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Giants Wire
July 5, 2025
We are fully into the NFL's most boring part
of the year. The majority of player movement is done, although there will be
more when roster cuts come next month. Training camp is still weeks away, and
players are working through their respective offseason workouts.
So,
while we wait for that, CBS
Sports recently compiled a list of the best players wearing every number from
0-99. They went through and analyzed every player wearing each number
and determined which player truly "owned" their number.
The New York Giants saw two players land on the list.
First up was long-snapper Casey Kreiter.
No. 59 - Casey
Kreiter
One of the few unquestioned vets of the
Giants, the Pro Bowl long snapper earned a new deal this offseason after
another reliable campaign as a special teams captain.
Next up was center John Michael Schmitz.
No.
61 - John Michael Schmitz
This
isn't an endorsement of Schmitz as a top-shelf center -- he's still got a ways
to go trying to anchor Brian Daboll's offensive line -- so much as an admission
that most elite blockers aren't wearing No. 61.
Kreiter
isn't a surprise; he's consistent and reliable. Schmitz, well, even the
author admitted that not many elite blockers wear that number, so it was more
of a lack of competition than owning his number.
Notably
absent from this list is Dexter Lawrence. Instead, the authors chose Nick Bosa
for No. 97, snubbing Sexy Dexy. They claim Bosa has "enjoyed the greatest
peaks when healthy, however, putting on a pass-rushing clinic for several Super
Bowl bids in San Francisco."
The
Giants will debate that statement all day long.
