Giants Cut Brandon Jacobs

The New York Giants have released Brandon Jacobs after the team and the running back were unable to come to terms on a restructured deal. The team wanted to reduce Jacobs' salary to create more cap flexibility. Jacobs said he was open to the idea as long as it was fair. But both sides could not come to an agreement, as the Newark Star-Ledger first reported. Jacobs was due a $500,000 roster bonus in March to go along with the $4.4 million he was due this season. Jacobs, the Giants' fourth-round pick in 2005, is fourth in franchise history with 4,849 rushing yards and has a franchise-record 56 rushing touchdowns. "It's been a great ride," Jacobs said in a statement. "It's a great organization, a standup organization. I had fun. Won two Super Bowls here. I accomplished a lot in my career as a professional athlete here. That's it. It's been a good ride. Time to move on."

I'm not surprised.  With 20 free agents, the Giants already had to restructure Eli's contract and I didn't see Jacobs taking a pay cut for the second year in a row.  It clears up about $5 million in salary cap space and just about puts the Giants under the cap so I think it makes sense.  It's not easy to cut a guy whose been around for seven years and played on both Super Bowl teams, but when he's not producing the numbers he was when he initially signed his contract, changes need to be made.  This leaves the Giants with Ahmad Bradshaw, D.J. Ware and  Da'Rel Scott at running back.  With Bradshaw's history of foot injuries, I wouldn't be surprised if the Giants draft a running back or pick up a veteran on the cheap via free agency.  It was a nice one-two punch they had for a couple years with Jacobs and Bradshaw, so I'm interested to see how the running game shapes up next year.  Although Jacobs did run his mouth a little too much sometimes, anybody is better than having fucking Tiki Barber on your team.  

Peace out Brandon Jacobs.  Keep on truckin.

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