New York Giants place Graham Gano on IR, sign kicker Greg Joseph

The New York Giants have signed veteran kicker Greg Joseph off the Detroit Lions’ practice squad.

Joesph will fill the void left by Graham Gano, who injured his hamstring on the opening kickoff in the Giants’ 21-18 loss to the Washington Commanders on Sunday.

The team officially placed Gano on injured reserve (IR) on Tuesday.

The Giants worked out a group of kickers on Monday, including former Giant Randy Bullock and practice squadder Jude McAntamney. As a member of the Lions at the time, Joseph did not attend the tryout.

The Giants will be Joesph’s ninth NFL team since coming into the NFL as an undrafted free agent from Florida Atlantic in 2018.

Joseph, 30, has played in 67 NFL regular season games and four postseason games. He has an 82.6 percent accuracy rate on field goals and a 90.1 percent accuracy rate on point-after attempts.

In his NFL career, Joesph has hit 16 of 28 attempts from over 50 yards with a long of 61 yards.

Additionally, the Giants also claimed linebacker Patrick Johnson off waivers from the Philadelphia Eagles.

The 26-year-old Johnson was a seventh-round pick of the Eagles in the 2021 NFL draft. He’s appeared in 49 career games (two starts), recording 35 tackles (one for a loss), three QB hits, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery.