Giants released 14 today; placed Stevie Brown to IR

The Giants cut the following 14 players today to reach the 75-man limit 48 hours early:

1. LB, Aaron Curry
2. FB, Ben Guidugli
3. WR, Brandon Collins (suspended for the first 4 games of the 2013 season)
4. WR, Terrence Sinkfield (2013 UDFA)
5. TE, Jamie Childers
6. TE, Chase Clement (2013 UDFA)
7. OG, Michael Jasper
8. OT, Austin Holtz (2013 UDFA)
9. MLB, Jake Muasau
10. OLB, Etienne Sabino (2013 UDFA)
11. DT, Frank Okam
12. *CB, Laron Scott (Waived/Injured)
13. CB, Junior Mertile (2013 UDFA)
14. S, Alonzo Tweedy (2013 UDFA)

There was no Dead money from any player on this list (including Aaron Curry) except for one: TE Chase Clement. As a result of waiving him today, the Giants will be responsible for an extra $833 tacked on to their Dead Money total for this year, and the remaining $1,667 on next year's salary cap. Here is his contractual breakdown, courtesy of overthecap.com:

*Note: I asked this question to Jason Fitzgerald and Joel Corry sometime back in May/June, and they explained to me how a signing bonus comes into play if you release a player after June 1st, using Clement as an example. The Giants are on the hook for this year's prorated signing bonus total of $833 with respect to Dead Money, but the remainder ($1,667) is going to be added on to next year's total.

CB Laron Scott was Waived/Injured today. The injury occurred in OT of last night's game against the Jets as per Tom Rock's tweet:

This brings the total of players who were waived/injured by the Giants this training camp/preseason to 6. They are as follows:

1. CB, Antonio Dennard
2. WR, Jeremy Horne
3. WR, Kris Adams
4. OT, Chris DeGeare
5. WR, Keith Carlos
6. CB, Laron Scott

This is significant because the Giants will have to negotiate Injury Settlements with these players' agents. This will count against the Giants' regular season salary cap when the Top 51 Rule ceases in 11 days (almost 10 now) from now on September 5th at midnight New York time. If Injury Settlements are reached, then a grievance may result, which could also effect the salary cap. After an arbitrator figures out who is at fault, a percentage of a team's salary cap would be effected (either plus or minus).

Stevie Brown will count against the cap fully this year. He had to clear waivers since he has less than 4 years of accrued experience (3 to be exact in his case) as per this tweet by Joel Corry:

His cap number of $2,023,000 (tied for 15th on the team with Andre Brown) will count FULLY against the Giants' cap this year. All players on the PUP List and Injured Reserve count against the salary cap. DE Jason Pierre-Paiul and DT Markus Kuhn are the only 2 players on the giants now who are still on the PUP List. We'll find out this week if either of them comes off of it (JPP is likely to come off of it as per the hints GM Jerry Reese has been giving in recent days).

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