Golden Tate became the latest payout causality limit before the new year of the NFL league. The New York Giants launched the veteran receiver, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Tate, 32, was in the middle of a $ 37.5 million contract with the four-year Giants.
Tate’s contract would have resulted in a cap of just under $ 11 million. Before the news of Tate’s launch, the Giants’ projected ceiling for 2021 was below $ 500,000, according to Over The Cap. This year’s salary cap, which would be around $ 200 million, is expected to be around US $ 185 million. The lower wage ceiling is the result of financial losses due to COVID-19.
The 60th overall choice in the 2010 draft, Tate spent his first four seasons in the NFL in Seattle, where he helped the Seahawks win the franchise’s first Super Bowl in 2013. He spent the next four and a half seasons with the Lions, where he won his first and only Pro Bowl selection in 2014. After three 1,000-yard seasons with Lions, Tate was traded from Detroit to Philadelphia in the middle of the 2018 season.
After an unimpressive spell with the Eagles, Tate signed a long-term contract with the Giants during the 2019 off-season. In two seasons in New York, Tate managed 84 passes for 1,064 yards and eight touchdowns. Tate endured a difficult 2020 season, which saw him take just 35 passes for 388 yards and two touchdowns, his lowest total since his second season in the NFL.
Tate’s 2020 season included being a healthy scratch after he publicly demanded the ball during week 8’s defeat in New York to the Buccaneers. Tate later apologized for his actions.
The receiver was among the Giants’ offseason needs ahead of Wednesday’s news of Tate’s release. In their recent simulations, CBS Sports draft analysts Chris Trapasso and Josh Edwards placed the Giants in 11th overall against Florida receiver Kadarius Toney and Alabama wideout DeVonta Smith, respectively. On the other hand, Ryan Wilson, also an analyst at CBS Sports, made the Giants use the choice of Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons.
The Giants have their first three receivers under contract. Darius Slayton led the Giants with 751 receiving yards. Despite losing four games, Sterling Shepard received 66 passes with the team’s best score. Evan Engram won the Pro Bowl honors after making 63 passes for 654 yards.