{"id":829749,"date":"2026-03-23T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/829749\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:00:31","slug":"giants-sign-defensive-lineman-sam-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/829749\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants sign defensive lineman Sam Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Giants have signed defensive lineman Sam Roberts.<\/p>\n<p>Originally a sixth-round draft pick by New England in 2022, Roberts has played in 20 games (two starts) for the Patriots (2022-23), Panthers (2024), and Falcons (2025). His career numbers include 26 tackles, two quarterback hits, and one sack.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts, 6-5 and 300 pounds, appeared in five games last season and made one start before being placed on injured reserve (ankle\/knee).<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the NFL, Roberts won the 2021 Cliff Harris Award, which honors the nation&#8217;s small college defensive player of the year. He helped guide a dominant Northwest Missouri State defense while recording 18 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks in his final season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants have signed defensive lineman Sam Roberts. Originally a sixth-round draft pick by New England&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[103558,7,347,13830],"class_list":{"0":"post-829749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-2026-free-agency","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-homepage","11":"tag-roster-transactions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116280272042756750","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}