The Giants let a promising young kicker walk away three years ago. They weren't about to repeat that mistake.
Aldrick Rosas, who has never appeared in an NFL regular season game, beat out veteran Mike Nugent in a tight preseason competition that came down to the wire. The Giants released Nugent on Saturday before the 4 p.m. deadline to cut the roster to 53 players, according to a person familiar with the situation.
It was a reversal from the Giants' approach in 2014 when they traded then-23-year-old Brandon McManus and elected to keep veteran Josh Brown.