Giants tight end Lawrence Cager is gearing up to face one of his former NFL teams on Saturday, but he’s far from worried about all the hype surrounding the Jets.
“I feel great. I feel like one of my mottos is ‘God puts you in different circumstances for different reasons.’ I always credit the Jets to helping me make the transition and having great coaches over there,” Cager said Tuesday. “It was a smooth transition. I love it here. I love the Giants.”
Cager, 26, signed with the Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2020 and spent that season moving back and forth between the practice squad and the active roster.
After a year with the Browns (mostly on the practice squad), he returned to the Jets for six weeks last season, playing a single game with only one target.
He was waived in October, then joined the Giants and played his first game for them on Oct. 30.
In six games with the Giants, he had 13 catches for 118 yards (9.1 average per reception) and a touchdown.
Lawrence Cager catches a pass at Giants practice on Tuesday. Robert Sabo for NY PostThough the Jets have added Aaron Rodgers, Cager doesn’t long for his days with the team.
And he said he feels at home with a veteran mentor in Darren Waller, whom the Giants acquired in March.
“I’m gonna say [the teams are] kind of in the same, similar [situation]. We went to our first playoff game in a couple years here last year. So, we’re definitely trending upwards … taking one week at a time. Trying to capitalize on last year,” Cager said. “And the Jets, obviously when you add a Hall of Fame quarterback, it automatically elevates your team … They’re a good team as well. Training camp is just to get the kinks out, get everything as a team going, and I think us over here at the Giants, we’re doing a great job.”
With Waller at his side, or rather with Cager at his, Cager said he feels years ahead of where he has been.
Penciled as the Giants’ third tight end, he knows the success and experience of a Pro Bowler like Waller will greatly help him and second-year tight end Daniel Bellinger.
Lawrence Cager and Darren Waller at Giants practice in May. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post“Me and him [Waller], are both ex-receivers so we watch a lot of receivers’ film and other receivers in the league together. … I’m always on his hip, like his little nat. I’m with him everywhere he goes, just picking up on his daily routine and how he goes about each day,” Cager said. “It would take years of experience for us to
