How did linebacker Ray-Ray Armstrong, who started five games for the San Francisco 49ers and is that team’s second-leading tackler this season, come to be available to the New York Giants via waivers?
The 27-year-old Armstrong was signed to a two-year contract by the 49ers last December. That signing, though, was made by former San Francisco general manager Trent Baalke.
Armstrong is a smallish 6-foot-3, 220-pound weakside linebacker. In four seasons for three teams (the 49ers, St. Louis Rams and Oakland Raiders) he had started only five games entering the 2017 season.