6:10pm: Van Roten inked a one-year deal worth up to $3MM, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The veteran will earn the entirety of that total if he appears in at least 50 percent of his team’s offensive snaps.
10:15am: Greg Van Roten‘s recent Giants visit has produced a deal. The veteran lineman signed on Tuesday, as first reported by Art Stapleton of NorthJersey.com. Head coach Brian Daboll has since confirmed the move. 
Van Roten met with the team last week, and his visit clearly went well. The 34-year-old will now compete for playing time at guard as the Giants continue to sort out a number of starting spots up front. Left tackle Andrew Thomas and center John Michael Schmitz are set to remain in their respective places in 2024, but both guard positions and the right tackle gig are yet to be determined.
Jon Runyan Jr. came to the Giants after his new team outbid the Jets in free agency. The former Packers starter is set to handle first-team duties, although Daboll said that with Van Roten now in the fold, Runyan could be used at left (rather than right) guard. Much will depend on the performance of free agent signing Jermaine Eluemunor and the health of Evan Neal with respect to the right side of the line being worked out, but Van Roten will now be in the mix. The latter is a veteran of 71 starts, including 17 last year with the Raiders.
To make room for Van Roten, the Giants waived cornerback Aaron Robinson. One of several recent third-round cornerback additions, Robinson made 11 appearances and four starts during his first two years in the league. He missed the 2023 campaign in its entirety while recovering from ACL and MCL tears. The 25-year-old joined Neal in beginning training camp on the reserve/PUP list, and today’s move suggests he has a long way to go in recovery. Daboll’s most recent comments on Robinson pointed in that direction, and it would thus come as a surprise if a team were to make a waiver claim.
The Giants entered Tuesday with roughly $11.5MM in cap space. Today’s moves will lower that figure to an extent, but Van Roten settled for a low-cost deal last offseason. Doing so again could pave the way to a starting gig in New York, a team in need of improvement at multiple positions up front in 2024. They will have a number of options to choose from once the unit is fully healthy.
It just doesn’t seem fair that the Giants are able to acquire so many Rotten players 🙂
At least they are trying to redo the line here, it can’t be worse than last year. It would be nice if the QB (whoever it is) could take a 3 step drop and set up versus emergency dump offs or running for his life before he can do that.
They are, but if you look at the time that Jones has to throw the ball, it’s in the top half of every qb. You can research it. He simply can’t pull the trigger. Dave Brown was the same way.
I see different things. Jones is up near the top 10 in holding onto the ball after the snap, but the amount of time to pressure versus other teams in the league is ranked near or at the bottom (meaning he gets pressure the quickest). A lot of this is him dodging/scrambling.
That said, I agree many examples where he should just chuck it out of bounds at some point.
If that’s an attempt for a play on words, I get it. But this is a great signing. He played 100% of offensive snaps last year and no penalties. Stays healthy
What a ROTEN thing to do !!