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25 minutes ago, packfanfb said:

If Thomas tops out at 4/48m and he's not a Packer, consider me very disappointed. I'd pay him that in a heartbeat. 

As long as those 3-4 years are easy outs. I'd much rather throw 14-15m per at him for 2 years than have to pay 34 year old ET.

Really depends on who you like in the draft. If Abrams/Gardner-Johnson are your top safeties, go get ET or Mathieu. If you prefer Adderley or Thompson, go get Collins.

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1 minute ago, Packerraymond said:

As long as those 3-4 years are easy outs. I'd much rather throw 14-15m per at him for 2 years than have to pay 34 year old ET.

Really depends on who you like in the draft. If Abrams/Gardner-Johnson are your top safeties, go get ET or Mathieu. If you prefer Adderley or Thompson, go get Collins.

Say it with me: ET and CGJ. Throw in some EDGE guys. Super Bowl. 

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Just now, Packerraymond said:

As long as those 3-4 years are easy outs. I'd much rather throw 14-15m per at him for 2 years than have to pay 34 year old ET.

Really depends on who you like in the draft. If Abrams/Gardner-Johnson are your top safeties, go get ET or Mathieu. If you prefer Adderley or Thompson, go get Collins.

I’d like to pair Gardner-Johnson with ET but not with the Honey Badger. I see G-J as a similar front end safety like Tyrann.

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3 minutes ago, Leader said:

Come on...make up your mind LOL

Agree - he's a good player - but he's broken his leg (the same one?) two of the last three years and while he may not be your usual Safety - age has a way of reducing guys down to a common denominator.

Yep... He's missed as much time the last two years as he's played and missed a lot of time three years ago, too. Add in now being on the wrong side of 30 and it's an easy pass on  a big contract.

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1 minute ago, Packerraymond said:

Personally think Adderley and Collins might be my preferred pairing. The Thomas signing is a 2 year bandaid. Collins would be a 4-5 year deal.

I'd love to land Collins. Might not be the top of the top - but he's a solid football player and leader IMO.

I dont think we'll land him however - if - the Gints dont decide to tag him. Our track record hasnt been great in recent years.

Personally - I think the position is pretty much "empty pantry" right now. Gotta make a run to the grocery store of we're gonna go hungry.

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I'm legitimately fascinated by the FA safety market, since last year the market for safeties was really soft.  Everybody except for Matthieu, Burnett, and Coleman signed for less than $4m per.  Now the "not insinuating malfeasance" explanation would be that the NFL simply didn't value safeties very highly.  However the "we are facing a pretty serious collusion charge which intersects with one of the FA safeties, so we will disguise our intentions by also not signing Vaccaro or Boston" interpretation is not wholly without merit.

Since the collusion case is settled, they could go back to paying safeties highly in free agency, or they could continue to avoid doing it either because they were telling the truth the whole time or because they don't want to appear guilty.

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NY Post:

Chasing a Super Bowl with a 38-year-old Eli Manning, who counts $23.2 million against the cap, and letting a 25-year-old co-captain and three-time Pro Bowl safety walk out the door for nothing in return on a defense already sorely lacking in playmakers, pulls the rug out from under Giants fans who were right to plead BETTER SAFETY THAN SORRY.

We can debate whether a player who has been more box safety than interception machine is worth $11.15 million on the franchise tag, because most teams, especially the Giants, value a pass-rusher and cornerback more.

We can’t debate whether it is bad business collecting assets during last October’s impromptu fire sale for “Snacks” Harrison and Eli Apple but allowing a more marketable talent to venture out freely into free agency without attempting to reach a belated deal with him. Because it sure is.

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