Where New York Giants rank in positional spending among rest of NFL

Kevin Hickey

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The New York Giants have been battling against the salary cap for a few years now, and the 2024 season will be no different.

Even though they got some relief from the retirement of Darren Waller, the Giants still rank in the bottom half of the league in salary-cap space.

Paying for talent is a part of the business, though, and with training camp right around the corner, we wanted to look at how the Giants stack up in their positional spending relative to the rest of the league.

The Giants find themselves in the top five at three positions: quarterback, defensive line and kicker.

We'll be using the figures from Spotrac to see where the Giants stack up in position spending (including dead cap):

Quarterback

  • 2024 Cap Hit: $56.1 million
  • League Rank: 4th
  • Biggest Cap Hit: Daniel Jones ($47.86 million)

Running Back

  • 2024 Cap Hit: $7.35 million
  • League Rank: 25th
  • Biggest Cap Hit: Devin Singletary ($3.75 million)

Wide Receiver

  • 2024 Cap Hit: $27.2 million
  • League Rank: 24th
  • Biggest Cap Hit: Darius Slayton ($7.75 million)

Tight End

  • 2024 Cap Hit: $7.97 million
  • League Rank: 26th
  • Biggest Cap Hit: Darren Waller ($2.5 million dead cap)

Offensive Line

  • 2024 Cap Hit: $55.93 million
  • League Rank: 12th
  • Biggest Cap Hit: Andrew Thomas ($23.3 million)

Defensive Line

  • 2024 Cap Hit: $58.82 million
  • League Rank: 5th
  • Biggest Cap Hit: Brian Burns ($15.5 million)

Linebacker

  • 2024 Cap Hit: $29.79 million
  • League Rank: 15th
  • Biggest Cap Hit: Bobby Okereke ($11.21 million)

Defensive Back

  • 2024 Cap Hit: $28.98 million
  • League Rank: 31st
  • Biggest Cap Hit: Jason Pinnock ($3.12 million)

Kicker

  • 2024 Cap Hit: $8.01 million
  • League Rank: 1st
  • Biggest Cap Hit: Graham Gano ($7.21 million)

Punter

  • 2024 Cap Hit: $2.4 million
  • League Rank: 14th
  • Biggest Cap Hit: Jamie Gillan ($2.4 million)

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Kevin Hickey

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Hickey was previously the managing editor of USA Today's Colts Wire. His work is also featured as a fantasy football analyst for The Huddle. A career .232 hitter, he is an avid reader of Spider-Man comics, an admirer of the James Webb Space Telescope, and a keen enthusiast of Ma’s sauce. You can find him on Twitter/X @KevinHickey11