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BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! Seph Fixes the Giants, Part Two: Free Agent Bugaloo Now that we’ve signed our own guys and restructured some other players, we’re looking at having 25 million in cap space to play around with. How are we going to spend that money? There's like a million holes to fill and we only have 25 mil. Well, never fear Sportswrathians, I have the answer to this problem as well. All contracts (well, except Pugh's) are taken from Spotrac's estimated annual value, or at least in that ball park. G Ben Powers - 4 years, 36 million, 9 million cap hit. Not the greatest run blocker in the world but he’s done very well in pass protection these past few seasons. I’m not breaking the bank for him (if I was going to do that I’d have gone after Nate Davis) but he’s a huge upgrade over what we’ve got, and we still need tons of interior line help as we essentially have no NFL-caliber players there right now. LB Trumaine Edmunds - 4 years, 44 million, 11 million cap hit. Edmunds is a dynamic linebacker who’s still young, and we haven’t had a QB of the defense since Antonio Pierce. I know people are excited about some of the top draft prospects but they all look like garbage to me on tape for the most part. Edmunds nails down the position and keeps our defense respectable for the next four years. G Justin Pugh - 1 year, 2.5 mil. - We need insurance at both the guard and tackle positions, and Pugh gives you that. He’s too old and beaten up to be an every-down player anymore (he wasn’t really that in his prime, if we’re being honest) but you can plug him in for 2-3 games and he won’t hurt you. He's expressed an interest in returning to the team that drafted him and I think he'd come back on a cheap deal. RB D’onta Foreman - 3 years, 10 million, 2 million cap hit. He’s not Saquon but if you need a yard… he’ll get you three. If you need 5 yards… he’ll get you three. A one cut and go kind of guy, those days of watching our backs dance in the backfield for a two yard loss will be over. Additionally, I’m trading for WR Terrace Marshall from the Panthers for a conditional 5th round pick that could become a 4th. He carries just over a 1 million cap hit on the season. Marshall started to come alive over the second half of last year; he’s a good talent, but has had the misfortune of having Ben McAdoo as his OC and Some Other Guy as his QB. Put him in the right system and I still think he can be an above-average X wideout. That's it for this week. So far we've kept our QB but dropped our RB... but replaced him with a decent-to-good runner in Foreman, gained an actual NFL-caliber MLB in Edmunds, and given our QB a better line in front of him with Powers. In Part 3, I'll be mocking some players in the draft to us way too early, cut off the Defiler's hand with a lightsaber, and blow up a small moon space station with the help of a bunch of little Teddy Bears.

Everything should be fixed by the end of this week, next week tops.

I saw something really smart on Reddit where someone said we should sign Jones, but also front-load his contract and give him something like 50 million this offseason. The idea is that we're not competing for a Super Bowl next year anyway so you sign minimal free agents, pay Jones now and hope for a strong draft class, then really make a push the following season with more cap space and players on their rookie contracts. Sounds good in theory but next offseason we're going to have to find a way to keep Dex too, and Andrew Thomas is the season after that.

Dude's had like a dozen HC interviews and hasn't been hired, despite having a top-5 offense every year... and doesn't call plays. Something is up.

Lol you guys are funny with the DJ Davidson love. This is almost Marcus Kuhn levels of entertainment.

Shep got hurt walking. Literally walking. He's done. The other guys outside of Love are about as cheap as you're going to get for those positions.

You cut Davidson because he sucks.

Seph Fixes the Giants, Part One In our continuing series, we once again hear from Seph about the proper way to fix the Giants moving forward. As always, we know that listening to Seph produces more Pro-Bowlers and All-Pros than your average bear, so we can take this advice to the bank. Part One: Who to Keep, Who to Cut: Year one of the rebuild went better than I think any of us could have expected, but also as expected, there is still much work to be done. This roster is terrible with lots of bloated contracts for underproducing, Gettleman-era losers, and there’s some decent players set to hit the market that we may want to retain. First, the cuts… instead of writing all of the cuts down, please have a look at this screenshot from Spotrac: I can’t find a reason to keep many of these guys. I could possibly be talked into Wyatt Davis but the fact that he didn’t take the field this season tells me that he’s probably a bust. None of the rest of those guys brings anything to the table that a low-cost free agent, rookie or otherwise, won’t get you at a reduced price. Dropping these guys brings us to just shy of 60 million dollars in salary cap space for the offseason. So, which of our guys should we spend the money on? I’ll go through my picks in order: Daniel Jones - 4 years, 140 million. 35 million cap hit for 2023 I think I’m pulling the trigger on this. Jones has shown enough that the team can be confident moving forward with him. Only one good offensive lineman this season, and a running back that was good for half a season, and Jones still did enough to get the team into the playoffs by essentially putting them on his back. I’d work in a third-year out, but I have confidence in Jones as the QB of the future. Nick Gates - 1 year, 3.5 million. Gates came back from his injury and played pretty well. This guy is one tough SOB and obviously loves football and this team. With the ability to play anywhere along the line if healthy, I’d bring him back on a one-year “prove it” deal to see how much he’s got left in the tank. Matt Brieda - 1 year, 1.5 million. He’s fine in spot duty. Fabian Moreau - 2 years, 5 million, 2.5 million cap hit in 2023. I think he did really well in spot duty this year, especially considering that we basically pulled him off the street once Aaron Robinson went down. He’s not a starting corner, but he’s the kind of guy that you can plug in for a few games and he doesn’t embarrass you… plus the coaching staff knows his strengths and can play to them. Another guy who’s fine. Julian Love - 3 years, 21 million, 7.5 million hit in 2023. I think Love is another guy that you can plug and play if necessary, or keep in the game as a decent starter. People keep saying that the league will be clamoring for him but outside of New York I don’t see it. I think 7-8 mil a year is perfect for a guy like that. EDIT: I'm also bringing back Richie James on a one year, 2-million deal. Wan'Dale is not going to be ready and James was fine. “No Saquon!?!?!” My answer is No… no Saquon. I love the kid, I love his grit and determination… but paying 12 million per season to a running back is something you do when you’re a year away from a Super Bowl. This team is not a year away, and as great as he’s been… he’s also been too injured, too inconsistent, and has really only had two good seasons out of five. His speed is not what it used to be and his vision is still middling. There are other ways to plug this hole which we'll get to in upcoming segments (which I know you're all waiting for). Additionally, I’m extending Leonard Williams for two years and 20 million dollars, and restructuring what we’re set to pay him this year. This will bring his current deal to a 3 year, 52 million dollar contract with a 17 million cap hit this year, freeing up another 15 million dollars for the offseason. With all these moves, Seph has left us with a good core of players, and 25 million in cap space to play around with in free agency. In my next installment, I’ll go over what free agents we should look at from other teams. If the Giants don’t listen to me, they are dumb.

Good.

I mean, come on. Dude needs to be in blue.

Looks like the guy you cast for "Post Apocalyptic Drama Child Molester."

Jalen Hurts telling him to stop taunting the Chiefs last night was pretty fucking embarrassing. Dude better hope he's actually a good coach and not just the beneficiary of a great roster or those wheels are gonna come off that franchise pretty quick.

I was so happy last night. I hate the Eagles so, SO fucking much.

Toney and Bradberry. Two pivotal players in the game. Our sleeper cells activated at the right time and executed Operation: John Holmes Eagle to perfection. Joe Shoen really is playing 7-d chess. Fuck the Eagles.

He really does come across as just a regular guy. In fact I think I saw him pick up my trash this week.

Surefire first ballot Hall of Famer and an amazing career, but I have a hard time calling the guy who's consistently out-coached in the playoffs "the league's best coach." That job he did against the Brady Bucs was downright pathetic.

Fat fucker deserves it.

Right? What the fuck, it's like these guys never learned to read or something.

Jones and Dex are the only two "musts."

I said no.

We don't need to sign Keenan Allen, even though he's expected to be cut.

I saw Johnston mocked to us last week. The knock on him is that despite all the measurables and the amazing film, he didn't consistently produce at a high level in college. I'd take him in a second. Would love to see what this coaching staff could do with him.

1. We can, and we will. 2. Adewale Ojomo and Corey Washington are the two best players we've ever had.

We probably have 3-4 good players in this year's draft... out of 11 players. About 33%. That's not acceptable; it's what got Reece run out of town. Like I've said before, I really didn't understand some of these picks. I'm hoping it was just Shoen being new and not having "his guys" in the front office but many of these picks were flat-out awful. Championship teams find talent in the later rounds and outside of Bellinger we clearly didn't do that.

Yeah but is he a LB? Or are we going to hear "The Giants haven't drafted a linebacker in the first since Carl Banks in blah-blah-blah!" For a month this offseason?