{"id":333320,"date":"2026-08-30T19:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T19:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333320\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T19:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T19:46:22","slug":"giants-waive-a-former-starting-linebacker-in-darius-muasau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333320\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants waive a former starting linebacker in Darius Muasau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The New York Giants made the first move of their final cutdowns that could be viewed as a surprise. The team waived LB Darius Muasau on Sunday afternoon, ending the 2024 6th round pick\u2019s time with the Giants\u2019 active roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">At first blush, waiving an athletically limited sixth-round pick after a couple years isn\u2019t a surprising move. However, it is notable thanks to how Muasau stepped in as a starter over the last two seasons. The former UCLA linebacker has played in 27 games for the Giants over the last two years, with 18 starts at linebacker. He was never a great linebacker for the Giants, but his football IQ and competitive toughness allowed him to outplay perceptions of him when he was on the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Muasau played 1,231 snaps for the Giants over the last two years between defense and special teams, most of which came on defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">It\u2019s a mark of just how much the Giants have improved their linebacking corps that there isn\u2019t even room to keep Muasau as a special teams player, let alone defensive depth. His is a name we\u2019ll be watching to see if he signs with the Giants\u2019 practice squad or if he\u2019s claimed by another team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants made the first move of their final cutdowns that could be viewed as a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,9093,11,10],"class_list":["post-333320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants-roster","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333320","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=333320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}