The New York Giants selected to not place the transition tag on impending free agent security Xavier McKinney, which is able to 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 yr 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 obtained 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 decide. Transition-tagged gamers not rely in that system.
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) March 6, 2024
Ah…folks overlook that transition-tagged gamers are not included within the draft decide compensation system if they’re signed away by one other group.
Giants common supervisor Joe Schoen did himself a stable 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 could possibly be taking a look at vital picks — probably third-rounders — being awarded to them in 2025.