Fresh York Giants Mailbag: Memories, Nate Solder, and Taking part in Mark

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What’s up, Joseph? So the style the franchise designate works is if a player changed into as soon as tagged as soon as forward of, if he gets tagged again, his designate amount is whatever the projected designate is or 120% of what he earned the previous 300 and sixty five days, whichever changed into as soon as elevated. 

So in Leonard Williams’ case, if he’s franchised, his amount due wouldn’t be diminished given the fall within the wage cap; rather, he’d be owed a 20% lift on what he earned final 300 and sixty five days.

Hello Brian, I am hoping you’re keeping warm and safe. All has been quiet on the Solder entrance, nonetheless my gut feeling is the 2 aspects fragment strategies.

If he returns, I don’t know the plan consuming a pass to interesting take care of would be since he hasn’t played the space since his rookie season. If I’m the Giants, I search for to pass younger at that space if Matt Peart isn’t my answer.

As for Solder’s possible cap hit, take a look at out this article, as I don’t request why the Giants and Solder can’t enter into a an analogous procedure as what the Saints and Drew Brees entered into.

From Rafael G.

I ponder why no one has offered the advice that the Giants have to give Leonard Williams the transition designate as a change of the franchise designate. What are your suggestions and why is now no longer this theory supplied More Continually by other writers?

Hey Rafael. Final 300 and sixty five days I changed into as soon as banging the drum for the Giants to spend the transition designate on Williams for the explanation that Giants had been in rather various scenario than they are this 300 and sixty five days. However after the 300 and sixty five days he had, I deem placing the transition designate on him is consuming one more team with cap space to approach again swooshing in and scoop him up, leaving the Giants and not utilizing a likelihood of matching.

The other thing is it’s now no longer a factual suggestion to let the market map the asking tag. Must it’s possible you’ll per chance gather a watermelon for 50 cents per pound from the native farmer’s market, after which some prosperous person comes alongside and offers $1.00 per pound, you factual misplaced out on what you perhaps thought changed into as soon as a honest correct market tag. 

You would possibly perhaps perhaps perhaps also very effectively be additionally assuming that the Giants would gather a comp buy within the event that they frail the transition designate within the event that they lose Williams. All but again, that’s now no longer map in stone. What happens if the Giants price extra avid gamers than they lose or price a mountainous-money receiver who cancels out the Williams transaction?

No, in this case, you spend the franchise designate, and you hope that it’s possible you’ll per chance solution to a brand unique long-term deal that lowers that first 300 and sixty five days’s cap hit. (I will own a proposed contract that does factual that online later at the original time.)

From Matt L.

The 18 Feb 2021 podcast changed into as soon as totally painful – like you don’t know! What a noteworthy search for again at our storied Giants history!  Thanks for the quest for again at some noteworthy recollections!

Thanks Matt. That podcast theme changed into as soon as in actual fact suggested by a listener so I figured it’s most consuming to assemble it out of the style. 

I form now no longer know if it changed into as soon as evident in my advise, nonetheless about a instances I needed to remain recording to carry out myself in recalling about a of those gut punches. Anyway, given the topic topic, I’m overjoyed you truly liked the podcast.

From Jon H.

The Giants are going to desire a swing take care of and are going to owe Nate Solder at least $6.5 million it would no longer topic what. If he is game, is it doable they price him to a restructured deal for around $6.5 and heavy with incentives? 

Hey Jon. I touched rather earlier on this topic within the mailbag, nonetheless again, I would be taken aback if the Giants roll with Nate Solder at interesting take care of. I do know final 300 and sixty five days I had proposed he pay interesting take care of and Thomas play left, nonetheless then I backed off that after about a offensive line consultants explained why that wouldn’t be a prudent pass.

And anyway, I’m now no longer gratified he even desires to approach again again, despite the indisputable reality that to be particular, no one has said one thing else official. Folks appear to deem it’s straight forward to flip aspects on the offensive line—it’s now no longer. And if I’m the Giants, I construct it a express gather younger on that group, if doable.

From Jordan U.

I relate it’s possible you’ll per chance name me a long-time listener, first time emailer. I trip paying consideration to your podcasts, and I factual changed into as soon as ready to listen to to final Thursday’s outing down memory lane about most consuming Giants victories…many of my accepted victories are tied up with some non-public recollections as effectively. I am hoping it’s possible you’ll per chance let me “wax” rather:

First, that Week 11 game in 1986, which you talked about in actual fact stands proud in my suggestions as effectively. Abet in those days, my dad videotaped every game to ship to my uncle who lived in Ohio and would possibly perhaps perhaps perhaps no longer gather the games…he had factual approach again from a outing with my mom and did no longer request the game are living, nonetheless for flow one of many first issues he did changed into as soon as pop that tape in and watch it with me. 

Correct forward of 4th and 17, he had turned it off, thinking that the game changed into as soon as over. I’d already seen it, and I undergo in suggestions shouting, “Wait! Dad! Don’t turn it off!” I additionally undergo in suggestions this being the game the build we thought that this team changed into as soon as going to be one thing special.

Here are every other significant non-playoff victories:

• 2011, Week 17 – This changed into as soon as the “procure-or-drag-home” game in opposition to the Cowboys. Winner wins the division, loser goes home. I changed into as soon as fortunate ample to be at this game, and I undergo in suggestions the electricity within the crowd changed into as soon as implausible. When Cruz had that early 74-yard TD, I form now no longer ever undergo in suggestions it being that loud in MetLife. He additionally had that soar ball take hold of later within the game that every one nonetheless sealed it for the Giants.

• 2011, Week 3 – This changed into as soon as Victor Cruz’s “popping out game,” the build he had the long TD, after which one more one later within the game. This game changed into as soon as significantly fulfilling for the explanation that Eagles this 300 and sixty five days had assembled that self-styled “Dream Group,” and it’s consistently good to stay it to the Eagles. I additionally changed into as soon as fortunate ample to be within the stands for this one as effectively. My recollection of Eagles’ fans is now no longer totally detrimental – they are factual as difficult on their team as they are on the opposing one. I undergo in suggestions that gradual within the game, ex-Giants receiver Steve Smith who changed into as soon as now having fun with for the Eagles had a pass soar off his hands for an INT. The Eagles fan sitting subsequent to me began shouting “Double agent! He is a double agent!” I had a factual snicker at that one.

And one extra “below-the-radar” one:

• 1998, Week 15 – The Giants had been going nowhere this season and the undefeated Broncos had been coming to town. I undergo in suggestions paying consideration to this game on the radio as I changed into as soon as utilizing home from college. The game changed into as soon as coming interior and out of static, and I changed into as soon as ready to listen to factual ample to wonder how the Giants had been keeping it so shut. I made it home factual in time to glimpse Kent Graham connect with Amani Toomer on the drag-forward TD with a minute left. In a season the build now no longer noteworthy went interesting, it changed into as soon as accumulated dazzling fulfilling to glimpse the G-Males ship the champs packing.

Anyway, I guess I could perhaps perhaps perhaps approach up with so much extra…nonetheless you respect what’s comic? As noteworthy because the victories, I additionally undergo in suggestions those gut-punch losses. I guess it’s possible you’ll per chance possess about a podcasts up with those as effectively. Anyway, I’m anticipating the drawl it’s possible you’ll per chance own for us as we search for forward to the draft! Withhold the noteworthy work and as consistently, Whisk Giants!

Pat Says: Thanks for sharing your recollections, Jordan—and due to you I changed into as soon as inspired to remain the “gut punch” episode this previous week. That one changed into as soon as a worthy tablet to swallow, so hear at your bear distress. 

And possible, I undergo in suggestions your three accepted recollections. I lined all three of them and undergo in suggestions them effectively now that you simply talked about them.  

From Donald S.

I deem Kevin Zeitler is a solid Guard nonetheless is overpaid; I deem he’ll construct $12 million. Why live the Giants have to take from keeping him at that wage or reducing him? If in actual fact Zeitler understands the market and realizes that as a free agent he received’t gather a $12 million dollar provide, can’t the Giants and Zeitler construct a brand unique deal that keeps him on the team for much less money? The Giants desire a solid O-lineman and Zeitler will desire a contract if the Giants are now no longer racy to pay him $12 million. 

Thanks for the search information from, Donald. I relate the Giants would possibly perhaps perhaps perhaps map Kevin Zeitler about a pay lower, nonetheless on what grounds live they define it? He changed into as soon as their most consuming offensive lineman final 300 and sixty five days, interesting? So on the total, you form now no longer search information from americans who performed to take a pay lower.

That said, I retain going to and fro on this one. I want the Giants to spend Zeitler nonetheless now no longer delay his deal and the skill for silly money to lower the cap number.

I deem the Giants will as a change search for to expand James Bradberry and/or Blake Martinez, every of whom played effectively, and two contacts the build it makes extra sense to restructure/delay than it does Zeitler’s deal.

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