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Mar 12, 2022

The New York Giants continued to whittle away at their bloated salary structure when linebacker Blake Martinez agreed to to a pay cut on Friday. - Martinez was scheduled to count a sliver over $14 million against the cap this year. - - Giants LB Blake Martinez has accepted a pay cut from his scheduled salary of $8.4M that will reduce his cap number of $14M, as @Schultz_Report said. - So he will be back with the Giants as he continues to rehab from his torn ACL. He will likely get some incentives in the deal, too - — Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoSNY) March 12, 2022 - - - Martinez, 28, signed a three-year, $30.75 million free agent contract in March of 2020 that included a $6 million signing bonus with $19 million  guaranteed, - It is the second time in as many years the Giants have amended Martinez’ deal. Last March, the Giants converted $7 million of Martinez’ 2021 salary into a bonus, clearing $3.5M of cap space. - Martinez missed much of last season after suffering a torn ACL in Week 3. - - RelatedGiants waive Kaden Smith, re-sign David SillsShould Giants consider Colin Kaepernick as a backup to Daniel Jones?Giants address multiple needs in latest three-round Draft Wire mock - - - - - - - - - - - - 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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