Another premier safety is hitting the open market.
And like Earl Thomas, he too could be a target of the Dallas Cowboys.
The New York Giants did not use the franchise tag on Landon Collins ahead of Tuesday's 3 p.m. league deadline for tag distribution, making the 25-year-old Pro Bowler an unrestricted free agent when free agency officially opens next Wednesday. Teams can contact and enter contract negotiations with free agents starting Monday.
Collins, the 33rd overall pick of the 2015 NFL draft out of Alabama, had essentially confirmed the news himself earlier in the day when he tweeted this goodbye to the Giants organization:
Could that next chapter be with a certain division nemesis of the Giants?