Jordan One of the trio of defensive backs awarded to the New York Giants via waivers on Sunday was Michael Jordan Womens Customized New York Giants Jerseys , formerly of the Cleveland Browns. And, yeah. maybe we’ll just call him Mike.Anyway, we reached out to our friends at SB Nation’s Browns website, Dawgs By Nature, and Chris Pokorny gave us a little background on Jordan. Ed: Why did the Browns cut him?Chris: The Browns made the decision to completely revamp the corner position this offseason because the organization felt the team lacked speed there. They drafted Denzel Ward at No. 4 overall www.giantscheapshops.com , and then signed three cornerbacks in free agency, all of whom made the team. Jordan was one of two holdovers from a year ago, so he simply got caught in a numbers game.Ed: Is he a slot corner or outside guy?Chris: I can only speak that he was utilized as an outside corner during his time with Cleveland.Ed: What are his strengths, weaknesses?Chris: In limited action last year, it looked like he belonged and tackled well. I wish I could speak more technically on his abilities New York Giants T-Shirt , but he didn’t see enough playing time to find specific strengths or weaknesses.Ed: What, if anything, should we know about him as a person?Chris: People joked at first about his name being Michael Jordan. But during his time on the roster, he was labeled as Mike Jordan. He had ties to Gregg Williams with the Rams in 2016, so this will be a new experience for him playing under a different coordinator. Ed: Are you surprised he got claimed?Chris: I’m not too surprised he was claimed. In fact New York Giants Hats , Cleveland had two cornerbacks who were claimed. Waivers is how the Browns got his services last year at this time too.Giants injury report, 9/7: Olivier Vernon OUT vs. Jacksonville The New York Giants made official on Friday the bad news we have pretty much been anticipating all week. Linebacker Olivier Vernon, the team’s most accomplished pass rusher on a team that doesn’t have enough of those, will not play Sunday in the season-opener vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars.Vernon has been ruled out because of an ankle injury that kept him off the practice field all week.Vernon suffered the injury in practice on August 26. He has not practiced since.“It’s just the other guys at that position have to step up, and it’s going to be multiple guys handling whatever that job was New York Giants Hoodie , whether it’s OV outside if he doesn’t end up playing, or linebacker inside, or a guy at safety,” defensive coordinator James Bettcher said on Thursday. “There will be different guys sharing some of that responsibility.”Two of those could be veteran Connor Barwin and rookie third-round pick Lorenzo Carter. The Giants could also increase the workload of Kareem Martin and ask newly-acquired defensive end Mario Edwards to play more on passing downs.Linebacker Tae Davis (hamstring) is also out.The Jaguars have no players listed on their Friday injury report.Week 6 Injury ReportPlayerPositionInjuryTues.Wed.Game StatusPlayerPositionInjuryTues.Wed.Game Status