CB Korie Black spurns Giants, joins Jets practice squad

Rookie cornerback Korie Black, a seventh-round pick the New York Giants waived on Wednesday in the hopes he would return to the practice squad, has instead signed with the New York Jets practice squad.

The Giants waived Black to make room for waiver claims Beau Brade and Rico Payton, but expected that they would be able to pass Black through waivers and get him to the practice squad.

Once a player goes unclaimed in waivers, he is a free agent. Thus, there is always risk of losing a player when a team makes a move like this.

This is a bit of payback from the Jets, although it is a different front office and coaching staff than Gang Green had in 2022. That year, the Jets tried to pass a young safety they were hoping to keep, Jason Pinnock, through waivers.

Pinnock played three seasons fo