7:40 PM ET
Jordan RaananESPN Staff Writer
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York Giants punter Jamie Gillan did not question backmost with the squad from London, sources told ESPN, remaining overseas arsenic helium deals with a passport issue.
The Giants defeated the Green Bay Packers 27-22 connected Sunday astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. They were alert of the contented anterior to the travel and expect him backmost this week earlier playing the Baltimore Ravens connected Sunday.
New York did not enactment retired immoderate punters connected Tuesday arsenic a contingency.
Gillan, nicknamed the "Scottish Hammer," is simply a autochthonal of Inverness, Scotland. He came to the United States arsenic a teenager.
Gillan did not play shot until midway done his elder play of precocious schoolhouse successful Maryland.
This is his 4th nonrecreational season. He is averaging 51.0 yards per punt successful his archetypal twelvemonth with the Giants.
The NFL Network reported that Gillan came to the U.S. connected a NATO visa with this father, and that was ne'er changed to a enactment visa erstwhile helium entered the NFL.
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