So What is the "Plan?"

Let's take a time machine to next offseason just as an exercise (we can come back to today and argue in a moment).

Let's assume conservatively, just for argument's sake the Giants net 3 starters in this draft, and there aren't any huge surprises to the opening day roster. And the Giants go into next offseason with at most 5 starters who you have a tough decision on; Manning, Shepard, Coleman, Golden, Goodson.

The Giants will also only have 4 starters left on the roster over the age of 30 (Solder, Jenkins, Tate, Bethea) and Zeitler will just be 30.

The Giants will have ~75M in cap space in 2020, and let's say they go wild and cut every starter over 30 (Solder, Jenkins, Tate, Bethea) -- they net out to about 92M.

Going into the 3rd off season of a rebuild, especially considering the roster and contracts Gettleman inherited plus some really questionable decisions he made last off season, that's pretty remarkable.

I think it's fair to to say the plan is a young, cost-controlled foundation -- with the flexibility to extend their own talent or shop in the market place of UFA with fewer needs.

Players Who Don't Make Sense to Me
- Tate - I'm still trying to understand how a guy on the wrong side of 30 is worth 22M+ over two years
- Nate Solder at 32 making 17M in 2020 is a tough pill unless he drastically improves his play in 2019
- Eating 7M on Jenkins this year frees up nearly 30M over the next 2 years, that almost seems to logical

Projected Starters for 2019

Solder*
Hernandez
Halopio
Zeitler*
Draft Pick (RT)
Shepard
Coleman
Tate*
Engram
Barkley
Manning*

Hill
Tomlinson
Draft Pick (DE)
Martin
Goodson
Ogletree
Golden
Jenkins*
Haley
Peppers
Bethea*