Seriously though, there's really no effective savings here since the Giants will have to sign a punter to replace him. This one is obviously performance based.
This move was one of the obvious cap moves available to the giants.
Let's see if this is the only one they feel they need to make or a few more role in like Harris, Marshall, drc, Jerry. Those were the players where the dead money wasn't bad and you got a fair amount of cap back.
like Wing. Who doesn't? But he was awful last year. How many line drive punts do we have to tolerate? Some of his punts didn't look like they got 20 feet off the ground.
In all seriousness, though - Wing was absolutely horrendous last year. Good move.
Yup. Like the OLine, I think it punting needed a major upgrade and can only get better from here. It would be hard for either to be worse but glad to see DG is getting rid of underperforming players like Wing,Hart, etc.
I really hoped he’d work out. Early on it seemed he would, but he was simply terrible last season.
The whole thing about Wing being OBJs closest friend on the team is overplayed and a media tag line. While I’m sure they are close being former college teammates, OBJ was just one of Shepherd’s groomsmen and Snacks has him babysit. I think OBJ has plenty of friends on the team.
I think more cuts are coming before the end of the weekend.
had a good year in 2016 and was bad last year. Unless you get a punter like a Ray Guy, most should be considered year to year and replaceable, similar to kickers.
I'm all for Gettleman putting every roster spot up for an upgrade.
He was pretty good his first year, but got progressively worse. He was atrocious this past season.
It’s as if McAdoo somehow infected the whole team with a severe case of the sucks in 2017.
As you said, that seems to have been the norm the last few years. I think it is a reflection of a terrible coaching staff. Outsidd of Collins, is there any other Giant who got aopreciably better from one year to the next over the last few years?
Reese, McAdoo et al had some investment in these fringe-level guys. The new regime doesn't. They see a toxic culture, lousy performance and a ton of guys underachieving. They'd rather get rid of guys than keep them, all things being equal. If a guy was lousy, and is easily replaceable, he's going to be gone. It's the "We can finish last without you" thing.
And with Wing, the investment was small even for the last regime.
As good as he was in 2016, that's how bad he was in 2017 and just like that he's out the door. Good luck to him in the future.
^ This. He didn't get it done. It's not personal. Just professional. Good luck to him. He might bounce back and be successful. He certainly wouldn't be the first player who was cut from a team in any sport who then went on to have a good career elsewhere.
I would think he's also a good candidate to be cut.
It’s as if McAdoo somehow infected the whole team with a severe case of the sucks in 2017.
Rosas was atrocious. He’s going to get cut in camp.
Haha, what a windfall!
Seriously though, there's really no effective savings here since the Giants will have to sign a punter to replace him. This one is obviously performance based.
This move was one of the obvious cap moves available to the giants.
Let's see if this is the only one they feel they need to make or a few more role in like Harris, Marshall, drc, Jerry. Those were the players where the dead money wasn't bad and you got a fair amount of cap back.
Brandon Marshall, your next
Yup. Like the OLine, I think it punting needed a major upgrade and can only get better from here. It would be hard for either to be worse but glad to see DG is getting rid of underperforming players like Wing,Hart, etc.
The whole thing about Wing being OBJs closest friend on the team is overplayed and a media tag line. While I’m sure they are close being former college teammates, OBJ was just one of Shepherd’s groomsmen and Snacks has him babysit. I think OBJ has plenty of friends on the team.
I think more cuts are coming before the end of the weekend.
I'm all for Gettleman putting every roster spot up for an upgrade.
It’s as if McAdoo somehow infected the whole team with a severe case of the sucks in 2017.
He's a weapon.
Actually it doesn't. It saves 1.025 minus about 475k.
What the heck happened?
And with Wing, the investment was small even for the last regime.
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Actually it doesn't. It saves 1.025 minus about 475k.
No it does save $1.025 million.
...Giants cut Brad Wing!
I heard there was a deal in the making where Eagles offered a 5th Rounder so long as the Giants stayed with their current punter.
Oh, well... I guess it fell through.
^ This. He didn't get it done. It's not personal. Just professional. Good luck to him. He might bounce back and be successful. He certainly wouldn't be the first player who was cut from a team in any sport who then went on to have a good career elsewhere.