Casey Kreiter Has Been a Rock for NY Giants' Special Teams

 

Kreiter is one of a few Giants players who doesn't have to worry about his job this year.

Patricia Traina | Jun 18, 2025

New York Giants long snapper Casey Kreiter / Andrew Nelles-Imagn Images

 

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If there’s one position on the roster that the New York Giants don’t have to worry about (barring injury, of course), it’s the long snapper.

Veteran Casey Kreiter has held down the post for Big Blue since 2020, playing on a year-to-year contract and providing the Giants with a solid performer. Last season, he had his best year as a pro since his 2018 Pro Bowl campaign with the Broncos.

Kreiter began his pro career in 2014 as an undrafted free agent out of Iowa. He signed with the Cowboys after that year’s draft and spent two seasons with the organization’s practice squad. 

Dallas released Kreiter during the 2015 53-man roster cutdown date after he lost the long snapping battle to L.P. Ladouceur. 

After sitting out the 2015 season, Kreiter signed with Denver the following offseason and won the starting job. His first campaign was limited to ten games after he landed on IR with a calf injury.

Kreiter continued to hold onto the job, his first and only (to date) Pro Bowl coming in 2018 when AFC head coach Antony Lynn personally picked Kreiter as a “need” player. Kreiter became the first Broncos long snapper to be named to a Pro Bowl, the honor coming after he handled 146 snaps flawlessly. 

Kreiter signed with the Giants during the 2020 offseason as a free agent. 

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Casey Kreiter, LS

·         Height: 6-1

·         Weight: 250  lbs.

·         Exp.: 10 Years

·         School: Iowa

·         How Acquired: FA-20 

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2024 in Review

The Giant's special teams captain, Kreiter, had another pristine season with his deep-snapping and also chipped in with a healthy five tackles on punt coverage, a career-high for the soon-to-be 35-year-old long-snapper.

Contract/Cap Info

Kreiter signed another one-year deal with the Giants this past offseason, his sixth consecutive one-year contract. His deal is worth $1.422 million, but only counts for $1.197 million against the team’s cap, as it qualifies as a veteran salary benefit deal. 

That $1.197 million is fully guaranteed and includes a $167,000 signing bonus, which accounts for roughly 0.4% of the Giants’ 2025 cap. 

2025 Preview

Barring injury, the long snapping job is Kreiter’s, who, again, put forth his most productive season last year as a Giant and has shown little to no signs of slowing down. 

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Coaching staff

Bill Belichick, head coach

We wrestled back and forth here, considering both Belichick and Andy Reid. Reid has the advantage of sustained success with multiple quarterbacks and multiple franchises, but we went with Belichick because of his superior success in the postseason: nine Super Bowl appearances and six Super Bowl championships.

Belichick also won in different ways. His early Patriots teams were more about the defense, highlighted by a game plan that slowed down the 2001 Rams' dynamic offense. The midcareer Patriots were offensive juggernauts. At the end of his New England tenure, the team went back to being defense-first, highlighted by a 13-3 victory in its final Super Bowl. – Schatz

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Right guards (2)

Marshal Yanda

Teams: Ravens (2007-19)
Résumé since 2000: 166 starts, one-time Super Bowl champion, seven-time All-Pro

Yanda's distinguished career with the Ravens included two first-team All-Pro selections. While we don't have advanced blocking metrics for the majority of his career, his numbers were astounding near the tail end. He finished first among guards in run block win rate in both 2018 and 2019 and first in pass block win rate in 2019. -- Walder