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Giants' John Mara: No 7-Year Deal for HC amid Matt Rhule's Panthers Contract

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New York Giants co-owner John Mara shed light on why the franchise made Joe Judge their new head coach over Matt Rhule, who signed a seven-year, $62 million contract to become the Carolina Panthers' head coach.

"(Rhule's) agent called me early Tuesday morning to say that he had a deal in place," Mara explained Thursday, per NJ.com's Darryl Slater. "It was a seven-year deal. I had a brief conversation with [co-owner] Steve (Tisch) and [general manager] Dave (Gettleman), and we agreed that we were not going there, for a number of reasons.