The Giants aren’t letting Corey Coleman get away. On Thursday, the G-Men applied the original round tender to the former first-round wide receiver, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets.
Because Coleman was a first-round selection, another team would have to give the Giants a first-round pick in order to sign Coleman and nullify his one-year, $2.03MM offer sheet. Needless to say, no team will be willing to pay that price for the Baylor product.
The Browns made Coleman a first-round pick in 2016, but he didn’t do a whole lot at the NFL level. As a rookie, he recorded 33 catches for 413 yards and three touchdowns, all of which still stand as career highs. After bouncing around with the Bills and Patriots, he hooked on with the Giants’ practice squad in October. He was quickly promoted to the varsity squad and recorded five catches for 71 yards across eight games. Coleman also averaged 26 yards on his 23 kickoff returns last year, so he figures to have a role on special teams in 2019.
Good move by the giants to hold on to him
Inb4 the comments about the Giants being able to trade Odell now…
Its a nothing burger. They put a 1st round tender to a guy who was a bust so they don’t lose him? They could have put a lower tender on him and still not lost him. Any team could have had him a few times so if this is their answer to making the team better, its a joke. They have already lost a few really good D guys and about to lose a few more really good ones but lets keep the trash around just in case. Giants are on a very destructive path to being the old Cleveland Browns. Congrats!
What are the rules with a tender? Can you make it any less than the original round? I know you can go higher, but I’m not sure you can go lower.
Just looked at the rules via Wikipedia. Since they wanted to keep him, it’s a no-brainer to give an original round tender. The offer sheet they gave him is the same as the minimum required for a second round tender, but they could have offered him as low as $1.323M and still forced another team to give up a first for him.
Seriously?