Salary cap space and contract structure are always of interest to New York Giants fans. So, let’s go through what some of the contract the Giants have signed players to in NFL free agency look like.
Using the Top 51 rule, Over the Cap shows the Giants with $25.8 million in cap space. As you should realize by the end of this post, though, that number is meaningless since not all contracts agreed to are accounted for.
**Total:** Three years, $39 million
**Fully guaranteed money:** $25.45 million
**Base salary:** 2026 — $1.3 million | 2027 — $12.4 million | 2028 — $11.35 million
**Guaranteed salary:** 2026 — $1.3 million | 2027 — $12.15 million | 2028 — $0
**Prorated signing bonus:** $12 million ($4 million per year)
**Per game roster bonus**: $1.35 million ($450K per year | $26,471 per game)
**Workout bonus:** $200,000 per year
**Cap number:** 2026 — $5.923 million | 2027 — $17.05 million | 2028 — $16 million
If the Giants were to choose to, they could get out of Eluemunor’s contract before the 2028 season with $4 million in dead money and $12 million in cap savings.
**Total:** Two years, $7.63 million
**Fully guaranteed money:** $3.54 million
**Base salary:** 2026 — $1.34 million | 2027 — $2.34 million
**Guaranteed salary:** 2026 — $1.34 million | 2027 — $0
**Prorated signing bonus:** $2.2 million
**Per game roster bonus**: $800,000 ($400K per year | $23,529 per game)
**2027 roster bonus:** $750,000 due if on the roster on the fifth day of the 2027 league year
**Workout bonus:** $100,000 per year
**Cap number:** 2026 — $2.798 million | 2027 — $4.69 million
In effect, this is a one-year contract. The Giants can get out of it in 2027 with $1.1 million in dead money while saving $3.59 million against the cap.
**Total:** One-year, $1.4875 million
**Fully guaranteed money:** $262,500
**Base salary:** $1.3 million
**Prorated signing bonus:** $62,500
**Per game roster bonus**: $100,000
**Workout bonus:** $25,000
**Guaranteed salary:** $200,000
**Cap number:** $1.2625 million
If Manhertz somehow failed to make the roster the Giants would be out only $262,500.
**Total:** One-year, $1.425 million
**Fully Guaranteed Money:** $300,000
**Base salary:** $1.3 million
**Guaranteed salary:** $200,000
**Prorated Signing Bonus:** $100,000
**Workout bonus:** $25,000
**Cap Number:** $1.2 million
The contract, with only $300,000 guaranteed, makes it pretty clear the Giants are not handing Sanders their placekicking job. He will have to beat out Ben Sauls to earn it.
**Total:** One-year, $1.24 million
**Fully Guaranteed Money:** $0
**Base salary:** $1.215 million
**Guaranteed salary:** $0
**Prorated Signing Bonus:** $0
**Per Game Roster Bonus**: $0
**Workout bonus:** $25,000
**Cap Number:** $1.1 million
**Total:** One-year, $1.215 million
**Fully guaranteed money:** $0
**Base salary:** $1.215 million
**Guaranteed salary:** $0
**Prorated bigning bonus:** $0
**Per Game roster bonus**: $0
**Workout bonus:** $0
**Cap number:** $1.075 million
It is pretty clear the Giants are guaranteeing Neal nothing but an opportunity. They recoup the full $1.075 million if he does not make the roster.
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