When Joe Schoen took over as Giants general manager a little over a year ago, he was immediately thrown into the fire. Mostly because he had to start cleaning up Dave Gettleman’s mess. That included making tough salary cap decisions.
One of those was cutting cornerback James Bradberry last May, despite being one of the team’s better defensive players. The move came with $11.7 million in dead money, but more importantly, it created $10.1 million in cap space. That was the main motivation for Schoen making that move.
Bradberry eventually got scooped up by the Eagles, and the rest is history.