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Pos. Player FA Status C Jim Cordle ERFA CB Brian Witherspoon UFA CB Bruce Johnson UFA CB Justin Tryon UFA DE Justin Trattou ERFA DE Osi Umenyiora UFA DT Rocky Bernard UFA DT Shaun Rogers UFA S Stevie Brown RFA LB Adrian Tracy ERFA LB Chase Blackburn UFA LB Keith Rivers UFA G Kevin Boothe UFA T Sean Locklear UFA T Will Beatty UFA PK Lawrence Tynes UFA QB David Carr UFA RB Andre Brown RFA RB Kregg Lumpkin UFA RB Ryan Torain RFA S Kenny Phillips UFA TE Bear Pascoe RFA TE Martellus Bennett UFA TE Travis Beckum UFA WR Domenik Hixon UFA WR Ramses Barden UFA WR Victor Cruz RFA |
or am I mus-remembering?
Resign Beatty, extend Cruz, bring back Marty B and Brown
A 1st round tender may not be enough. If the Giants want him to stay a Giant, I think they need to work out a long term deal before FA starts.
I agree that Beatty should be the top priority. He's a solid starter at a key position.
Pretty much every other UFA is replaceable. What happens with Bennett will be interesting. He showed some talent but the Giants haven't spent a ton of money on TEs in this era and showed than can win without top flight guys at that position. They will definitely have Robinson and most-likely Pascoe back next year.
Followed by Cruz......only second tier here because he is restricted.
Then Hixon.
Carr. Tynes.
and some restructures.
Everyone else on that list is expendable, IMO.
Bennett is a must resign as well.
Cruz is even more obvious.
S Stevie Brown RFA
RB Andre Brown RFA
T Will Beatty UFA
OG Kevin Boothe UFA
S Kenny Phillips UFA
TE Martellus Bennett UFA
Of course, all are subject to reasonable market value. In Phillips and Brown's case, a close medical look is warranted.
An Exclusive-Rights Free Agent is an NFL player who is not under contract, but has only two years of NFL experience. If his former club makes him an offer at the three year veteran minimum salary, then that's it, he has to take it or leave the NFL. These guys have no right to negotiate with other teams. They are "free" only in the sense that they're free to quit.
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Cruz with a long term deal is more important long term. He's a star and the best slot WR in the NFL.
S. Brown, A. Brown and Cruz should all be re-signed, but at least we know they will all be on the roster next season one way or another. Hopefully they all get new deals.
And finally, obviously there is a ton of talent on that list of UFA's but in my honest view I think only Beatty is a must. Hixon, Bennett, Phillips and Boothe and Blackburn would all be nice to haves but if every single UFA from that list walked, it wouldn't be totally devastating.
with the LB's not exact words , just saying ..
I think Cruz will be back, and I'd be willing to bet the market won't be as hot for him as we might think. Supply and demand. Good WR's are getting very plentiful.
Boothe, IMO, is also important.
Hixon is just a guy. He's a fourth receiver on this team next year, with no upside at this point, and oft-injured.
Bennett played ok but he was not a world beater. Had issues with the dropsies this year and at times did not run good routes. He should've been demonstratively better than Ballard and he was only a little better. That said, I'd like him back, but he will probably test free agency, get his pride hurt because the Giants won't offer what he wants, and sign elsewhere. There are other guys in free agency that can be an adequate replacement this offseason.
Outside of Beatty, there really isn't anything to be majorly concerned about.
And why some are so hellbent on resigning Tynes is funny to me. He's a kicker. And a B to B minus kicker at that.
Also, while he may have been a moderate bust in Dallas, I like Bennett's durability and experience. Consider this: he and Jake Ballard were born in the same year. Bennett has 76 regular season games under his belt; Ballard has 15. Travis Beckum is just two weeks younger than Bennett, and we all know what his resume looks like.
Tynes
Bennett
Boothe
Rivers (no depth at all at LB on this team right now)
Tryon (great STs and no depth at CB, either)
Hixon (Randle should pass him on the depth chart in '13)
Carr (vet min at his age, no one else wants him)
Chase (appreciate the effort , but cement feet)
All the EFRAs are signed no brainer... Trattou has a role on the 53 is healthy, so does Tracy.
Among the RFAs we want long term deals by priority:
Cruz
Andre Brown
Steve Brown
I thought Torrain was signed through 2013? If not, who cares?