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Three player contracts for the Giants were void. What effect does this have on their pay cap, and who are they?
NFL general managers often dislike adding voidable years to the end of player contracts for a very good reason: at the time the contract expires, the player may not be on the roster any longer, but the remaining portion of his prorated signing bonus will still be due.
The New York Giants are one team that will bear dead money of a little over $6.4 million as a result of three contracts being voided. Quarterback Tyrod Taylor ($1.4 million), defensive lineman A’Shawn Robinson ($2.1 million), and cornerback Adoree’ Jackson ($2.988 million) are the three of them.
Even though those figures don’t seem all that alarming, the $6,488,334 dead money total accounts for around 2% of the Giants’ overall cap liabilities and 36.9% of the team’s current $17.542 million.
The Giants now have the second-most dead cap space in the NFL, trailing only the $24.536 million that the Los Angeles Chargers have amassed thus far. The Giants had more dead money than the $6.531 million league average. Furthermore, the team’s probable decision to take guard Mark Glowinski’s contract off the books will raise the dead money total by an additional $1.5 million.
Dead money is inevitable every year, but the goal is to reduce it as much as you can, particularly as the new league season draws near. The Giants’ efforts to reduce their dead money haven’t been as successful. They finished tenth in the league ($56.451 million) the previous year. They came in sixth ($53.752 million) the year before.
A team’s ability to compete may be affected by its dead money total, but it also depends on how strong the team is before the dead money accumulates.
It would be expected that general manager Joe Schoen would take steps to address the Giants’ persistent placement in the top 10 league-wide in dead money, especially given their apparent several deficiencies that have affected their depth.
