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Keeping Leonard Williams with Giants not all about the money

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants are committed. They traded for defensive lineman Leonard Williams and have already stated their intention to re-sign the 2015 New York Jets first-round pick before he hits the free-agent market.

At least that's the flare general manager Dave Gettleman sent from his bunker in the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. He almost has to, considering the Giants sent significant assets to the Jets for his services.

The cost: a third-round pick in 2020 and a fifth-round pick in 2021. The fifth-rounder becomes a fourth if Williams signs an extension before the start of the new league year in March 2020.