The Giants wanted some new cornerbacks and located a Newsome on the second day of NFL free agency.
With Cor’Dale Flott leaving for the Titans and different Plan Bs not coming to fruition, the Giants pivoted Tuesday to agree to phrases with former first-round decide Greg Newsome II, The Post confirmed.
The one-year deal is value up to $10 million, according to ESPN.
Newsome began 16 video games final season between the Browns and Jaguars.
He was a part of a midseason cornerback swap that noticed Tyson Campbell headed within the different route.
Newsome, 25, has 4 interceptions in 71 profession video games, together with 58 begins.
The Giants had been assured Monday morning about having the ability to re-sign Flott, however the Titans pushed his market to a degree (three years, $45 million) that exceeded his in-house worth.
Flott was considered one of three members of the 2022 Giants draft class — the primary for normal supervisor Joe Schoen and then-head coach Brian Daboll (now the Titans offensive coordinator) — to relocate to Tennessee.
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That meant waking up Tuesday with former first-round decide Deonte Banks — who’s going to have to win over head coach John Harbaugh by displaying higher effort than he did below Daboll — penciled in as a starter reverse Paulson Adebo. That was not going to work.
Newsome, a Northwestern product, initially was the No. 26 decide within the 2021 draft — six spots after the Giants chosen receiver Kadarius Toney.
