Giants Send Janoris Jenkins Packing

Jenkins' ill-worded tweet and lack of sincere remorse factors in the organization's decision to move on now from its veteran cornerback.

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A day after Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins used a slur in a social media exchange with a fan and then compounded the issue by showing lack of sincere remorse, he's no longer a member of the Giants.

The team waived Jenkins on Friday after he was put on the injury report this week with an ankle ailment.

“This was an organizational decision,” head coach Pat Shurmur said in the team-issued statement. 

“From ownership to management to our football operations, we felt it was in the best interests of the franchise and the player. Obviously, what happened this week, and the refusal to acknowledge the inappropriate and offensive language, was the determining factor.”

Jenkins pretty much sealed his fate during a five-minute media session with reporters in which he defended his choice of language, claiming that it’s “just the slang that I use.” 

When a reporter noted that it still didn't make it right, Jenkins replied, “I never said it was right, I said it was the slang that I use back home.”

 Jenkins also doubled down on his poor decision.

“Yeah, I regret it, but at the end of the day it’s my slang, so if you take it how you’re gonna take it then that’s on you,” said Jenkins 

“I don’t mean to offend nobody. My daddy always told me to speak freely and own up to what you say. So I always speak freely as a man, and I speak how I want to speak.”

Moments before the news, Jenkins, who earlier this season expressed frustration with how he's been used by the Giants, tweeted a couple of cryptic tweets.

Y’all been hating for a while anyways.. #NoooooPressure

— Mr. do it (@JjenkzLockdown) December 12, 2019

Best news ever.. Thank you

— Mr. do it (@JjenkzLockdown) December 13, 2019

Without Jenkins, the Giants will lean on their group of young cornerbacks, including rookies Julian Love, DeAndre Baker and Corey Ballentine, first-year pro Sam Beal, second-year veteran Grant Haley, and veteran Antonio Hamilton.

I Just want to thank the organization for the opportunity & good luck to my brothers that remains a Giant! Again, want my fans to know my intentions are always pure and genuine. #RabbitLoveEverybody🐇🐇

— Mr. do it (@JjenkzLockdown) December 13, 2019