THE Giants are recruiting a veteran punter Matt Haack ahead of Sunday night’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals with Jamie Gillan listed as questionable due to hamstring injury, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Haack, 30, beat five other punters in a practice session Friday, Schefter noted. Sunday’s game will be his 100th career NFL game and will mark his eighth season in the league.
The Arizona State product spent the first four years of his career with the Miami Dolphins from 2017-2020 and started all 16 games each season. Haack then played in 17 games for the Buffalo Bills in 2021 and another 17 games for the Indianapolis Colts in 2022. He played one game for the Cleveland Browns last year, but was not on a roster in 2024 until ‘now.
Haack has a career average of 44.5 yards per punt, with 37 percent of his punts coming inside the opponent’s 20-yard line.
Gillan has been with the Giants since 2022, starting all five games this year and 17 games in each of the last two seasons. In five games, he is averaging 47.8 yards per punt with a long of 67 yards.
