Landon Collins

[Chaka]

Originally Posted by VeveJones007

The Giants are a dumpster fire and Gettleman's decisions over the last year are a big part of the reason why. If you're looking at decisions that have worked for him, try taking a look at that Nate Solder contract. There are also reports that Gettleman passed on a future 1st round pick offered last year for Collins. Simply letting him walk isn't justifiable.

I don't know what value Ballard will place on Collins. Maybe Ballard sees him as an $8-10MM/year player and won't overpay. Maybe the market is a little more suppressed and the Colts get him at a relative discount.

Look, I'm not going to pretend to know a whole lot about Gettleman other than what I read and referred to previously. I agree the Solder contract looks pretty aggressive and a typical high profile free agent signing, exactly the kind of thing I spoke about earlier and what I worry about if the Colts were to chase Landon Collins and sign him to a record-setting contract. Solder probably got the Giants fanbase excited at the time, but now they are not so thrilled about it.

As far as passing on a 1st rounder for Collins, I can't find a reference to that and it's plainly inconsistent with the theory that he devalues DBs - so I question whether it actually happened (I realize you said there were only "reports" of this, and did not definitively say that it happened either).