Still No Contract Talks Between Giants & S Landon Collins

Pat Leonard reports that there still haven’t been any contract talks between the Giants and S Landon Collins regarding a long-term extension.

According to NJ.com, Collins has no intention of reporting to voluntary OTAs, minicamp or training camp or being part of preseason games if the Giants use their franchise tag on him before next week’s deadline.

In fact, sources tell NJ.com that Collins could replicate the length of Earl Thomas‘ holdout and possibly surpass it if tagged. Thomas waited until September 5 to report to the Seahawks last year.

The franchise tag would 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.