New York Giants have some Tough Off-Season Decisions Ahead of them.

By Djack

The New York Giants have a lot to be proud of coming off an 11-5 season in which they made the playoffs. Clearly the team was not championship caliber and some moves will need to be made in order to achieve the ultimate goal of winning another Super Bowl. Well, the first thing we have to take care of in that process is resigning the players we already have, well at least the one's we wanna keep. Unfortunately, the Giants already have a ton of money tied down to players already on the roster for next year, so that means contracts will be either restructured or players will be cut. More often than not deals don't get restructured, only viable candidates for that would be Victor Cruz since there's no way the Giants are paying him $9.4 Million next season, and Eli Manning, which would only happen if he decided to be an extremely nice guy because he's obviously not getting cut. Keep in mind we're going to need money to sign free agents. Such as a left tackle to protect Eli and maybe another lineman to replace Jon Jerry as well. I'm going to split the players into three lists: Players we need to keep, the players we can potentially keep, and the players we need to cut into three columns below. The players that I felt were mostly irrelevant or interchangable I left off these lists for obvious reasons. Make sure to let me know if you agree, disagree, and what you would change in the comment section.

Need to Keep:

JPP- He's the best pass rusher on the team and we clearly missed his ability to apply pressure in the Playoff game against the Packers. Our defense is a whole lot more intimidating with him on the field and when healthy this season he proved he's still an elite defensive end. Franchise tag him if we can't get a reasonable deal done.

Johnathan Hankins- He doesn't get much credit for what he does, but Hankins is a disruptive force inside, and him matched with snacks is a nightmare for running backs going between the tackles. He's young and we already let Lindval Joesph slip out of our fingers, we can't let that happen again. Sign this man to a long term deal.

Want to Keep:

DRC- He was an incredible nickel corner this year, his numbers speak for themselves, and he's all pro so obviously he's a helluva player. The Giants already have two good cornerbacks though, so is it within the budget to keep DRC is the real question. I certainly hope so because the secondary missed him after he went down in the Packers game, big time. He could also be dealt in a trade because someone will obviously want him.

Need to Cut:

Victor Cruz- Not worth the money, only getting older, and he didn't produce all that much for us this year. Honestly, I like that kid Tavarres King a lot more than Cruz, I'll take King, and the $7.5 Mil I save by cutting Cruz.

Shane Vereen- I loved the signing of Vereen orginally, but it just hasn't panned out. That's okay not every signing will pay off, but we gotta make sure we don't keep wasting our time with this guy. Take the $4Mil and run with it Giants.

Rashad Jennings- We save $4Mil by cutting him, that's my reasoning. Great guy Jennings is, but he's an awful running back. Take the money, put it to way better use, and let Perkins come into his own in the starting role. Draft another runningback if we have to, just make sure you get rid of Jennings.

J.T. Thomas- This one is a no brainer, the guy never plays, and we save $4Mil by cutting him. BINGO. See ya later J.T. Thomas and thanks for absolutely nothing.