EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants have announced the free-agent signing of veteran wide receiver James Jones. The news is hardly a surprise as it was first reported Thursday evening. As the New York Mets found out this week, however, nothing is ever official until, well, it's official. And Jones is now officially a Giant.
The Giants had earlier cleared a roster space for the 31-year-old Jones by waiving/injured wide receiver Ben Edwards. An undrafted free agent, Edwards impressed in the spring but suffered a hamstring injury at the end of minicamp.