Giants co-owner John Mara spoke to reporters via Zoom on Wednesday to field questions regarding the state of the team and the league.
Most of the inquiries were about the big ticket free agent contracts his team engaged in the past few weeks and the how he believes they improved the club’s fortunes. The Giants have lost 10 or more games in each of the last four seasons, the longest such stretch in the 96-year history of the franchise.
With all the new players coming in the door the past few seasons, what gets lost is the fact that the Giants have also lost quite a number of quality players in free agency — most notably safety Landon Collins and defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson, the were homegrown players who became team captains.
John Mara on Dalvin Tomlinson and Landon Collins leaving: It broke my heart to see them go but eventually you have to make a cold hard business decision regarding allocating cap space/resources.
— John Schmeelk (@Schmeelk) March 31, 2021
Mara also admitted that he feared that the players would see their teammates walk out of the building but that most understood it is the nature of the business.
Mara added that the team could have traded certain players at the deadline but didn’t because he preferred having them in the locker room for the remainder of the season.
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