The New York Giants have told veteran cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie that he’s being released, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports.
Giants informed CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie that he is being released, per @JordanRaanan and me. Giants will save $6.5 million by releasing him.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 11, 2018
Rodgers-Cromartie, 31, was set to enter the final year of a five-year, $35 million contract he signed with the Giants in 2014. He was set to have an $8.5 million cap hit in 2018, and the Giants will save $6.5 million on their salary cap by releasing him.
Rodgers-Cromartie expressed his thanks to the Giants organization on an Instagram post.
https://instagram.com/p/BgMDHUzANFD/?utm_source=ig_embed
The Giants' decision to cut Rodgers-Cromartie shouldn't be all that surprising. Prior to his release, the Giants had asked Rodgers-Cromartie to take a pay cut if he was to stay on for next season, but he declined. The team had also been contemplating shifting him from cornerback to safety for next season.
Rodgers-Cromartie spent four seasons with the Giants, playing 61 out of a possible 64 games. He was a Pro Bowler in 2015 and was just named a second-team All-Pro back in 2016. However, he saw his status as a starter reduced during last season as he was supplanted by Eli Apple in the Giants secondary.
As a result, Rodgers-Cromartie had one of his least productive seasons in 2017 failed to record a single interception the entire year for just the second time in his 10-year NFL career. He had tied a career-high with six in 2016.
With Rodgers-Cromartie’s release, the Giants will now be looking for added reinforcements in free agency and the draft to beef up a secondary which struggled mightily last season. They finished just 31st against the pass and gave up an NFL-worst 32 touchdown passes.
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