NY Giants should sign just-released Eagles cornerback as soon as possible
Everyone out there who loves the NY Giants is still waiting for general manager Joe Schoen to make a move soon and bring in a veteran cornerback to add depth to the position. Well, the Philadelphia Eagles may have done Schoen a favor, as they just released CB Craig James leading up to training camp.
While James isn’t known as a superstar player, he does have experience under his belt and he’s also known as a special teams stud. If the Giants were to sign him, it wouldn’t be a splash move, but it would get the job done in adding competition to the position which is needed this summer. Will NY end up making a call?
The #Eagles are releasing CB Craig James, who has been with the team the last three years, per source. Team believes the DBs room is deep and they'll give him a chance to catch on elsewhere before camp.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) July 18, 2022
NY Giants signing CB Craig James would be a wise move
James went undrafted in 2018, but ended up signing with the Minnesota Vikings. He appeared in three games with the Vikes that year before making his way to Philly in 2019. James would spend three seasons with Philly before the Eagles decided to cut him. During his time with the Eagles, James appeared in 18 games, posting 17 tackles and one pass deflection.
Those aren’t the kinds of numbers that will turn heads, but James has been in the league since 2018 and knows what it takes to make a difference for a defense. The fact of the matter is that the Giants’ CBs room needs all the veteran defenders they can get. It’s up in the air if Schoen will look elsewhere to ink someone, as Kevin King, Joe Haden and others are still out there.
With James, the G-Men would undoubtedly be able to sign him to a cheap deal and let him earn his paycheck during camp and the season – should he make the 53-man roster. You already know he’d be motivated to make the Eagles look foolish for cutting him too if he ended up landing in East Rutherford.
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James won’t come in an be a Pro-Bowl caliber player, but he could prove to be a low-risk, high-reward signing for the Giants and the rest of the front office. Defensive coordinator Wink Martindale of course wouldn’t mind bringing in another guy to help out the younger cornerbacks too. From our chair, Schoen shouldn’t waste any time in trying to get something done with James. NY should make something happen before another team out there does.