We might be seeing the recent Kadarius Toney drama settle down, though the Giants’ draft actions do make their receiver depth chart quite crowded.
Still, Joe Schoen said (via The Athletic’s Dan Duggan, on Twitter) Toney is not being shopped. While the new Big Blue GM did not go into much detail on the Toney situation, he made his statement after being asked about the prospect of the 2021 first-round pick and Friday second-round choice (slot receiver Wan’Dale Robinson) coexisting.
The Giants exited Round 2 with a wideout surplus, with Toney and Robinson joining veterans Kenny Golladay, Sterling Shepard and Darius Slayton. A 5-foot-8 target who caught 104 passes for 1,334 yards and seven touchdowns at Kentucky last season, Robinson adds an inside weapon to New York’s receiver stable — one Schoen compared to Bills 5-7 gadget player Isaiah McKenzie. But the team already houses slot contributors in Shepard and Toney.
The team reached an agreement to bring back Shepard, and Schoen is shutting down the notion the new regime is bailing on Toney so soon. Although the Giants are shopping Slayton, they certainly appear to have some role overlap now that Robinson is on the team. A 2019 fifth-round pick, Slayton has shown flashes as a pro — despite the Giants’ struggles as a whole offensively — and finished with more than 700 receiving yards in each of his first two seasons. As the Giants’ offense cratered last year, Slayton finished with just 339 yards in 13 games.
Toney not being shopped does not mean the Giants are not listening to offers; it appears that has happened since the Toney trade talk started several days ago. Schoen declined to say the team is not listening on Toney.
The intriguing Florida product has struggled to stay on the field and been a bit of a headache off it for the Giants, but they would take on $11MM in dead money by trading him. A team that would acquire Toney would only be on the hook for his rookie-deal base salaries, creating value here considering Toney’s first-round pedigree. For the time being, however, the Giants will carry this interesting receiver quintet into their offseason program.
Toney for Baker!!!
Browns need a quality young WR like Toney. He would be really cheap and fill a need they are desperate for in Cleveland. For the giants you have loads of WR, Toney has his issues and was being shopped. You declined Dan Jones 5th year, so your obviously not sold on him. Baker vs Dan for the starting spot. Bet Baker wins and all it’ll cost is a young problematic WR who you’ve already replaced anyways
ill be honest i dont know how the dollars flow for trades in NFL but do the giants have the cap space to take baker on and sign their draft class?Im thinking there was not even enough for the draft and further cuts needed to be made.
At this stage the giants would need to clear cap space but they can sign their draft class easily with the cap space they have
Giants have nowhere near the cap space for Baker. They barely, and I mean barely, have enough to sign their picks, and that’s after restructuring a few guys, most notably Sterling Shepard.
Baker to the Giants makes ZERO sense from any perspective.
Why would the Giants trade three cheap years and an option on a talented receiver for one expensive year of a QB that Cleveland absolutely has to get rid of? Especially when it’s a crazy seller’s market for receivers?
Pretty simple really Browns need a WR and Giants need a better QB.
Kadarius is full of problems, have you not read the reports on him. He’s put up good numbers but he’s causing issues already.
Giants have loads of WR and don’t need Toney and his issues. What they do need is an upgrade at QB tho
The Giants don’t have a good set of receivers, they don’t have cap room to spare on a QB who doesn’t look like a long term answer. I’d rather gamble on a cheap, talented receiver for a team that isn’t ready to win right now.
“Toney was continually in the news last season, stemming from on-the-field issues (like the time he wore the wrong cleats or time he was tossed from practice for throwing a punch) or off-the-field issues (like “a lack of playbook study” or “poor meeting behavior,” per Leonard).”
Also just missed the mini camps.
They just drafted Robinson.
Idk if I was GM and was trying to build a team and win games I’d get rid of potential cancers like this kid as soon as possible. But that’s just me.
And I don’t believe all the leaked reports I read. Hollywood Brown requested a trade a long time ago and we never found out until he was traded, because the Ravens are a high functioning organization.
They drafted Robinson because literally all four of their top WRs have injury histories. It’s a pass-first league and five solid WRs is almost required in 2022. It’s not because Toney is a ‘cancer’.
L
Moron.
‘Giants need a better QB.’
This year? No, they don’t. They’re rebuilding and giving one last chance to Daniel Jones with a competent OL and coaching staff, something he’s never had so far.
And even if they did want Baker, they can just:
A) wait until the Browns release him, or
B) wait until the season ends and sign him as a free agent
Or they can just stay the course, give Jones a shot, and then draft a QB next season if Jones still sucks.
Kadarius Toney is worth so, so much more to the Giants right now than Baker Mayfield. Just stop, dude. This is a horrible suggestion that does not benefit the Giants in any way.
Toney – three years of control with an option for another one, fills a position of need, is explosive and talented, show flashes of greatness in limited action. Needs to stay healthy.
Baker – One year of expensive control, coming off a major injury and a horrible season, has had one great season in his four years in the league, has lead the Browns to scoring ranks of 20th, 22nd, 14th, and 20th despite great weapons (Chubb, Landry, OBJ, etc) and a great offensive line.
Giants – Not in the market for a rental QB because they’re rebuilding from the ground up with new regime and don’t plan on competing this year.
Browns – Absolutely no leverage in trading Baker because everyone knows they’re going to cut him eventually.
AKA he HAS ZERO VALUE and nobody WANTS A HEADCASE
Or maybe if they actually want to trade him, they should stop trashing and devaluing their own asset. Marquise Brown just got traded for an even higher draft pick than he was taken with after three underwhelming years. I’m sure Toney has value.
Toney has plenty of value. This dude has no idea what he’s talking about. If they actually wanted to trade him, they could have in a heartbeat.
Yea rct and Barkley and Jones were good picks before that. Bahahaha