The New York Giants didn’t have the 2020 crusade they might expect; demonstrated tenacity with head coach Joe Judge, and his defense has become dominant with coordinator Patrick Graham; however, they finished only 6-10 and missed an opportunity to win the grim NFC East.
If New York is going to take advantage of its benefits by 2020, it will want to improve its existing list. It will be a challenge for General Manager Dave Gettleman: we can expect Judge to have his fair share of the votes in loose will and draft. .
“I feel better on our list than I’ve felt in years. I think the two combined have the procedure of building anything that might have a lasting good fortune in the future,” said team co-owner John Mara, via ESPN’s Jordan. Raanan.
Before the Giants can head into the offseason, they have to face roster control: New York is expected to exceed the salary cap with more than $ 12 million, something Gettleman will have to lose and will have to make decisions. complicated. In the next weeks.
Here we will delve into some of the toughest pending contracts for the Giants.
This is the biggest resolution coming for Gettleman, who is thinking a lot about defensive lineman Leonard Williams as the general manager swapped the third and fourth round picks to win him in 2019 and then passed the franchise name to him in 2020. .
These ambitious ones paid off when the USC ended 2020 with 11. 5 catches and 41 quarterback pressures.
The 26-year-old Williams has the prospect of being a long-term building block in the Defense of the Giants. The problem, of course, is that it’s going to be highly coveted in flexible agencies and that New York hasn’t had the roof area lately. interact in an auction war.
It will be up to the Giants to obtain an extension before the loose company begins on March 17. Given the maximum limit, this will also be difficult.
To complicate the issues with Williams, it is the fact that defensive lineman Dalvin Tomlinson deserves to be also a lazy agent. Although not as disruptive as Williams, he is a formidable lineman in his own right.
In 2020, the 26-year-old amassed tackles, 3. 5 catches, 4 walks, 8 losses and 14 quarterback pressures.
Like Williams, Tomlinson is going to be a very popular product on the open market. In an ideal world, the Giants would stay in the 2021 season, but that probably wouldn’t happen. Therefore, Gettleman would possibly be forced to decide on each other as he sought to locate the roof area to signal his selection for a long-term agreement.
Presumably, Judge’s voice will have a lot of weight here, but Gettleguy is the guy who’s invested a lot in Williams and that’s going to be a factor, too.
To be honest, Saquon Barkley’s contract will be a challenge for this off-season. The offensive midfielder has missed the 2020 maximum with a torn anterior cruciate ligament and has two years left on his rookie contract, if the Giants exercise their fifth-year option.
However, the 23-year-old will be eligible for an extension this off-season and will look for one, according to Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News.
Carolina Panthers offensive lineman Christian McCaffrey signed an extension of $64 million four years after his third season. And Barkley will probably get the same deal, though the Giants have done little to give him the upper hand.
“I hope he’s a Giant for a long time,” Giants co-owner John Mara said through Leonard.
This can lead to a tricky dance in which Gettleman tries to reach a sloping point in the contract and/or seizes the opportunity to restructure Barkley’s deal in a way that frees up some short-term ceiling space.
It will be a difficult resolution to make, largely because the Giants have nothing to do right now. However, a resolution will most likely come in this off-season.
Information about Spotrac contracts and stops, complex Pro Football Reference statistics.