Dan Duggan of the Athletic reports that the Giants will not be exercising their option on veteran RB Jonathan Stewart.
Duggan notes that Stewart would have carried a cap hit of $2.775 million in 2019, but declining his option won’t result in any dead money for the Giants, who will pick up a $250,000 cap credit.
Stewart, 31, is a former first-round pick of the Panthers back in 2008. He was in the final year of his six-year, $37.811 million contract when he signed a two-year, $8 million deal that included $1.1 million guaranteed with the Panthers last year.
Stewart was set to make a base salary of $1.9 million for the 2018 season when the Panthers released him in March. The Giants later signed him to a two-year, $6.9 million deal.
Stewart was set to make base salaries of $1.4 million and $2.35 million over the next two years.
In 2018, Stewart appeared in three games for the Giants and rushed for 17 yards on six carries (2.8 YPC) and no touchdowns.
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The Jonathan Stewart signing by Gettleman was another of many disastrous offseason moves in 2018. Gettleman should have signed Frank Gore instead. Gore is still productive even at age 35 and Gore is also a great locker room guy, who will out-work all of his teammates in the gym and on the field.
Barkley and Gallman seem like the new tandem at RB. The only downfall for Gallman maybe the fact that he was a Jerry Reese pick, combined with the fact that Gallman’s rookie deal will be up after the 2019 season. With only 13 players remaining from the 2017 regime on the current roster. There’s not much to be sure about in regards to Gallman’s future with the GMEN.