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USAT: Giants Wire

Mar 12, 2022

The New York Giants and general manager Joe Schoen have been trimming cap space left and right as the new league year looms. They’ve released several players, reworked the contracts of a few others and had more yet accept outright pay cuts. - But one player they have not approached is defensive lineman Leonard Williams, the team’s highest-paid player. - Matt Lombardo of GMEN HQ was the first to report the news. - The New York Giants have not had any discussions about restructuring defensive lineman Leonard Williams’ contract, league sources tell FanSided. - New Giants general manager Joe Schoen has vowed to create $40 million in new cap space prior to the new league-year beginning on March 16, but to date, Williams has not been part of those discussions. - The Giants signed Williams to a three-year, $63 million contract last offseason. That included a whopping $45 million in guarantees and a signing bonus of $22.5 million. - In 2021, Williams is slated to count for $27.3 million against the cap. A pre-June 1 release would actually cost the Giants even more against the cap, while a post-June 1 cut would net the team $0. Needless to say, there is precious little wiggle room when it comes to The Big Cat’s salary. - A pay cut or restructure would be the only way to recoup anything currently slated to be invested in Williams, but he’d have no motivation to agree to either. So unless the Giants find themselves in an absolutely desperate situation, do not anticipate many (if any) changes to Williams’ deal. - - List - - Under-the-radar free agents Giants could target - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Giants Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Giants Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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