New York Giants vast receiver Darius Slayton returned to the staff earlier this week after basic supervisor Joe Schoen added an extra $650K in incentives to his contract.
The settlement ended a short-lived “holdout” of voluntary actions.
“One, I’m glad Darius is again. Whenever you have a look at the totality of the message it sends to the locker room, everybody is aware of there’s a distinction between the non-public and the skilled and never mixing how you’re feeling in regards to the particular person. All of us love Darius. There’s typically disagreements between households, however you discover a approach to discover frequent floor, which we did, and you progress ahead,” assistant basic supervisor Brandon Brown mentioned.
“We’re pleased that he’s right here, and we’re pleased to maintain transferring ahead with him. He’s again like he by no means left.”
Regardless of Slayton’s presence and the Giants’ very public want to have him again, Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports activities not too long ago listed him as a lower/commerce candidate.
Skipping voluntary exercises in an obvious bid for a brand new contract, Slayton has quietly topped 700 receiving yards in 4 of 5 NFL seasons. However with first-round decide Malik Nabers onboard, he’s additionally expendable. Chopping or buying and selling him would save the Giants anyplace from $3.8 million to $6.4 million.
The Giants wouldn’t give Slayton added incentives solely to commerce him away –this isn’t a Dave Gettleman operation.
Slayton continues to be undervalued on a nationwide stage and his splendid position as a WR2 missed. Even with Nabers now within the fold, becoming a member of Jalin Hyatt and Wan’Dale Robinson, Slayton very a lot has a spot on the Giants’ roster and it’s extremely unlikely they’ll look to maneuver him.