{"id":93200,"date":"2020-08-17T20:50:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T00:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=93200"},"modified":"2020-08-17T20:50:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T00:50:12","slug":"new-york-giants-cut-chandler-catanzaro-sign-graham-gano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2020\/08\/17\/new-york-giants-cut-chandler-catanzaro-sign-graham-gano\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants Cut Chandler Catanzaro, Sign Graham Gano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/giants\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Giants<\/a> cut <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CataCh00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chandler Catanzaro<\/a> <\/strong>today, as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1295393118859165699?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported by Adam Schefter<\/a>. Catanzaro, 29, last kicked in a game for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/buccaneers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> in 2018, where he went five for five on field-goal attempts. He had started the season off with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carolina Panthers<\/a>, going 11 for 15 in nine games before being released. The Giants have signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GanoGr44.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Graham Gano<\/strong><\/a> to replace him.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giants released veteran kicker Chandler Catanzaro, per source. Their kicking job belongs to former Panther Graham Gano, who reunites with former Carolina GM Dave Gettleman.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1295393118859165699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>New York Giants Replace Chandler Catanzaro With Graham Gano<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chandler Catanzaro spent the 2019 off-season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Jets<\/a>, but ultimately retired after early preseason struggles against the Giants.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/coaches\/JudgJo0.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Judge<\/a> <\/strong>must\u2019ve seen enough from Chandler to convince him to come out of retirement to kick for Big Blue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsurprisingly, this was a short-lived move as Chandler Catanzaro never made it to padded practices in training camp. The reaction from the fanbase was that Catanzaro didn\u2019t exactly inspire confidence or have an impressive resume.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Giants went out and signed the steady, veteran Graham Gano to be responsible for the team\u2019s kicking duties. Giants fans will be familiar with Gano after his painful 63-yard game-winning field goal against the Giants in 2018 while he was playing for the Panthers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The kicking unit has been a concern since last year, and the situation worsened when incumbent kicker <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/RosaAl00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aldrick Rosas<\/a><\/strong> was released earlier this off-season after an ugly arrest. The team seemed unimpressed by Catanzaro\u2019s work so general manager <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/executives\/GettDa0.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave Gettleman<\/a> <\/strong>went out and signed his old kicker from his Carolina days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Giants need consistent play from their kicker this year. Whether it\u2019s field goals, extra points, or kickoffs, the Giants can\u2019t afford to blow scoring opportunities this year after hitting a measly 12 field goals last season. The team is counting on and expecting Graham Gano to get the job done, and do a good, consistent job doing it as he\u2019s proven capable of throughout his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"KUu2y_iIRMBkcK6a7u3_NA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1019482434\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'KUu2y_iIRMBkcK6a7u3_NA',sig:'tw_xWL9k6e4m4TE6HnFL08zy9gB95RJoowdpQcRfP_A=',w:'594px',h:'424px',items:'1019482434',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Giants have made a switch at kicker, replacing Chandler Catanzaro with Graham Gano, whom Giants fans likely remember from a certain 2018 game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3412,"featured_media":93209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4290,704,2789,1443,5990],"class_list":["post-93200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aldrick-rosas","tag-chandler-catanzaro","tag-dave-gettleman","tag-graham-gano","tag-joe-judge"],"modified_by":"Will Noltie, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3412"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}