The New York Giants have filled their need for a veteran off-ball linebacker by signing Tremaine Edmunds, recently released by the Chicago Bears, to a three-year, $36-million contact.
The Giants recently released inside linebacker Bobby Okereke, who was in the final year of a four-year, $40 million contract. Off-ball linebacker Micah McFadden is also a free agent.
What it means for the Giants
Edmunds to the Giants has been speculated about for several weeks, even before the Bears released Edmunds to save $15 million against the salary cap. There was a time when some thought the Giants might need to engineer a player-for-player swap, sending Kayvon Thibodeaux to the Bears, for Edmunds.
In the end, all the Giants needed was cash.
Edmunds always made sense as a target for the Giants. He was a first-round pick by the Buffalo Bills in 2018, when GM Joe Schoen was assistant general manager in Buffalo. The Giants were thought to be interested in Edmunds when he was a free agent in 2023, but he was too expensive and the Giants signed Okereke.