5 Available bargain free agents that could help the NY Giants in 2020

2. WR Demaryius Thomas

I’ve been beating the drum that the NY Giants need to add some size to their wide receiving corps for quite some time now, and other than a few undrafted free agents, that did not happen this offseason.

I’m not saying a random of Sterling Shepard, Darius Slayton, and Golden Tate is a mediocre group, but the group does lack size which is pivotal in today’s NFL as cornerbacks are getting bigger and bigger.

None of the Giants; top-three wideouts top six-foot, and Demaryius Thomas would add much-needed size at 6’3.

Now, Thomas isn’t the same player that he was during his legendary eight-year run with the Denver Broncos, but he’s far from a scrub, either. He’s a young 32-years-old, and up until last year had an impressive streak of playing 15+ games in seven out of his first ten seasons.

Even last year he was fairly productive catching 36 balls for 433 yards (12.0 average) in a limited role with the NY Jets in just ten games.

The good news here is, the NY Giants wouldn’t need him to be the Demaryius Thomas of old; just a big-bodied target that could potentially help out in the red zone – something the NY Giants currently don’t have at this moment.

Thomas played under a near veteran’s minimum contract with the Jets in 2019, so it would be expected that he’d sign for about the same at this juncture after not exactly lighting the world on fire.

So, if the NY Giants can get him for around that price, what’s the risk? The wideout group has a big drop off after the aforementioned top three, so he could battle it out with the other youngsters in a battle he would likely come out on top off – especially considering one of the wideouts on the roster, Cody Core, is only there for special teams purposes.

For the right, low price, I would certainly entertain pulling the trigger on the savvy vet who appears to have something left in the tank.