The New York Giants selected to not place the transition tag on impending free agent security Xavier McKinney, which can permit him to enter the open market subsequent week when free company begins.
The Giants, after all, can nonetheless signal McKinney to a long-term deal earlier than the league new 12 months begins on March 13, however that appears unlikely now. They’ll should outbid the remainder of his potential suitors within the open market.
Even when the choice to not use the tag on McKinney seems to be a poor one, the Giants gained’t stroll away empty-handed as CBS Sports activities NFL insider Jonathan Jones reminds us.
If McKinney bought a deal the Giants couldn’t/wouldn’t match, they’d lose the participant with no compensation in addition to miss out on a future compensatory choose. Transition-tagged gamers now not rely in that formulation.
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) March 6, 2024
Ah…folks neglect that transition-tagged gamers are now not included within the draft choose compensation formulation if they’re signed away by one other group.
Giants normal supervisor Joe Schoen did himself a strong by not tagging both McKinney or operating again Saquon Barkley this offseason.
If the group can’t lure both of them again for the 2024 season, they might be taking a look at important picks — probably third-rounders — being awarded to them in 2025.
