The New York Giants are in need of defensive help, and one of the best defensive players on the free agent market may want to play for them. However, it might not be a match made in heaven.

According to Ralph Vacchiano of SNY, pass rusher Jadeveon Clowney would like to play for the Giants, but his asking price (possibly around $22-23 million annually) may be too rich for New York.

The Giants are expected to have around $75 million in cap room this offseason, but New York has been stating that it will be cautious with how it uses its money. That being said, Vacchiano notes that NFL sources expect the Giants to spend it.

“Everybody wants an elite guy,” said new head coach Joe Judge at the Scouting Combine last week. “But you have to find ways, if you don't have necessarily that one elite guy, of getting production out of maybe two to three other players that complement each other.”

That doesn't sound like it bodes well for New York signing Clowney, and Vacchiano notes that it might be more cost-effective for the Giants to re-sign linebacker Markus Golden and potentially go after fellow linebacker Kyle Van Noy.

Plus, for as good as Clowney's reputation is, his production is questionable.

In 13 games with the Seattle Seahawks in 2019, the 27-year-old logged just three sacks. To be fair, he was dealing with a sports hernia injury for much of the second half, but he wasn't really getting to the quarterback prior to that, either.

Not only that, but in six NFL seasons, Clowney has never tallied a double-digit sack campaign.