Signing(s): Olivier Vernon signs MEGA deal with Giants

[MikeyMike01]

16.5 per. Will be curious to see what the breakdown is.

"In all, the Giants’ final offer is a $20 million signing bonus, a guaranteed salary of $1.75 million in 2016, and a $7 million roster bonus effective March 13 (this Sunday), along with a guaranteed salary of $11.25 million in 2017, with workout bonuses of $250,000 each year, which Vernon plans to earn. His $12 million salary in 2018 is injury-guaranteed. Early in the league year of 2018, it will be fully guaranteed unless the Giants choose to cut Vernon. Effectively, this is a two-year, $41 million deal, with the Giants able to keep or cut Vernon in each of the last three years."

http://mmqb.si.com/2016/03/10/olivier-vernon-new-york-giants-nfl-free-agency-blockbuster-contract

Seems the downside is he's an overpaid, good young player for 2-3 years, on a team with a ton of cap space and no pass rush whatsoever. Best case scenario he lives up to that money.

 

[cgf]

Which wouldn't be all that surprising to see him do with Snacks and Hank up the middle hopefully helping to put our D in a lot of 3rd-and-long situations. With an aggressive & talented pair of corners behind him and JPP on the other end of the line; the kid should be in a good position to build off of the way he finished the year.

 

[MikeyMike01]

Which wouldn't be all that surprising to see him do with Snacks and Hank up the middle hopefully helping to put our D in a lot of 3rd-and-long situations. With an aggressive & talented pair of corners behind him and JPP on the other end of the line; the kid should be in a good position to build off of the way he finished the year.

JPP
Hankins
Harrison
Vernon

Can only double team one or two of them realistically... Even last year's club hand JPP was commanding double teams (and Ayers Jr. got 8.5 sacks in 8 games largely because of it). Presumably Vernon is better than Ayers, so on paper it's a pretty solid squad

LB and FS both need major help though, possibly at the draft?

 

[cgf]

JPP
Hankins
Harrison
Vernon

Can only double team one or two of them realistically... Even last year's club hand JPP was commanding double teams (and Ayers Jr. got 8.5 sacks in 8 games largely because of it). Presumably Vernon is better than Ayers, so on paper it's a pretty solid squad

LB and FS both need major help though, possibly at the draft?

Hopefully there's some substance to the Nelson rumors so we can at least plug the hole at S. Signing him and Okung would get us to the draft only needing starters at LB & WR...even though there will still be plenty of room for upgrades/rotational-depth/future-replacements...

With the East this weak it'd be nice to get Eli back into the playoffs.