4 NY Giants who are definitely in their last season with the team

As the calendar turns to June, the 2023 season continues to loom for the NY Giants. With each day that the ongoing Organized Team Activities (OTAs) continue, the coaching staff will get a good glimpse of what to expect when they head towards training camp later in the summer and then the regular season.

OTAs are a good way to shake off the rust from the offseason and for the Giants players to start getting back into football game shape. While most players probably do workout in their spare time to stay in shape, these activities in East Rutherford are getting everyone prepared to do battle.

For some Giants players, the 2023 season may be the final time they don the uniform; some might not even see the field after training camp if they can't make it to the final 53-man roster. Some players could be looking at their possible departure due to not being good enough to stay on the roster, while some might be parted with because of their salary. With that said, which Giants players should we not expect to see return after 2023?

4. OT Matt Peart

The former third-round pick of the Giants from the 2020 NFL Draft once had a hopeful future with the franchise and had opportunities to make an impression on the team.

Matt Peart got to play in 11 games during his rookie season and started one. Then he got to play in 15 games in 2021 and started in five. Unfortunately for Peart, he struggled, especially when he was asked to step in for Andrew Thomas over at left tackle when he dealt with injuries.

Peart then suffered a season-ending torn ACL injury at the end of the 2021 season, an injury that carried over into 2022 when he began the year on the PUP list. Peart at this point is a depth player on the offensive line given the two main tackle positions are currently occupied by Thomas and Evan Neal.

Peart, who will turn 26 before the start of the 2023 season, might be best to pursue other opportunities in the league once the season ends, and that is if he is still on the 53-man team to begin the season. But because of his experience, he might at least get to see the season as a backup.

3. CB Darnay Holmes

Some are a bit surprised that Darnay Holmes still remains on the Giants roster, as he was talked about many times during the offseason as a potential salary cap casualty.

Holmes, who is in the final year of his contract with the Giants, has a $2.9 million cap hit. His release would have saved $2.74 million and would have counted for a $197,972 dead cap hit. Considering the Giants at times didn't have much cap space in the offseason, Holmes not being released to save money was a shock.

Holmes didn't have a good 2022 season and was asked to play a lot more than expected because of injuries to the secondary. With the additions of Deonte Banks and Tre Hawkins in the 2023 NFL Draft and the free agent signing of Amani Oruwariye, Holmes is still at risk of being a possible cut if he doesn't impress in the summer.

Unless Holmes does a massive 180 in his production and play, the Giants will probably look elsewhere for secondary help that doesn't cost as much on the books.

2. OG Mark Glowinski

Heading into the season, Mark Glowinski is likely going to be penciled in for the right guard spot next to John Michael Schmitz and Evan Neal.

But after the 2023 season, Glowinski's spot on the team is not a given and he's a name that has salary cap casualty written all over it. Glowinski, who just turned 31 last month, will have one year left in his contract with the Giants that will have a $7.2 million cap hit for 2024. The Giants will only have a $1.5 million dead cap hit to release Glowinski.

Given the fact that Glowinski at times struggled in the 2022 season, he will have to play a lot better if he wants to keep his right guard job during the 2023 season, much less, stay on the team, given they have Ben Bredeson, Joshua Ezeudu and Marcus McKethan all on the depth chart who could be looking to win a possible job over the summer.

In the end though, the NFL business is what it is. Glowinski is on the wrong side of 30 making money that the Giants will want to use for other positions in the future, so his best focus should be playing as well as he can for the Giants so that he can impress other teams that will want to sign him if he does get released.

1. QB Tyrod Taylor

When the Giants first signed Tyrod Taylor to be the primary backup for the Giants, there was a lot of uncertainty behind Daniel Jones.

The Giants had declined Jones' fifth-year option and some had wondered if Jones would even be the Week 1 starter given his struggles in 2021, plus the neck injury that sidelined him for the final six games. Heck, even Brian Daboll wanted to see if Jones had the moxy to get out of training camp as the starter.

Fortunately for Jones, he had more than enough, as he proved to the Giants coaching staff that he deserved to be the starter. Even in one brief appearance when Taylor came in for Jones due to an injury, Taylor's performance showed why Jones should be the Giants starter.

Fortunately, Jones finished that game and didn't stay injured long, as he helped lead the Giants to a 9-7-1 season and to their first playoff berth since 2016 and their first playoff win since Super Bowl 46. Jones' reward for that was a four-year, $160 million contract, which cements himself as the Giants guy moving forward.

Taylor, who is already on the books for a $6.9 million cap hit in 2023, could be a potential release at the end of training camp if Tommy DeVito can come in and show that he deserves to be the backup behind Jones. But even if Taylor does deserve his spot as the primary backup, he will probably look for work elsewhere after 2023.

An NFL team will likely want Taylor on their team just like the Giants did before the 2022 season when they were trying to figure out if Jones was going to be their guy moving forward. The Giants will probably look for a much cheaper backup if DeVito doesn't snag the spot first.

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