Could Mike Evans or Chris Godwin now be available?

for Vita Vea

although the cost is probably too high. I'd imagine that Evans will be out(cut, traded before Godwin.

To use the draft to build the team. They are just getting out of cap hell. Once they resign their own FA, they will not have a lot of money for FA. Use the draft as your top priority for bringing in players. FA for finding quality depth

^^^

This !!!

So the key is a good draft and getting lucky on some small dollar free agents.

This team can not afford more dead weight contracts for aging players; no matter how good they are now.

In comment 16023007 GiantBlue said:

Quote:

So the key is a good draft and getting lucky on some small dollar free agents. This team can not afford more dead weight contracts for aging players; no matter how good they are now.

2022 was a tough cap year. 2023 is not a tough cap year, but each cap year is a challenge. 2024 will be a challenge also. Every year players want more money to re-sign knowing the cap is rising.
Remember we all said just get through 2022 and 2023 will be easier? Ha.

This is a very good year to go after a very good receiver on a cap stressed team. Getting Godwin for a 2 or 3 would do wonders for us and a multi year deal makes sense given how the cap is continuing to go up through 2026.

No thanks.

We are 45M under with an opportunity to clear another 35M by extending or cutting Leonard Williams, Adoree Jackson and kenny Golladay. Giants should be a solid 80-85M under the cap before their FA decisions.

Jones should count about 30M against the cap and if they decide to tag SB, he will cost about 10-12.

23 and 24. We literally have like 2 guys signed long term right now but that will change with plenty of young guys coming up for deals this year and beyond.

Pick your spots and go all in when the time is right.

this past season. He tore he ACL and MCL at the end of 2021 so it doesn't seem like he came all the way back. Always nicked up in addition to the major injury in 2021. Still has two years left on his extension.

Big pass on both of them. Neither are anchors anymore or good bargains.

Tom Brady and the complete lack of a running game was the problem on that offense, not Godwin. Godwin is a legitimate talent. I'm not sure what the asking price would be, but I would be interested if its a 2nd rounder.

A 26 year old WR with a lot of prime left, yes please.

It won't happen though because Tampa will LOSE money trading him now. The dead cap hit is higher than his cap hit.

.

This team absolutely needs a vertical threat in the starting lineup. Without one, teams a lot less talented than the Eagles will be able to defend us the way they did in the Divisional round. So he does check that box while Godwin is more of an underneath threat. So even if you bring in Godwin, you need to either bring back Slayton and/or get a draft pick here that can threaten teams deep.

Godwin has 2yr 40m left, which is probably right on target with his market value. He's going to command some real trade comp though and if you're giving up a high draft pick, you're going to need to extend him after this year for it to make sense. Evans at 1yr 13m is actually fairly reasonable, potentially less than he would command on the open market. It depends on what the Bucs ask is and whether or not he's demanding a new deal this year as to how viable it is. I'm not sure I'd want to extend him unless it was a short-term restructure at WR2 money.

The Giants should absolutely consider exploring every potential option at WR though, we basically have Hodgins and a recovering Wan'Dale right now. It's a wide-open depth chart outside of that. You're not building your future Super Bowl winning WR depth chart in just this offseason.

PFN projects their picks to be:
25, 57, 89, 102, 128, 162, 208, 219, 242, 245, 254

They can draft a lot of cheap depth and developmental guys, possibly including a developmental QB, and a possibly punter.

However, seven of those will be day 3 picks. So they will need to fill some top-of-the-depth-chart spots in free agency. However, there's no point in signing guys who are 30+ and probably have their best football behind him. They'd be better off getting guys coming off their rookie contract. I don't know who that would be.

and building thru the draft IMV

to trade for one when so many holes need filling!

by Week 7 next year.

In comment 16023020 eric2425ny said:

Quote:

No thanks.

You must be thinking of someone else. 14,12,14,15 are games played over the past 4 seasons. 104 receptions this season (career high). Perhaps he's hurt BUT PLAYS AND PERFORMS is a bit different than what you're used to

In comment 16023030 widmerseyebrow said:

Quote:

this past season. He tore he ACL and MCL at the end of 2021 so it doesn't seem like he came all the way back. Always nicked up in addition to the major injury in 2021. Still has two years left on his extension. Big pass on both of them. Neither are anchors anymore or good bargains.

I tend to agree here. I think there are going to be a number of options that come available via trade and will be better plays than those two.