Salary Cap

New York Giants

New York's current cap room of $1629.2M ranks 14th in the league, which sounds healthy but is constrained by $28.3M in dead money (17th most) and a near-empty rollover of just $1.3M, the 28th-lowest in the league. The committed salary escalates to $271.4M next season before dropping sharply to $173.4M the season after and then to just $44.4M by the third year out, which is where the Giants get truly flexible. The 25 expiring contracts this year create a wave of decisions, and smart management of those extensions will determine whether the team enters the medium term with cap room to compete or piles up new dead money. Cutting inefficient veterans like Kayvon Thibodeaux and Jon Runyan can recover meaningful space now, but the Paulson Adebo situation is a cautionary example where a release creates $17.0M in dead money against only $7.2M freed. The path to sustained financial flexibility runs through disciplined extensions and avoiding long-term commitments to players whose best years are behind them.