The Giants were rumored to be looking for another receiver this offseason, and now they’ve found one. New York has agreed to terms on a deal with receiver John Ross, a source told Mike Garafolo of NFL Network (Twitter link).
It’s a one-year, $2.5MM deal that includes $1MM in guaranteed money, Garafolo reports. The move isn’t necessarily the big splash many Giants fans have been waiting for, but it’s a nice low-risk flyer with significant upside. Ross is well known for being the ninth overall pick in 2017, as well as his legendary NFL Combine 40-time of 4.22.
Things didn’t go as planned with the Bengals nearly immediately, and his four years in Cincinnati were an abject disaster. He struggled with injuries, playing in three, 13, eight, and three games during his four seasons there. He finished his run with 51 catches for 733 yards and ten touchdowns, a pitiful sum for a top ten pick.
Needless to say, the team didn’t exercise his fifth-year option and returning to Cincy was never in the cards. He’s obviously got game-breaking speed, and showed plenty of flashes during the 2019 season when he had 506 yards in only eight games, so the potential is there.
After releasing Golden Tate the Giants don’t have much at all at receiver beyond Darius Slayton and Sterling Shepard, as Ross has a realistic path to some playing time in 2021. Keep an eye on this one.
He will be hurt in training camp … will never see the field.
Didn’t he say he only wanted to go to a contender?
Wanted Golladay got Ross.. Gettleman gonna Gettleman
$2.5 million for this scrub and $3 million for Booker yet no money for Zeitler or Tomlinson. Gettleman is so terrible.
I’m waiting for the nuptial announcement between Gettlemen and Leonard Williams….got no money left after a “meh” DT, who mysteriously plays at his best when his contract is expiring….
Williams has had a PFF season grade above 75 for every single year of his career except 2019, so that would seem to be the outlier, not last year.
If the Giants are this desperate for a WR they would be better off bringing back Victor Cruz.
lol
Lol, one of the few smart moves the bengals did. Unload this dud !!!!
Sink or swim…..