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• Giants signing Kelvin Benjamin

  16-05-2021 15:52 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman is giving free agent wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin another NFL shot. Benjamin is signing with the Giants after getting a tryout with them this weekend, according to multiple reports. The 30-year-old Benjamin was a first-round draft pick of the Panthers in 2014, when Gettleman was Carolina’s G.M. Benjamin never panned [more]
  
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• Corey Clement signs with Giants

  16-05-2021 03:45 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants signed running back Corey Clement to a one-year contract after a tryout during the team’s rookie minicamp, Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News reports. The Giants also had veteran running back Ito Smith at the minicamp competing for a roster spot. Clement, 26, became a Super Bowl LII hero in Philadelphia [more]
  
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• Giants Kadarius Toney briefly practiced with a bare foot after getting wrong-size shoe

  15-05-2021 14:30 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants first-round draft pick Kadarius Toney wasn’t able to finish his first NFL practice. Toney, a wide receiver from Florida, tweaked his right foot during the first day of rookie minicamp, which he attributed to his cleats being the wrong size. Toney did not participate in the conditioning runs at the end of practice, although [more]
  
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• Corey Clement trying out for Giants

  14-05-2021 17:58 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin isn’t the only familiar face trying out for the Giants at their rookie minicamp this weekend. Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com reports that the team is also taking a look at running back Corey Clement. While Benjamin is familiar to General Manager Dave Gettleman because Gettleman drafted him in Carolina, Clement is [more]
  
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• Giants waive Breeland Speaks

  13-05-2021 23:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants have waived defensive end Breeland Speaks. New York signed Speaks to a futures deal in January. He spent time on both Las Vegas as Dallas’ practice squads in 2020. Originally a Chiefs second-round pick in 2018, Speaks hasn’t appeared in a regular-season game since playing in all 16 as a rookie. He appeared [more]
  
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• Kelvin Benjamin is expected at Giants rookie minicamp as tryout player

  13-05-2021 23:25 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman picked wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin with the 28th selection in the 2014 draft and now he’s giving him an opportunity to resume his playing career. Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com reports that Benjamin is expected to take part in this weekend’s rookie minicamp on a tryout basis. Benjamin was with the [more]
  
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• Giants sign Azeez Ojulari, Gary Brightwell, Rodarius Williams

  13-05-2021 23:01 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants signed three of their six-player draft class Thursday, the team announced. The team’s second-round selection, outside linebacker Azeez Ojulari, and the two sixth-round choices, running back Gary Brightwell and cornerback Rodarius Williams, have signed. The Giants made Ojulari the 50th overall choice. He played 27 games with 23 starts in three seasons at [more]
  
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• Washington closes 2021 season with five straight NFC East games

  13-05-2021 13:41 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It has been nearly 20 years since the NFC East has been won by the same team in consecutive years and it is the Washington Football Team’s chance to change that in 2021. If they do, it will likely be because they finish strong. Washington plays the Giants at home on Thursday night in Week [more]
  
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• 2021 NFL schedule: 10 teams get five primetime games each

  13-05-2021 03:13 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Ten teams each received five primetime games. The Packers, Saints, Cowboys, Seahawks, Steelers, Ravens, Rams, 49ers, Chiefs and Bucs are scheduled for five night games each. The Saints and Cowboys also have Thanksgiving Day games, and the Packers a Christmas Day game. The Bears, Vikings, Raiders, Colts and Bills each are scheduled for four primetime [more]
  
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• 2021 Thursday Night Football Schedule: Rams, Seahawks set for early matchup

  13-05-2021 02:23 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Buccaneers and Cowboys will begin the 2021 the season on Thursday, Sept. 9. But Thursday Night Football will technically begin the next week with a divisional contest between the Giants and Washington on NFL Network. After Carolina visits Houston in Week Three, the Week Four matchup will feature the league’s last two No. 1 [more]
  
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• Browns at Steelers closes out ESPN’s Monday Night Football 2021 schedule

  13-05-2021 02:21 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL announced its 2021 schedule on Wednesday night. The includes 17 games on ESPN’s Monday Night Football. It does not feature a doubleheader on the first Monday night of the season. ESPN also will air a Week 18 Saturday doubleheader. Those games, which will kickoff at 4:15 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. ET, also will [more]
  
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• 49ers, Rams open as biggest Week One favorites

  12-05-2021 17:49 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The release of the schedule for the first weekend of the 2021 NFL season has led to sportsbooks releasing point spreads for the first 16 games of the year. A pair of NFC West teams have been installed as the biggest early favorites. William Hill has the 49ers favored by seven points in their road [more]
  
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• Seahawks face Colts, Eagles travel to Falcons on FOX in Week One

  12-05-2021 14:57 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Whether Aaron Rodgers is still with the Packers or makes his way to the Broncos, he’ll be playing at 4:25 p.m. on FOX in Week One. But there will be at least one familiar quarterback in a new place in the network’s early slate to open the season. The Seahawks will travel to Indianapolis for [more]
  
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• Aaron Rodgers gets the FOX late afternoon slot Week One, whether with Packers or Broncos

  12-05-2021 12:54 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The FOX late Sunday afternoon game in Week One is always one of the premiere games of the NFL schedule. Last year, that’s where the league put Tom Brady vs. Drew Brees in their first matchup as NFC South rivals. This year, that’s where the league is putting Aaron Rodgers — whether he’s with the [more]
  
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• Sterling Shepard announces he’s switching to No. 3

  11-05-2021 22:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard will have a different look for the 2021 season. Shepard posted a sneak preview of it on Instagram on Tuesday. The picture shows Shepard in a No. 3 blue Giants jersey with a caption that the wideout is “getting back to my roots.” Shepard wore No. 3 at the University [more]
  
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• Azeez Ojulari on criticism of his pass rush moves: Don’t break what’s not broken

  11-05-2021 15:03 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Edge rusher Azeez Ojulari went to the Giants with the 50th pick in the draft and that was a bit lower than he was projected to go by many draft pundits. Questions about lingering knee issues after a torn ACL in high school could have been a factor, but Ojulari said on Valentine’s Views podcast [more]
  
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• New Jersey Governor: “Pretty good” chance of full capacity at MetLife Stadium

  11-05-2021 12:32 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  There were no fans at MetLife Stadium for Giants and Jets games during the 2020 season and they didn’t miss much as the two teams combined to go 8-24 while missing the playoffs. Both teams hope that their offseason moves will make for better results on the field and signs are pointing toward having a [more]
  
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• Free agent signings no longer count in compensatory pick formula

  04-05-2021 16:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When the Ravens brought in tackle Alejandro Villanueva for a visit last month, word from Baltimore reporters was that the team was not expected to make a move until after the draft. Compensatory draft picks were central to that approach. The Ravens and other teams have prized the picks doled out to teams who see [more]
  
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• Dave Gettleman: This is the year Daniel Jones should make a major stride

  04-05-2021 14:47 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman admitted that when Aaron Rodgers‘ name comes up in trade rumors, it’s worth exploring. But because New York is an unlikely destination if and when the Packers trade Rodgers, Gettleman also reaffirmed the team’s belief in rising third-year quarterback Daniel Jones in the same breath. Jones has displayed some flashes [more]
  
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• Joe Judge: Daniel Jones played through serious injuries that would have sidelined most

  04-05-2021 00:50 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Daniel Jones injured his right hamstring against the Bengals on Nov. 29. The Giants quarterback missed one game and returned only to injure his left ankle on a hit in the pocket Dec. 13 against the Cardinals. He then missed another game. Giants coach Joe Judge said most other NFL players would have missed more [more]
  
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• 21 fifth-year options picked up for 2018 first-round picks

  03-05-2021 23:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The deadline for NFL teams to exercise their fifth-year contract options on 2018 first-round picks passed on Monday afternoon and 21 players had those options picked up. Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold is part of that group. Carolina traded for Darnold last month and announced their decision on his option after the draft. That total is [more]
  
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• Dave Gettleman on Aaron Rodgers: You explore everything

  03-05-2021 20:03 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  On Thursday night, Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman was asked about the day’s flurry of reports concerning Aaron Rodgers‘ desire to be traded and said it was “none of my business.” Gettleman added that it would take a ton of picks to land Rodgers “even though he’s 37 years old” and that “we’ve told you [more]
  
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• Some Dramatic Quarterback Successions Start at the N.F.L. Draft

  02-05-2021 22:45 via nytimes.com
  
  If the draft last week revealed anything, it was that there’s no tactful way to replace a healthy starting quarterback.
  
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• Urban Meyer admits he wanted Kadarius Toney in round one

  02-05-2021 16:20 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  In exercising the 25th pick in the draft (from the Rams due to the Jalen Ramsey trade), the Jaguars paired Clemson running back Travis Etienne with Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence in the first round of the 2021 draft. Coach Urban Meyer would have preferred giving Lawrence a different weapon. In a Saturday press conference, Meyer [more]
  
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• “Trader Dave” has made draft exciting for Giants

  01-05-2021 14:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  There’s an old saying that posits there’s no one more zealous than a convert and it might apply to Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman’s views about trading down in the NFL Draft. Gettleman had never done it while running eight drafts for the Panthers and Giants, but he traded down in the first round Thursday [more]
  
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• Giants add edge rusher Aziz Ojulari

  01-05-2021 02:39 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  In their heyday, the Giants had great offensive and defensive lines. On Friday night, they added edge rusher Azeez Ojulari. The Giants picked Ojulari with the 50th pick in the draft, obtained in a trade down from No. 42 with the Dolphins. Ojulari, the grandson of an actual Nigerian prince, represents the latest effort by [more]
  
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• Giants add edge rusher Azeez Ojulari

  01-05-2021 02:39 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  In their heyday, the Giants had great offensive and defensive lines. On Friday night, they added edge rusher Azeez Ojulari. The Giants picked Ojulari with the 50th pick in the draft, obtained in a trade down from No. 42 with the Dolphins. Ojulari, the grandson of an actual Nigerian prince, represents the latest effort by [more]
  
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• Dolphins trade with Giants, take Liam Eichenberg at No. 42

  01-05-2021 01:55 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman wasn’t a fan of trading down in the past, but he’s developed a taste for it this year. The Giants picked up a 2022 first-round pick by trading with the Bears in the first round and they made another move while they were on the clock for the 38th pick. [more]
  
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• The Giants Traded Back in the Draft and, Some Say, Well

  30-04-2021 19:31 via nytimes.com
  
  Some fans scratched their heads at Dave Gettleman’s decision to trade back in the draft for the first time. But scooping receiver Kadarius Toney at No. 20 and getting draft assets was no fleecing.
  
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• The Giants Traded Back and, Some Say, Well

  30-04-2021 19:31 via nytimes.com
  
  Some fans scratched their heads at Dave Gettleman’s decision to trade back in the draft for the first time. But scooping receiver Kadarius Toney at No. 20 and getting draft assets was no fleecing.
  
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• Trade down with Bears too good an opportunity for Dave Gettleman to pass up

  30-04-2021 12:48 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman’s unwillingness to trade back in the first round has been a running theme of his tenure with the NFC East team and his previous stint with the Panthers, but he insisted last week that it was an “urban myth” and that his position is that he won’t get “fleeced” in [more]
  
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• Giants select Florida wide receiver Kadarius Toney with 20th pick

  30-04-2021 04:48 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  After their first trade back in the draft under general manager Dave Gettleman, the New York Giants selected Florida wide receiver Kadarius Toney with the 20th overall pick in the NFL Draft. The Philadelphia Eagles had traded up earlier in the round to jump ahead of the Giants to select Alabama wide receiver Devonta Smith. [more]
  
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• Giants draft picks 2021: All of New York’s selections, NFL draft results, team order

  30-04-2021 04:44 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  In their first season under Joe Judge, the Giants went 6-10 and still had a late chance to make the playoffs in an underwhelming NFC East. A team with a lot of potential, New York was plagued by misfortune when Saquon Barkley tore his ACL in Week 2. They could add another running back to [more]
  
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• Giants draft picks 2021: All of New York’s NFL draft selections, NFL draft results, team order

  30-04-2021 04:44 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  In their first season under Joe Judge, the Giants went 6-10 and still had a late chance to make the playoffs in an underwhelming NFC East. A team with a lot of potential, New York was plagued by misfortune when Saquon Barkley tore his ACL in Week 2. They could add another running back to [more]
  
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• Bears trade up to No. 11, take Justin Fields

  30-04-2021 03:44 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Bears made their move for a quarterback in the first round. Chicago convinced Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman to trade down in the first round of a draft for the first time in his career and used the pick to select Justin Fields. Fields was thought to be a candidate to go at No. [more]
  
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• Eagles swap picks with Cowboys to select DeVonta Smith at No. 10 overall

  30-04-2021 03:39 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Earlier in the first round, the Dolphins reunited a former Alabama duo by selecting wide receiver Jaylen Waddle. Now the Eagles have done the same — by making a trade with a division rival. Philadelphia acquired the 10th overall pick from Dallas in exchange for No. 12 overall and No. 84 in the third round. [more]
  
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• Giants are expected to take long look at a receiver at No. 11

  30-04-2021 01:52 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  They signed receiver Kenny Golladay in free agency. That may not stop them from picking a receiver with the eleventh overall selection in round one. As one source with knowledge of the dynamics has explained it to PFT, the Giants are expected to seriously consider taking a receiver with the eleventh overall pick in the [more]
  
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• Where will Justin Fields end up?

  29-04-2021 16:32 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  As to the first two picks in the draft, there’s no mystery. After that, it’s all a mystery. At the center of the mystery resides Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields. Once regarded as the No. 2 quarterback in the draft (especially after shredding presumptive No. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence‘s Clemson Tigers in the national semifinals), [more]
  
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• Giants exercise Saquon Barkley’s fifth-year option

  28-04-2021 23:54 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  A report on Wednesday indicated Giants running back Saquon Barkley is on track to be ready for the start of the 2021 season and he’s now set to be with the team at the start of the 2022 season as well. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Giants have exercised their fifth-year option on [more]
  
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• Report: Saquon Barkley on track to be ready for start of season

  28-04-2021 19:27 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman said recently that the team signed Devontae Booker because they believe Booker is a three-down back who makes the team strong. If all goes well, the Giants won’t be needing Booker for all three downs because Saquon Barkley will be handling the bulk of the work at running back. As [more]
  
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• Giants draft picks 2021: Full list of New York’s NFL draft picks, order for every round

  27-04-2021 23:54 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  In their first season under Joe Judge, the Giants went 6-10 and still had a late chance to make the playoffs in an underwhelming NFC East. A team with a lot of potential, New York was plagued by misfortune when Saquon Barkley tore his ACL in Week 2. They could add another running back to [more]
  
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• Fifth-year option tracker for 2018 NFL first-round picks

  27-04-2021 15:35 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  NFL teams will be adding first-round picks to their roster this week and some of them will then turn their attention to first-round picks from 2018. Fifth-year contract options for players selected in the first round that year need to be exercised by May 3 and some teams have already gotten the ball rolling on [more]
  
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• Social media buzzes over fake tweet showing Chargers, Giants trade

  26-04-2021 17:12 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Seventeen years ago, a very real first-round trade happened between the Chargers and Giants, with quarterbacks Eli Manning and Philip Rivers swapping cities after being selected. On Monday morning, a fake tweet from the Chargers’ Twitter account showed the Chargers packaging a third-round pick (No. 77 overall) with the 13th selection to trade up two [more]
  
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• Expanded jersey rules could reignite retired number debate

  24-04-2021 16:48 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Plenty of players from days gone by could be introduced to a modern audience, for reasons other than nostalgia. With the NFL revolutionizing the numbering system for players, there’s an unintended consequence that could play out for several teams. With a wide swath of players now able to wear single-digit numbers and other significant changes [more]
  
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• Dave Gettleman: Hard to bet on potential at No. 11

  22-04-2021 20:22 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants’ moves this offseason have pointed to a win-now approach in the wake of four straight losing seasons and it looks like that will extend to the draft as well. General Manager Dave Gettleman said on Thursday that the “Cliff Note answer is yes” to a question about whether he feels he has to [more]
  
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• Dave Gettleman says he’s tried to trade back but refuses to get fleeced

  22-04-2021 18:48 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Dave Gettleman has been a General Manager for eight drafts across two teams, the Panthers and Giants. In that time, he’s famously — or notoriously — never traded back. When that got brought up during his Thursday pre-draft press conference, Gettleman noted it’s not because he’s never wanted to. “I’ve tried! I’ve tried to trade [more]
  
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• Dave Gettleman: Some players who opted out looked like me at Pro Days

  22-04-2021 18:32 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  One of the difficulties for NFL teams as they prepare for this year’s draft has been evaluating players who opted out of playing in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During a press conference on Thursday, Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman said that he’s never had to deal with circumstances like this throughout his career [more]
  
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• Wayne Gallman signs with 49ers

  21-04-2021 22:36 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The 49ers have signed running back Wayne Gallman, Field Yates of ESPN reports. Gallman, 26, visited the team earlier this week. He led the Giants in rushing last season, becoming the lead back after Saquon Barkley tore an anterior cruciate ligament. Gallman, a 2017 fourth-round choice, ran 147 times for 682 yards and six touchdowns [more]
  
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• Giants know aggressive offseason could make next year challenging cap-wise

  21-04-2021 13:06 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants have made the playoffs once since winning Super Bowl XLVI and they’ve gone 18-46 over the last four seasons, so it was little surprise to hear co-owner John Mara say recently that he’s getting impatient for the team to put up better results. That impatience played out in free agency. The team usually [more]
  
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• Dave Gettleman on critics of Adoree’ Jackson signing: Time will tell

  20-04-2021 21:53 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman met the media on Tuesday and much of the discussion focused on the team’s moves in free agency. The Giants re-signed Leonard Williams and then brought in wide receiver Kenny Golladay, cornerback Adoree' Jackson, tight end Kyle Rudolph and others from outside the organization. Jackson signed a three-year, $39 million [more]
  
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