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All NFL teams were required to cut their rosters from 90 players to 53 by 4 p.m. on Saturday. That means the Giants, who had 89 players on their roster, made 36 moves.

Below is our running list of their cuts and other transactions:

1. DE Josh Mauro will be placed on the suspended list (4 games)

2. WR Roger Lewis

3. S Andrew Adams

4. CB Chris Lewis-Harris

5. WR Amba Etta-Tawo

6. WR Kalif Raymond

7. RB Jalen Simmons

8. LB Calvin Munson

9. OL Zac Kerin

10. CB Grant Haley

11. WR Travis Rudolph

12. DL Tyrell Chavis

13. RB Jhurell Pressley

14. DL A.J. Francis

15. OL Malcolm Bunche

16. WR Alonzo Russell

17. K Marshall Koehn

18. OL Chris Scott

19. LB Mark Herzlich

20. DT Izaah Lunsford

21. DE Avery Moss

22. OL Nick Gates (will be placed on injured reserve)

23. CB Mike Jones

24. CB Leonard Johnson

25. TE Garrett Dickerson

26. LB Warren Long

27. S Darian Thompson (waived/injured)

28. WR Marquis Bundy

29. DT R.J. McIntosh will be transferred to the reserve/non-football injury list.

30. DT Robert Thomas

31. LB Jordan Williams (waived/injured)

32. TE Ryan O'Malley

33. OL Victor Salako

34. S Orion Stewart

35. WR Jawill Davis

36. OL Nick Becton (placed on injured reserve)

Giants roster in full

Offense (27)

QB (4): Kyle Lauletta (R), Eli Manning, Alex Tanney, Davis Webb

RB (4+1): Saquon Barkley (R), Wayne Gallman, Robert Martin (R), Jonathan Stewart, Shane Smith (FB)

WR: (5): Odell Beckham, Jr., Cody Latimer, Hunter Sharp, Russell Shepard, Sterling Shepard

TE (4): Jerell Adams, Rhett Ellison, Evan Engram, Scott Simonson

C/G (6): Evan Brown (R), John Greco, Jon Halapio, Will Hernandez (R), John Jerry, Patrick Omameh

T (3): Ereck Flowers, Nate Solder, Chad Wheeler

Defense (23)

DL (5): Josh Banks, Damon Harrison, B.J. Hill (R), Dalvin Tomlinson, Kerry Wynn

OLB (5): Connor Barwin, Lorenzo Carter (R), Kareem Martin, Romeo Okwara, Olivier Vernon

ILB (4): Ray-Ray Armstrong, Tae Davis (R), B.J. Goodson, Alec Ogletree

CB (4): Eli Apple, Donte Deayon, Janoris Jenkins, B.W. Webb

S (5): Sean Chandler (R), Landon Collins, William Gay, Curtis Riley, Michael Thomas

Special Teams (3)

K: Aldrick Rosas

P: Riley Dixon

LS: Zak DeOssie

R = Rookie

If you're wondering why the Giants kept four quarterbacks … well, get in line. And it's a long line that includes some of the quarterbacks and their agents.

It makes no sense, of course, in an era where some teams carry only two. Alex Tanney is a veteran journeyman who has one part of one regular-season game on his resume and didn't play particularly well in his one preseason game with the Giants, so his presence is certainly interesting - especially since, according to a source, he was expecting to be cut earlier on Saturday.

The fact that he wasn't made everyone think the Giants were shopping one of their young quarterbacks. And considering the new regime just drafted Kyle Lauletta, it's a safe bet they were shopping the old regime's quarterback, Davis Webb.

Presumably that situation will be resolved before the Giants really begin practicing on Wednesday. Possibly as early as Sunday. Maybe they just kept Tanney in case they could strike a deal and he'll be cut if they can't. It's hard to believe they'd cut Webb, a 23-year-old with a strong arm and lots of potential, especially since they have no idea what they have in the rookie Lauletta yet.

So, the QB situation is to be determined. There weren't many huge surprises on the rest of the roster. Perhaps the biggest was that the Giants cut two former starting safeties - Darian Thompson and Andrew Adams. There was also the departure of veteran LB Mark Herzlich after seven years with the Giants. A valuable special teams player and a good guy in the locker room, the Giants suddenly had too many good linebackers on the team to keep him around based on that.

Getting rid of Adams and Thompson (waived/injured with a hamstring problem) left the Giants with Curtis Riley starting opposite Landon Collins, and veterans Michael Thomas and William Gay and rookie Sean Chandler rounding out the depth, such that it is. They're also pretty thin at cornerback, where Donte Deayon and B.W. Webb are the only backups (though Gay obviously can play corner, too).

The depth issue was also apparent elsewhere - something that was really apparent all summer long. There are concerns at receiver behind Odell Beckham and Sterling Shepard, where Cody Latimer, Hunter Sharp and Russell Shepard will fight for snaps. There's real concern on the offensive line, where Chad Wheeler is the only backup tackle and Ereck Flowers is still the starter on the right side

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