Former third-round pick named a Giants cut candidate

Cutdown day in the NFL is always a difficult time for players and organizations alike. Dozens of hard-working young men and veterans nearing the end of their careers are waived, cut, or outright released.

Lives are forever changed.

But it’s a necessary evil as teams are forced to trim their rosters from 90 men to the standard 53-man group entering the regular season.

The New York Giants will be faced with several tough decisions of their own and Dakota Randall of Pro Football Network believes one of the players destined to receive bad news is 2021 third-round pick Aaron Robinson.

Aaron Robinson hasn’t been able to carve a large role since being drafted in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft. He also missed all of 2023 due to injuries and finds himself on New York’s roster bubble.

Robinson hasn’t been able to carve out a large role almost exclusively due to injuries. He missed much of his rookie season after starting the year on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list, then had an emergency appendectomy in 2022 followed by a partially torn ACL and MCL that landed him on season-ending injured reserve and cost him the entirely of the 2023 season.

In total, Robinson has appeared in 11 games (four starts) and recorded 32 tackles, one QB hit, and four passes defensed.

The Giants are thin at cornerback and would love nothing more than for a healthy Robinson to make his mark or at the very least, perform well enough to push some of the other cornerbacks.

Robinson is entering the final year of his rookie contract and would save the Giants roughly $1.36 million against the cap if cut, leaving behind a dead cap hit of $275,144 (pre-June 1).