NFL free agency needs
Giants (4-13)
Unrestricted free agents: OT Nate Solder, TE Evan Engram, S Jabrill Peppers, DT Austin Johnson, C Billy Price, G Will Hernandez, LB Lorenzo Carter, FB Eli Penny, LB Jaylon Smith, CB Keion Crossen, QB Mike Glennon, LS Casey Kreiter, DT Danny Shelton, LB Reggie Ragland, WR Dante Pettis, WR John Ross, WR C.J. Board, LB Benardrick McKinney, G Matt Skura, TE Levine Toilolo, S Nate Ebner and T Corey Cunningham. Restricted free agents: FB Cullen Gillaspia, CB Joshua Kalu, DB Steven Parker.
Needs: New general manager Joe Schoen took over a bad situation from Dave Gettleman. The Giants are coming off a bad season and have no cap space: $7 million in the hole after cutting TE Kyle Rudolph and RB Devontae Booker. New York has invested half its cap space in five players — DL Dexter Lawrence, CBs James Bradberry and Adoree Jackson, WR Kenny Golladay and LB Blake Martinez. Although Martinez and Sterling Shepard restructured their deals, Schoen must make roster moves if he wants money to fix some of the holes on both sides of the ball. Salary cap space (approximately): $12 million
Jets (4-13)
Unrestricted free agents: S Marcus Maye, WR Jamison Crowder, WR-KR Braxton Berrios, QB Joe Flacco, RT Morgan Moses, RG Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, RB Tevin Coleman, DL Folorunso Fatukasi, LB Jarrad Davis, TE Tyler Kroft, DL Nathan Shepherd, WR Keelan Cole,
K Eddy Pineiro, OL Dan Feeney, FB Nick Bawden,
OL Greg Senat.
Restricted free agents: QB Mike White, DL Kyle Phillips. Needs: The Jets haven’t made the playoffs in an NFL-worst 11 straight seasons and their latest rebuild is entering its second year with coach Robert Saleh. This will be a big offseason for GM Joe Douglas, who’s in his third full year in charge. The roster has plenty of holes and needs, including at pass rusher, wide receiver, tight end, offensive line, linebacker, safety and cornerback. Douglas acknowledged he’ll be aggressive while trying to set up Saleh with a much more competitive roster — and it starts with having lots of salary cap space for free agency.
Salary cap space (approximately): $48 million