Patriots were offensive juggernauts. At the end of his New England tenure, the team went back to being defense-first, highlighted by a 13-3 victory in its final Super Bowl. – Schatz

NFL All Quarter Century team: Best 53-man roster, coaches

Aaron Schatz

Seth Walder

Jun 18, 2025, 06:45 AM ET

Right guards (2)

Marshal Yanda

Teams: Ravens (2007-19)
Résumé since 2000: 166 starts, one-time Super Bowl champion, seven-time All-Pro

Yanda's distinguished career with the Ravens included two first-team All-Pro selections. While we don't have advanced blocking metrics for the majority of his career, his numbers were astounding near the tail end. He finished first among guards in run block win rate in both 2018 and 2019 and first in pass block win rate in 2019. -- Walder

Prisco's NFL Top 100 players of 2025

 

Pete Prisco shares his 100 best players entering the new season

By Pete Prisco

June 17, 2025

53. Tyler Linderbaum

Baltimore Ravens | C

Linderbaum has developed into one of the better centers in the league. He is good in the run game, which helped key Derrick Henry's big season in 2024. Expect the Ravens to give him a hefty contract extension in the near future. (Last season: No. 100)

Ravens urgency grows after another glowing evaluation of Tyler Linderbaum

 

Ravens may want to expediate their plans for Tyler Linderbaum's extension after yet another stellar review.

Geoffrey A Knox

Ravens Wire

June 13, 2025

 

It doesn't typically take long to distinguish 'special'. There's a reason why some prospects receive first-round grades and others don't. The Baltimore Ravens saw something in Tyler Linderbaum before making him the 25th player taken during the 2022 NFL Draft. Then again, everyone did.

It isn't typical to discuss the Iowa Hawkeyes and revel in things they are doing on offense. Tyler changed that, for a season at least, but after shining during his final collegiate seasons, every NFL team was on notice as he declared he was ready to conquer the next level, football's highest.

2021 was the crowning jewel as he racked up a lot of hardware for the shelf. In addition to a First-Team All-Big Ten nod (his second), he won the Rimington Trophy and Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year honors.

He was also named a Unanimous All-American. No one doubted his talent would translate to the NFL, but just in case there was someone who might have, Mr. Linderbaum has certainly extinguished any concern in which he is mentioned.

Consecutive Pro Bowl nods followed a spot on the 2022 Pro Football Writers Association's All-Rookie Team nods after the 2023 and 2024 Ravens seasons. Now comes the obligatory question about pay. When might an extension come?

The Ravens may want to quicken their plan for Tyler Linderbaum after PFF's recent mention

As seasons pass and the pages of the calendar turn, salaries get more exaggerated and expensive. Don't look now, but time has flown. Tyler Linderbaum enters year four of his rookie contract, and so far, there's been no news of an extension.

By being a first-round draft choice, a fifth-year club option is baked into his deal, but the Ravens seemingly don't want to wait too long to get him squared away. As time passes and he adds to his resume, his price tag is only going to get larger. Public perception also plays a role in things sometimes, and if Pro Football Focus is right in its assessment, Tyler may be staring at a jackpot payday.

PFF stacked the NFL's top 32 centers, and Tyler ranked second, behind only Creed Humphrey of the Kansas City Chiefs. Mason Cameron, the writer of this one, offered his explanation.

"After three seasons of excellent production at the heart of Baltimore’s protection scheme, Linderbaum has proven to be one of the NFL’s premier run blockers. The Ravens center is particularly adept as a zone blocker, where he has earned a 91.7 PFF run-blocking grade on zone concepts across his career, placing him in the 91st percentile at the position."

Postseason accolades and being viewed as the game's second-best center are some stellar weaponry to take to the negotiating table. Neil Cornrich of NC Sports is Linderbaum's agent, and he has to be licking his chops.

Eric DeCosta is one of the best in his field. There is no doubt that he'll get a deal done, but he may have a lot to think about in this case. Following Rashod Bateman's recent extension, several other Ravens need new deals of their own. Linderbaum is among that number, and now he has leverage and growing momentum. We'll see what happens during the coming months.

 

Two Indianapolis Colts legends are one step closer to receiving a massive honor to reward their incredible talent on the field

 

Destin Adams

18 hours ago (jUNE 2, 2025)

 

The National Football Foundation revealed the names on the 2026 College Football Hall of Fame Ballot earlier today. 

Two of the names included are all-time great Indianapolis Colts players who certainly deserve to be one of the 12 players that will be a part of the 2026 class for the College Football Hall of Fame for what they were able to do before ever being drafted by the Colts

Dallas Clark

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Dallas Clark is one of the greatest TEs to ever play for the Colts and was added to their Ring of Honor last season. Before repping the horseshoe, Clark was a two-year starter at Iowa and recorded 1,251 yards and eight touchdowns. His best season came in 2022, when he set career highs with 43 receptions, 742 yards, and four touchdowns. His success at Iowa would lead to him being drafted by the Colts in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft. 

Marvin Harrison 

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Marvin Harrison is undeniably the greatest WR in the history of the Colts. He and Peyton Manning became one of the most dynamic duos in NFL history during their time together with the Colts. Before being drafted in the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft, Harrison had a stellar four-year career at Syracuse. He recorded 135 receptions, 2,728 yards, and 20 touchdowns during his collegiate career. His best season came during his senior year, when he set new career highs across the board with 56 receptions, 1,131 yards, and eight touchdowns. His 1,131 yards that year led the Big East, which was the conference Syracuse was in at the time. He went on to become one of the best WRs in the NFL has ever seen, and should without a doubt end up in the College Football Hall of Fame, just like he has already been named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.