CB Jackson: Giants felt like ‘family’

Familiarity seemed to play as much a part in free-agent cornerback Adoree’ Jackson signing with the Giants as the three-year, $39 million contract they gave him did.

It seems like Jackson knows half the Giants roster. There certainly were enough of their players publicly recruiting him before his signing became official.

Jackson, the former Titans cornerback who was a surprise salary cap cut, has ties to fellow Giants defensive backs Logan Ryan, Darnay Holmes and Jabrill Peppers as well as new receiver John Ross.

He called his visit with the Giants “kind of like being in college and getting recruited all over again.’’

“It felt like family, it felt like home and it felt good,’’ he said of his visit with head coach Joe Judge and his staff. “I always talk about trying to be comfortable and being at peace, so that’s what I felt when I was out there on the visit. It was just great to have people want me to come here.’’ Jackson had high praise for Judge. “What sold me was him just being straightforward and straight up,’’ he said. “It was comfortable just being able to talk to him, your head coach, just being comfortable and talk face-to-face, laugh here and laugh there and to be able to kind of relate in a sense and understand each other.

“About the culture that he’s bringing, it’s just something that you feel and you know and what you want to see.’’

Asked what Giants fans can expect from him, Jackson said, “They’re getting a team player. They’re getting somebody who’s going to be compatible with what the guys want and what the coaches want, who’s going to go out there and do his job, bring a lot fun, try to bring some excitement.’’

Jackson said the knee injury that limited him to playing only three games last season was not a situation that he saw “stunting development’’ for him.

➤ The Giants on Wednesday agreed to terms with outside linebacker Ryan Anderson, 26, a former second-round pick out of Alabama. The one-year contract is for the veteran minimum of $1.125 million.

Anderson played his first four years for the Redskins, with whom he’s played 52 games. He started four games in 2019 and had his best season with five forced fumbles, four sack, two fumble recoveries, 44 tackles, four for losses and nine quarterback hits.