The 2-10 New York Giants are making moves. Not really earth-shattering ones, but moves that losing teams make to safeguard themselves from becoming even worse.
This week, they re-signed punter Riley Dixon to a three-year deal.
Riley Dixon’s deal is for $8.7 million. That’s $2.9M per year and puts him in the upper-echelon of punters. Nice payday for a player who seemed to be on the bubble this summer. https://t.co/TAU9dSMjYt
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) December 9, 2019
No one really cares about punters, we get it. But being around the Giants for many years, having a solid punter is vital, especially if your offense isn’t cutting it.
In the 1970s and 80s, the Giants had great punters such as Dave Jennings and Sean Landeta to get them out of trouble and help control field position. They would then hand the game over to their defense to win or lose.
This Giant team can’t really do that because their defense is a joke but, hey, they got the punter part down. They acquired Dixon before last season from the Denver Broncos in exchange for a seventh-round draft pick and have repeatedly brought in challengers to keep him honest, but good punters are hard to find. The Giants are hopeful Dixon can continue to improve the next few seasons.
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