Giants will apparently give veteran large receiver yet another likelihood
Sterling Shepard is returning to the New York Giants for the 2023 NFL season, according to a report from Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.
The 30-year-old large receiver has missed important chunks of the final two seasons with accidents. He performed solely seven video games (with 36 receptions) in 2021 earlier than lacking the remainder of the season with a torn Achilles tendon. Last season, he had 13 receptions in three video games earlier than struggling a torn ACL that sidelined him for the rest of the season.
Paul Schwartz of the New York Post is reporting that Shepard is getting a one-year, veteran minimum deal. Shepard appeared to substantiate the information by way of his Instagram web page. That makes this a low-risk, high-reward signing for the Giants.
A 2016 second-round decide by the Giants, Shepard has a prolonged harm historical past and has not performed a full season since 2018.
Shepard is eight on the Giants’ all-time listing with 362 profession receptions. He is sixteenth in franchise historical past with 4,038 receiving yards.
Signing Shepard this early within the offseason is probably a little bit of a shocking transfer by the Giants. At the start of the offseason GM Joe Schoen didn’t decide to a return by Shepard. He mentioned solely that the Giants would monitor his rehab.
Shepard is an elder statesman and chief for the Giants, persevering with to play a visual function on the sidelines and within the locker room final season even after being place on injured reserve.
In a beforehand recorded ‘Valentine’s Views’ podcast to be launched Monday morning, Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post and I mentioned Shepard, agreeing that he would seemingly be again with the Giants however {that a} signing wouldn’t come till a while in the summertime when Shepard might go a bodily.
Wide receivers Richie James, Darius Slayton and Marcus Johnson can all be free brokers. ESPN’s Jordan Ranaan reported that the Giants “would like to re-sign” Slayton if the value is correct.
Bringing again Shepard is probably going only a first step for the Giants in revamping their receiving corps.
ESPN’s Tom Pelissero reported that “several teams” are now in talks with free agent large receiver Odell Beckham Jr. after his Friday exercise in Arizona. It shouldn’t be identified if the Giants are a type of groups. Pro Football Talk is reporting Beckham is seeing $20 million per 12 months, which might seemingly worth the Giants out of the market.
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