{"id":233072,"date":"2026-05-15T20:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/233072\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T20:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:08:25","slug":"former-falcons-linebacker-signs-with-new-york-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/233072\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Falcons linebacker signs with New York Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Giants<\/a> signed former Atlanta Falcons<\/a> linebacker Khalid Kareem<\/a> to their roster on Thursday. The former fifth-round pick spent the last two seasons in Atlanta, appearing in six total games and recording 11 tackles (five solo), one pass defended and one QB hit.<\/p>\n

Kareem, 28, entered the league with the Bengals<\/a> in 2020, spending two years in Cincinnati<\/a> before landing with the Indianapolis Colts<\/a> in 2022. After that, Kareem signed with the Chicago Bears<\/a> in 2023 but appeared in just one game.<\/p>\n

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The veteran edge rusher now heads to New York<\/a> where he will likely provide depth this season. The Giants hired head coach Jim Harbaugh after his 18-year run in Baltimore<\/a>. New York also signed former Falcons wide receiver Darnell Mooney<\/a>, who spent the last two seasons in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

The Falcons let a few players walk in free agency, including edge rusher Leonard Floyd<\/a>, quarterback Easton Stick<\/a> and linebacker Josh Woods. Since all three remain unsigned, we wouldn’t rule out a potential reunion at some point, especially as injuries take their toll.<\/p>\n

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Week 1: At Pittsburgh Steelers<\/p>\n

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Week 2: Carolina Panthers<\/p>\n

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Week 3: At Green Bay Packers (Thursday Night Football)<\/p>\n

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Week 4: At New Orleans Saints (Monday Night Football)<\/p>\n

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Week 5: Baltimore Ravens (Sunday Night Football)<\/p>\n

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Week 6: Chicago Bears<\/p>\n

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Week 7: San Francisco 49ers<\/p>\n

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Week 8: At Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/p>\n

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Week 9: Cincinnati Bengals (Madrid)<\/p>\n

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Week 10: Kansas City Chiefs<\/p>\n

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Week 11: Falcons on bye week<\/p>\n

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Week 12: At Minnesota Vikings<\/p>\n

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Week 13: Detroit Lions<\/p>\n

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Week 14: At Cleveland Browns<\/p>\n

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Week 15: At Washington Commanders<\/p>\n

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Week 16: Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/p>\n

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Week 17: New Orleans Saints<\/p>\n

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Week 18: At Carolina Panthers<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Falcons Wire: Former Falcons LB Khalid Kareem signs with New York Giants<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants signed former Atlanta Falcons linebacker Khalid Kareem to their roster on Thursday. The former…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2670,36074,22649,2086,1757,67424,91444,2063,91443,74776,57944,9,2683,11,10,3918],"class_list":["post-233072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-baltimore","tag-bengals","tag-chicago-bears","tag-cincinnati","tag-darnell-mooney","tag-easton-stick","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-khalid-kareem","tag-leonard-floyd","tag-linebacker","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-the-giants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}