Doctors have released Lawrence Taylor from the hospital, sending him home to continue his recovery from pancreatitis. TMZ Sports reports the Hall of Fame linebacker was discharged late last week.
Taylor, 67, was hospitalized in New Jersey on April 23 with what first was announced as a non-life-threatening stomach issue. TMZ Sports later reported that Taylor was dealing with pancreatitis.
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas.
Taylor played for the Giants from 1981-93, winning two Super Bowl rings. The team retired his No. 56, and he earned induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
The Cowboys traded up one spot before taking safety Caleb Downs in the first round of this year’s draft, but that deal only came after an attempt to move even higher was rebuffed.
A clip from ESPN’s The Pick Is In shows Browns general manger Andrew Berry fielding a call from Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones while on the clock at No. 9. Berry turned down Dallas’s offer of their No. 12 and No. 20 picks for No. 9 and No. 24, and he did not change his mind when Jones offered to add a fifth-round pick to the offer.
The offer suggests the Cowboys thought that the Giants were going to take Downs at No. 10 as that was a frequent link during the mock draft season. The Giants wound up taking tackle Francis Mauigoa and the Cowboys wound up sending two fifth-rounders to the Dolphins to move up to No. 11 for Downs. They later traded down three spots from No, 20 and picked up two fourth-round picks.
The Browns took tackle Spencer Fano at No. 9 and another clip from the show features Berry talking to the Browns’ draft room after they traded down from No. 6 into that spot. He said Fano, Mauigoa and wide receiver Jordyn Tyson were the players the team was considering at No. 9 and Tyson went to New Orleans at No. 8, so another move down may have left them without all of their preferred options with their first of two first-round picks.
Giants cornerback Deonte Banks is now set to become a free agent next spring.
Via Jordan Raanan of ESPN, New York declined Banks’ fifth-year option, setting up 2026 to be the final year of his rookie contract.
The Giants selected Banks with the No. 24 overall pick of the 2023 draft. He’s appeared in 45 games with 35 starts, recording 28 total passes defensed with two interceptions. He has not recorded a pick since his rookie year.
If the Giants had elected to pick up Banks’ option, they would have owed him $12.633 million guaranteed in 2027.
Banks is set to earn $2.6 million in base salary for 2026.
Earlier this week, free-agent quarterback Russell Wilson had a visit with the Jets. He’s also looking at another potential path.
Andrew Marchand of The Athletic reports that Wilson is in “deep discussions” to embark on a television career. Per Marchand, CBS is considered to be the favorite.
Wilson has made bye-week appearances with CBS, and its Sunday studio show currently has an opening after the departure of Matt Ryan for a high-level job with the Falcons.
Marchand also reports that CBS has shown interest in Hall of Fame linebacker Luke Kuechly.
With Wilson firmly in the backup-at-best phase of his football career, it makes sense to explore available options in TV. Very few quarterbacks who were once the highest-paid player in the league choose to continue as understudies when their opportunities as starters have dried up. (Joe Flacco is the rare exception.)
Wilson, who seems to be interested in remaining in the New York area, could work for CBS from its Manhattan studio. It makes too much sense to not happen, if CBS ultimately decides to make him an offer — and if he accepts it.
Wilson, a third-round pick in 2012, won a Super Bowl and went to another during a decade with the Seahawks. He then spent two seasons with the Broncos, one with the Steelers, and one with the Giants. He started three games in 2025 before being benched for rookie Jaxson Dart.
With the Jets, Wilson would be the backup to Geno Smith, Wilson’s former backup in Seattle.
Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton is recovering from surgery to repair a core-muscle injury.
Slayton had the surgery recently and is expected to be ready for training camp, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.
The recovery will cause Slayton to miss the offseason program, but by July he’ll be good to go.
The 29-year-old Slayton has been with the Giants for his entire career and was a team captain on a young offense last season. In 2025, Slayton played in 14 games with 12 starts and caught 37 passes for 538 yards.
