Post by calliesdad2019 on Mar 27, 2020 6:59:19 GMT -5
NEW YORK GIANTS
Additions/players brought back:
CB James Bradberry (signed for three-years, $45 million, $32 million guaranteed)
DI Leonard Williams (franchise tag)
LB David Mayo (re-signed for three years, $8.4 million)
TE Levine Toilolo (signed for two years, $6.2 million)
LB Blake Martinez (signed for three years, $30 million)
S Nate Ebner (signed)
EDGE Kyler Fackrell (signed for one year, $4.6 million)
T Cam Fleming (signed for one-year, $4 million)
Losses:
QB Eli Manning (retired)
EDGE Markus Golden
S Antoine Bethea (cut)
LB Alec Ogletree (cut)
T Mike Remmers
The Giants had every opportunity to make splash signings and really revamp their roster as they head into the second season of the Daniel Jones era in New York, but instead of splash plays, they made numerous questionable moves, starting with tagging Leonard Williams.
They traded a 2020 third-round pick and a 2021 fifth-round pick in exchange for Williams midway through the 2019 season. And by tagging him, that 2021 fifth-round pick becomes a fourth, and they’ll also have to pay him like an elite interior defensive lineman. Williams has by no means been terrible, but he hasn’t exactly been elite — he's earned 70.0-plus run-defense grades in each of the last three seasons while his PFF pass-rush grade has cracked the 70.0 mark just once.
James Bradberry was a “buyer beware” candidate entering free agency, and New York made him one of the three highest-paid corners in the NFL. Bradberry has failed to produce a 65.0 coverage grade in each of the past three seasons; none of the seasons ended with him cracking 50th percentile in that metric, and he’s given up five more explosive plays than any other outside corner in that span.
The Giants were 30th in team coverage grade a year ago, and it seems like they may be headed in that direction once again in 2020.
FREE AGENCY GRADE: POOR
Additions/players brought back:
CB James Bradberry (signed for three-years, $45 million, $32 million guaranteed)
DI Leonard Williams (franchise tag)
LB David Mayo (re-signed for three years, $8.4 million)
TE Levine Toilolo (signed for two years, $6.2 million)
LB Blake Martinez (signed for three years, $30 million)
S Nate Ebner (signed)
EDGE Kyler Fackrell (signed for one year, $4.6 million)
T Cam Fleming (signed for one-year, $4 million)
Losses:
QB Eli Manning (retired)
EDGE Markus Golden
S Antoine Bethea (cut)
LB Alec Ogletree (cut)
T Mike Remmers
The Giants had every opportunity to make splash signings and really revamp their roster as they head into the second season of the Daniel Jones era in New York, but instead of splash plays, they made numerous questionable moves, starting with tagging Leonard Williams.
They traded a 2020 third-round pick and a 2021 fifth-round pick in exchange for Williams midway through the 2019 season. And by tagging him, that 2021 fifth-round pick becomes a fourth, and they’ll also have to pay him like an elite interior defensive lineman. Williams has by no means been terrible, but he hasn’t exactly been elite — he's earned 70.0-plus run-defense grades in each of the last three seasons while his PFF pass-rush grade has cracked the 70.0 mark just once.
James Bradberry was a “buyer beware” candidate entering free agency, and New York made him one of the three highest-paid corners in the NFL. Bradberry has failed to produce a 65.0 coverage grade in each of the past three seasons; none of the seasons ended with him cracking 50th percentile in that metric, and he’s given up five more explosive plays than any other outside corner in that span.
The Giants were 30th in team coverage grade a year ago, and it seems like they may be headed in that direction once again in 2020.
FREE AGENCY GRADE: POOR