3 Potential Giants 2020 offseason cap casualties

3. WR Corey Coleman

Have you ever heard the saying “the best ability is availability”? Corey Coleman has been injured four times in his career, missing a total of 22 games. All four of those injuries happened in the first quarter of the season or preseason.

Coleman has not been a pillar of durability and is coming off of a torn ACL from the 2019 preseason. While the Giants are lacking top talent at the receiver position, they have a plethora of wideouts on the roster. There are currently 12 wide receivers on the roster and it is likely that only six will make it past final cuts. It is also worth noting that Corey Coleman would be the fourth highest-paid receiver.

Golden Tate, Sterling Shepard, and Darius Slayton are almost locks to make the roster, barring a surprising Tate cut or Shepard medical problem.

It’s possible to assume that two out of Da’Mari Scott, Derrick Dillon, Austin Mack, Binjimen Victor, Alex Bachman, Rysen John, and David Sills will make the roster. Especially keep an eye on speed demon Derrick Dillon, who ran a 4.29 at his pro day but was buried behind the best receiver group in the nation at LSU.

The only other receiver on the roster is Cody Core, is almost guaranteed a roster spot due to his special teams play. That hampers Coleman’s chances of making the squad, but you could surely make the argument he’s the fourth most established and fourth-best receiver on the roster today.

Both men are special teams contributors, although Coleman is a returner while Core is a gunner. Coleman provides a more versatile skillset offensively but the questions about his durability severely hurt his stock.

Coleman is currently on a one-year deal and would clear $1M if he were cut with just $100K in dead cap. If Core were cut from his two-year deal, the Giants would clear up $1M in cap space but would also have $1M left in dead cap space, which could nudge the Giants in the direction of cutting Coleman.

The odds are stacked against him but Coleman would likely need to prove he is healthy and did not lose a step in order to maintain his roster spot.