The Giants are releasing defensive back Logan Ryan (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport). The Giants will not classify this as a post-June 1 designation, according to Dan Duggan of The Athletic (on Twitter), which means they’ll absorb the full dead money hit in 2022. 
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Ryan, 31, first joined the Giants on a one-year, $7.5MM deal. Towards the end of the 2020 season, the Giants re-upped him on a three-year, $31MM extension. That deal has now been cut short — instead of making $9.25MM with the G-Men this year, Ryan is back on the market.
Last year, Ryan logged 117 total tackles, two tackles for loss, a pair of forced fumbles, and eight passes defensed across 15 games. While he’s still productive, he’ll likely have to settle for a lesser deal elsewhere.
Meanwhile, the Giants’ new regime still has to figure out what to do with James Bradberry. Teams have made trade inquiries on Dave Gettleman‘s high-priced addition, but the offers have been underwhelming so far. The Giants could keep Bradberry, table trade talks until sometime after the draft, or just release him outright. Cutting Bradberry would save the team upwards of $10MM in 2022.
While I love Logan Ryan and respect him that he stood in front of the press and answered all the tough questions the past 2 years, it was the right move to move on from him. They have a few players to take over for him that are cheaper and need to become leaders.
Sorry to see him leave.
Good fit in Seattle.
Bad day for RU. First, the Knights got their hearts broken in double OT, now Logan Ryan, who tweeted his support for his alma mater before the game, gets cut.
The offers for Bradberry have been underwhelming, because his performance in 2021 was underwhelming. He wasn’t terrible in any sense, but nowhere near the paycheck.
The Giants need an enema; move whatever pieces you can, except Saquon and DJ; who knows, maybe with a real GM/coach/staff combo, maybe those two can make it work; otherwise, you’re selling low. The rest? Oh bye-bye.
Good fit for Pittsburgh
Welcome back to New England!