Free Agency is always a time for heartbreak for some fanbases, and exuberant joy for others. After a day in which Barkley was not tagged, the Giants are letting their #2 selection from 2018 walk away for the first time in his career. The value of running backs has, and will continue to be, a sore spot for discussion amongst many in the league. Barkley will hit the market and test things out for the first time in his six-year career. Barkley Free Agency Target #1: Staying Home Saquon has stated that he’d rather remain a Giant for life. Despite…
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James Foster
James is a Sports Writer for Gridiron Heroics. He is still very much refining his craft while pushing out unique perspectives on daily news in the world of the NFL. He is and has been a Giants fan for a period of time spanning nearly two decades.
Franchise Tag day is so often never easy for any NFL player, and Quandre Diggs got the worst of it. Diggs was one of Seattle’s victims, taking to social media to announce the shocking decision. He will join teammates Will Dissly and Jamal Adams in Free Agency, saving the Seahawks approximately 34 million as a result of cutting all three. He will almost certainly be able to fetch many suitors once the new League Year begins next Tuesday. https://twitter.com/qdiggs6/status/1765105751327146461?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet Quandre Diggs, Seahawks Already Enduring a Difficult Period Make no mistake about it, the post-Russell Wilson era has been surprisingly…
The NFL Draft is only fifty days away. After a shocking day in which both Saquon Barkley and Xavier McKinney did not receive tags or new contracts, Giants fans will find themselves forgetting that the next crop of Giants players will soon be selected over the course of the 2024 NFL Draft, set to take place in Detroit, Michigan, between April 25th and 27th. With the 6th Pick in the NFL Draft, the New York Giants select…Wide Reciever Marvin Harrison Jr. is far and away expected to be the first Wide Receiver taken off the board on the night of…
After a morning in which Giants fans were shocked by the news Saquon Barkley would not receive a second Franchise Tag, the afternoon brought even more bad news. A Star Player at the safety position, Xavier McKinney was not placed under the expected transition tag, nor was he put on any tag. He will follow Barkley into Free Agency. What happened? As the 2023-24 season was drawing to a close, McKinney frequently found himself getting into disputes with Defensive Coordinator Wink Martindale. This dispute had deteriorated to the point McKinney openly considered not re-signing at all with the team. Martindale was…
The NFL has only run three seventeen game seasons, but the addition of an eighteenth game may yet be on the way. According to many, there is a continued feeling that the NFL may seek to add an eighteenth game to a schedule that many call already too bloated. This would not happen until the 2031 Collective Barganing Agreement is up for discussion. 19 Week Seasons In The Cards? You better believe it. Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk had this to say about a statement from Browns GM Andrew Berry on the ProFootballTalk Podcast: The first hint of it came when…
The University of Texas will produce two highly-drafted recivers in the 2024 NFL Draft. Xavier Worthy and his record 4.21 40 yard dash time during the Saturday of the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine, however, turned the most heads. Worthy first turned in a blistering 4.25 on his first attempt, already enough to be considered the fastest time any player turned in during the combine. He lined up once again and made the run that will be immortalized in combine history. With his time, he took down John Ross’s seven year old record. But can 40 yard dash times really indicate…
The New York Giants, headed by Saquon Barkley, shocked the football world in 2022. They did this by returning to the playoffs after several seasons of being in the bottom third of the league. Their 9-7-1 record featured a playoff victory over the Minnesota Vikings, before falling to the Eagles in the Divisional Round. In 2023, they tumbled right back down to the bottom third once more, finishing with a record of 6-11. Barkley, who has become one of the best in the league at his position, has found himself once again up for the Franchise Tag. After months of…
