New York Giants Make it Rain with Major Free Agent Signings

 

We are baaaaaaack! We are baaaaaaack! We are getting Doug back! Sorry, we got our defense back. As we all know, the Giants had a whole lot of cap money this offseason and they opened their wallets during the first day of free agency.

One day before the league year began, the Giants took back defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul . JPP signed for a 1 year deal. Then today struck and the Giants went buck wild. This morning the G-Men signed the best cornerback available, Janoris Jenkins. For lunch, Big Blue made a deal with former Jets defensive tackle Damon Harrison. Then... Oh and then..... The Giants came to an agreement with the biggest prize on the free agent market for their main course. OLIVIER VERNON! Shit did they go in today! Blowing money real fast. Hats off to Jerry Reese. If you're going to play and pay big in free agency, getting young players in their prime is the best thing to do. That is what the New York Giants did on the first day of free agency. Today is a great day Giant fans. Let's take a closer look to these signings.


Jason Pierre-Paul

The Giants and their 2010 15th overall draft pick came to a 1 year deal worth up to 10.5 million dollars. The fact that this is a 1 year deal is great for JPP and the Giants. Pierre-Paul will have his hand surgically repaired and will have a year audition to prove to the league that he can still get after the quarterback. Even despite his horrific fireworks accident resulting in JPP playing with a gigantic club on his hand he was still a top pass rusher on the free agent market. Pierre-Paul actually turned down more money elsewhere. I know the Cardinals were interested in him and he turned down playing for a great defense to stay with the team that drafted him and stuck with him through a ridiculously foolish off-field accident. Due to the money they shelled out today on free agency, this very likely could be the last season we see Jason Pierre-Paul wearing Giants blue.

 Janoris Jenkins

With the first team transaction of free agency the Giants went right to cornerback Janoris Jenkins. The Giants broke their piggy bank right away signing Jenkins to a 5 year 62.5 million dollar deal. $29 million is guaranteed. Jenkins has the second highest guaranteed salary to Darrelle Revis. Jenkins is a young cornerback. He is 27 years old. The Rams were kicking around giving Jenkins the franchise tag but they did not. Thank you St. Louis. I mean, Los Angeles. I've had random people ripping me from St. Louis on twitter saying he gives up big plays. I can't say I've watched Janoris Jenkins too closely unless he was one of the punk fucks trying to hit Odell Beckham Jr. in or off play when they squared off. Jenkins strengthens a weak secondary. Between Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Janoris Jenkins, the Giants have two very worthy cornerbacks not to fuck with.

Damon Harrison

"Snacks" is jumping ship from the Jets to the New York Giants. The defensive tackle will be joining a revamped Giants defensive line. The Giants and Harrison agreed to a 5 year 46.25 million dollar deal with $24 million guaranteed. Harrison is an excellent run-stopper. Harrison and Jonathan Hankins are going to make an outstanding duo clogging up the middle against the run. The Giants gave up the 9th most rushing yards last year. Snacks got a lot of money but the Giants have a lot of money and Big Blue wants to have front line domination like they had during their 2 most recent Super Bowl runs.

Olivier Vernon

Here's the big momma pussy cat. The young pass rusher commenced a lot of appeal. The Giants wanted and needed this cat real bad and proved so by giving him the most guaranteed money ever by a defensive end. The Jaguars were highly invested in signing Vernon too but the good guys got the guy they wanted. Olivier Vernon signed with the Giants for 5 years $85 million with a whopping $52 million guaranteed. This guy is got to match up to this contract. Did the Giants over pay? Most likely. Unless this guy puts together a monstrous Strahan-esk season. The G-Men completely revamped their defensive line into one of the top lines into the league. Shit got real folks. The Giants will finally be a feared pass rushing team. The Spags formula of only rushing the front 4 or sometimes 5 on the line and keeping everyone back into coverage should be back this season. The Giants clearly made it a big point to get back to having a dominant defensive front-line and Vernon is going to be the biggest part of it and must deliver.


Still holes to fill....
The Giants cashed in big time today. The defense was in dire need and they turned to free agency for their pass rush and some help in the secondary. However, all isn't solved. The Giants still have a horrific linebacker core, weakness at safety, a receiving option, and most importantly they need to do something about the right side of their offensive line. Now that a shit load of the Giants money has been spent. All they can do is free agency is try to find bargains. From the looks of reports out there, it appears that Victor Cruz will be restructuring his contract and staying with the team. Very good if this is true. Either way the Giants still can't do too much in free agency outside looking for very cheap and short year bargains.

The big source for upgrading this team now comes with the 10th pick in the NFL draft. This is such an important pick. This pick is going to shape up the offseason. Whoever the Giants select is going to have a major role with the team THIS season. Jerry Reese shelled out a lot of money to potential big players but not completely established big players. These guys need to produce. The Giants play in a very weak division and had the best offseason already. For a team that was somehow a competitive 6-10 (we all know the way they lost games last year), todays monster signings and this years NFL draft could be what it takes to give the Giants their first NFC East Division title since 2011. New coach, new defense, new Giants.


Hey Eli, how do you feel about your teams moves today?