The Ereck Flowers saga is nearing its end. The Giants will release the tackle if he is not traded by 4pm ET/3pm CT on Tuesday, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets. 
The Giants benched Flowers before their Week 3 game against the Texans, bringing an end to his three-plus years as a starter.
The Giants, under both the former regime and the current one, have considered parting ways with Flowers for some time. They moved Flowers off of the left tackle spot this year by signing Nate Solder in free agency, but gave him an opportunity to redeem himself on the right side. Unfortunately, the results have been roughly the same, and the 2015 first-round pick’s time in New York is finally through.
Several teams were giving thought to using a top 32 pick on Flowers in 2015, but it’s unlikely that there’s much of a trade market for him today. There are plenty of teams who are desperate for offensive line help, but it’s hard to see a team giving up something of value and assuming the prorated portion of Flowers’ $2.397MM base salary.
Despite some serious buzz that led to him being taken No. 9 overall in the draft, the Miami product has yet to do much at the pro level. Last year was his best season to date and he graded out as just the No. 54 tackle in the NFL out of 81 qualifiers, per Pro Football Focus.
The Giants have elevated second-year UDFA offensive tackle Chad Wheeler to the starting lineup in Flowers’ stead, but he is questionable for Thursday night’s game against the Eagles after suffering a hand injury. The Giants have decided to dump Flowers three days before facing a divisional rival on national television even though they might be without their projected starter, and that speaks volumes for where the former first-round pick is in his career.
Cause he sucks
Buh-bye
Should the Giants be cutting and trading more offensive linemen, just like the center before the season? Do they all of a sudden think they have depth? Or is it just getting rid of all the bad locker room from the previous regime?
What’s the difference, this guy is a stiff and has been since the day they wasted a draft pick on him. They could stick a helmet on a bag of potatoes for all the so called depth they’re losing. Sheesh!
They could sign anyone from anyone’s p-squad and they’d likely play better than Flowers. It’s about getting rid of a locker room cancer and trash player for literally anyone else.
They should sign that remote control tackle dummy from that Todd gurley commercial that thing was laying people out
Probably still be an upgrade if the Vikings add him
the amount of hate is unbelievable lol
Any chance they can cut Eli too? Dudes been atrocious for just about as long as Flowers. Now before the Eli fan bois pounce, I’m a Giants fan AND an Eli fan…but let’s be realistic: they need to put him out to pasture. If they don’t go QB in the draft next year, the Mara/Tisch families are incompetent to continue leading this illustrious franchise.