The New York Giants enter the NFL offseason in a decent position with the salary cap.
The Giants have $27.7 million in estimated salary cap space, per Spotrac, but they can create more space to work with if they shed some contracts.
New York committed $160 million to Daniel Jones last offseason, so know it must be more judicious with its spending.
The Giants might land one or two impact free agents, but in their current salary cap state, they have to find value on the market.
New York could open up more salary cap space by cutting one or two big contracts in the offseason.
It may seem a like step backward for the Giants to slash the deals of their top earners, but it may help them in the long run so they can bring in more effective talent.
Evan Neal’s name is always going to come up in potential cut discussions because of his poor performance.
The No. 7 overall pick in 2022 has not lived up to expectations and has been part of an offensive line that allowed Jones and other quarterbacks to be sacked on a regular basis.
Giants quarterbacks suffered 85 sacks in 2023. That number simply is not good enough if the Giants want to bounce back and qualify for the playoffs for the second time in three years under Brian Daboll.
The Giants have all sorts of needs across the offense, but protecting Jones is paramount and that may lead to a total reconfiguration of the offensive front.
