Rosenblatt: Giants now over the 2021 cap due to escalators

In comment 15130892 Milton said:

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It's also why OL in round one isn't out of the question despite the desperate need for playmakers on both offense and defense. Good thing about Gettleman is that he won't bow to public pressure to land a shiny new object in round one, he will draft strictly based on evaluation and grade. I can't recall a draft in recent memory in which so many positions are equally in play with the round one pick. Of course, this is prior to free agency, which will sort some of it out.

Well ... I won't dive too deep into this again, but I think NYG did cave when they picked Jones at #6, based on what I'd heard leading up to draft night, and right up to the pick itself. I think panic he would be gone by #17 was part of the calculus that led to him being picked at #6. You could also argue they reached a little on Andrew Thomas, but it was a small reach.

I'd be surprised if they went OL at #11. Maybe the VT OT grades out, but right now I expect them to go WR, CB, or front seven and fill a big hole.

In comment 15130520 FatMan in Charlotte said:

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In comment 15130306 Ten Ton Hammer said: Quote: A bad expensive team is a management failure. I have no idea why there's an attempt to spin this. Because we aren't an expensive team. Look at the projected cap health in the next few years. It is very good. The better question is asking why there's spin making it sound like we are in a poor cap situation and acting like all teams aren't making multiple moves due to the cap every year. Teams - both good and bad have several decisions to make every season on cuts and restructures. We are actually on the lower end of that this year - which is where a team that is young and rebuilding should be. I really do think a lot of you would rather have the team $80M below the cap and trumpet it as good cap management.

The most annoying part is that we would have been in fine shape if COVID didn't happen. Half the leagues teams fans are in panic mode because they are going to have make some extremely difficult decisions.

What a year to have cap space though. Are Ernia Adams and Bill Belichik such geniuses that they saw COVID coming? Entirely possible.