Kelvin Benjamin rips Joe Judge following his release from the Giants, claims tenure with New York was ‘a hoax’

It appears secure to say that Kelvin Benjamin won’t be trying again at his transient time with the New York Giants fondly. The veteran vast receiver-turned-tight finish was cut by the team on the first day of training camp after what many on the scene say was a heated alternate between him and coach Joe Decide together with GM Dave Gettleman. Benjamin took the sector with the crew however was then met by Decide and Gettleman throughout warm-ups. As soon as that dialog was over, Benjamin took his helmet off and walked off the sector. 

“It was identical to they have been attempting to sabotage me to get me out of there,” Benjamin instructed NJ.com’s Zack Rosenblatt on Wednesday night of his launch. 

Benjamin — who signed with the membership again in Could after a three-year NFL hiatus — proceeded to name his transient stint with the Giants “a hoax” and criticized Decide, saying he is not the kind of coach that may lead New York to a Super Bowl. He additionally stated that he felt like Decide by no means preferred him and believes he “had it out to get me since I walked into that crew constructing.”

“I’ve a perspective on Joe Decide,” Benjamin stated. “He is not a coach that may ever win a Tremendous Bowl as a result of he sits there and cusses all day. You’ll be able to inform he is one-sided about the whole lot. He is a know-it-all. That is not the way it’s alleged to work. All of us can study from one another. We’re all people on the finish of the day. The true colours will come out.”

In keeping with Benjamin, the difficulty surrounded the veteran’s weight. He weighed in at 265 kilos on the finish of minicamp in June and the Giants brass had instructed him to get all the way down to 251 for coaching camp. Benjamin instructed Rosenblatt that he confirmed as much as camp weighing in at 268 after placing on muscle. He handed the membership’s conditioning take a look at on Tuesday and did not hear something relating to the crew’s unhappiness relating to his weight. When he went on the sector on Wednesday, nonetheless, that is when the difficulty got here to a head with Decide and Gettleman. Decide stated the crew was going to effective him for being 17 kilos obese and that is when the dialog erupted. Benjamin additionally claims that Decide stated he purposely did not apply at occasions throughout minicamp, which he denied. 

“To be sincere, man, I simply felt prefer it was all a hoax,” Benjamin stated of Giants tenure. “I felt like they did not give me an opportunity. I completed the conditioning. I completed all of that. I did what I used to be alleged to do. Everyone within the constructing was telling me I seemed nice. They by no means needed the narrative to be good about me.”

“Dave was the one which obtained me right here — and Dave knew precisely what went down. I am a crew man. I have been on a profitable crew earlier than. I get the politics within the league and stuff. However the factor with me is: Do not sit there and attempt to bash my sport and let the story run wild. Simply inform the reality. Be sincere.”

As for what’s subsequent for Benjamin, he instructed Rosenblatt that he plans to maneuver again to Florida as his try at an NFL comeback was stopped earlier than it might actually even get off the bottom.