Grading New York Giants’ signing of tight end Ricky Seals-Jones
Grading the New York Giants’ signing of Ricky Seals-Jones
These are the dire straits Dave Gettleman left the New York Giants in.
Rather than compete at the top of the free-agent tight end market, potentially retaining Engram or adding a player with upside like Mo Alie-Cox, or a veteran with Pro Bowl-caliber production such as Robert Tonyan, Gettleman’s mismanagement of the salary cap and poor drafting has left Schoen and the Giants searching the free agent flea market for bodies to fill out the roster.
Seals-Jones joins journeyman center Jon Feliciano, veteran quarterback Tyrod Taylor, and guard Mark Glowinski as the New York Giants’ free-agent additions of any substance.
At this stage of his career, that’s likely what Seals-Jones is, and all the Giants need him to be this season.
This is not a roster anywhere close to being capable of competing for a playoff berth, let alone a Super Bowl.
But, Schoen has to date shown restraint in terms of exacerbating the New York Giants’ current financial woes into pain in future years by spending now.
For Schoen, the plan has to be simple; fill out the roster with some cheap veteran players with little to no guaranteed money beyond the 2022 campaign, and hit home runs in this year’s draft, next year’s draft, and spend big in free agency in 2023 to either build around Jones or plan to set an incoming rookie quarterback up for immediate success.
In the meantime, signings like Seals-Jones are about what Schoen is capable of making and all the Giants should have reasonably been expected to make this offseason.