Kenvin Benjamin had an uphill battle during training camp when trying to revive his career at tight end after it didn’t really work out at the receiver position.
It’s not a huge surprise that the Giants cut Benjamin on Wednesday, but the way the whole thing went down was rather bizarre.
Prior to the practice, Benjamin was seen by reporters walking off the field alone following a conversation with coach Joe Judge and general manager Dave Gettleman.
Odd scene: Kelvin Benjamin walking off the field at the start of practice with Dave Gettleman following him. Benjamin had a conversation with Gettleman and Joe Judge a few minutes earlier pic.twitter.com/ox3doCwxqt
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) July 28, 2021
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It appears that a troll account made up a story about Kelvin Benjamin stealing food from the team’s facility. And some reputable reporters actually ran with it.
In shambles over Dov getting got by a troll account about the Kelvin Benjamin release pic.twitter.com/HFqmnp7GbP
— Tom Downey (Cowboys have $15.5 M-ish in Cap Space) (@WhatGoingDowney) July 28, 2021
I’m certainly not buying the story of Kelvin Benjamin taking a bunch of food home with him. But do with this what you will.
The Giants have a packed tight end room, and were just trying to give Benjamin a slight chance at rejuvenating his career.
It was always a long shot.
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