Saquon Barkley’s signing wasn’t the only roster news on the Giants’ first day of training camp.
The team also added OLB Tashawn Bower, 28, a Livingston, N.J., native who has three sacks in 26 career games for the Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots and Las Vegas Raiders.
In corresponding moves, the Giants waived/injured OLB Elerson Smith (heel), a 2021 fourth-round pick, and cut safety Trenton Thompson.
Smith, 25, impressed Brian Daboll during last spring’s offseason program, finishing first on the entire team in a fitness and performance competition that earned him the top parking spot in the players’ lot for the entire 2022 season.