Ian Rapoport reports that the Giants are unlikely to use their franchise tag on S Landon Collins, making him an unrestricted free agent next week.
Rapoport explains that the Giants “love” Collins but view the tag number as too high.
Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News reported earlier in the day that there is a “significant market” for Collins this offseason.
The franchise tag would have cost the Giants over $11 million fully guaranteed for the 2018 season.
Collins, 24, is a former second-round pick of the Giants back in 2015. He played out the final year of his four-year, $6.12 million rookie contract that included $4.459 million guaranteed and is now in line to be an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his NFL career.
In 2018, Collins appeared in 12 games for the Giants and recorded 96 tackles, a forced fumble and four pass defenses.
We have him featured in our Top 100 – 2019 NFL Free Agents list.
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