It’s no secret the New York Giants prefer pass-rushers over interior linemen. At the very least that’s been the perception, heightened when they let Barry Cofield walk in 2011, then Linval Joseph in 2014. With DT Johnathan Hankins expected to hit the open market early next month, Big Blue has another tough decision to make.
ESPN’s panel of experts (front office executives and numbers guys) estimate Hankins could net a five-year, $43 million contract, with $18 million guaranteed. When the Giants let Joseph go, he got five years and $31 million from the Minnesota Vikings, $12.