When you use the franchise tag to keep one player at a high number, something’s got to give.
So with the Giants using the $14.813 million franchise tag to hang onto defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, they had to make up the savings somewhere.
The team announced they had cut center J.D. Walton,
Cutting Walton saves them $3 million against the cap, and for a player considered fungible, that’s the kind of room that was worth making.
Of course, they wanted to upgrade there anyway, so this one wasn’t totally about the cap space.
Having him gone could clear the way for 2014 second-rounder Weston Richburg to slide back inside.
