{"id":800823,"date":"2026-03-08T18:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/800823\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T18:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:06:15","slug":"ny-giants-free-agency-rumors-travis-kelce-jamel-dean-tyler-linderbaum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/800823\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Giants free agency rumors: Travis Kelce? Jamel Dean? Tyler Linderbaum?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the NFL free agency negotiating window, which begins on Monday, nears it looks like the possibility that free agent center Tyler Linderbaum will be joining the New York Giants is becoming more remote.<\/p>\n

The league\u2019s current highest-paid center, Creed Humphrey of the Kansas City Chiefs, makes $18 million per year. Linderbaum is expected to command a market-resetting offer of $20 million or more annually. Long-time NFL columnist Gary Myers said earlier this week that the three-time Pro Bowler was \u201cgoing to be much too expensive<\/a>\u201d for the Giants.<\/p>\n

Ian O\u2019Connor of The Athletic, who was out front with news updates during the Giants\u2019 pursuit of head coach John HJarbaugh, seconded that notion<\/a>. O\u2019Connor on Sunday said \u201cdon\u2019t expect the Giants to spend big\u201d on Linderbaum. O\u2019Connor, in fact hinted at a volume approach for the Giants, saying they \u201chave too many holes to fill to throw a truckload of cash at a singular star.\u201d<\/p>\n

CB Jamel Dean to the Giants?<\/p>\n

The Giants do need cornerback help, especially is they do not re-sign Cor\u2019Dale Flott.<\/p>\n

Dean is a big, thick cornerback with size and speed. He is an easy mover, but he has struggled with injuries in his career. Dean missed four games with a foot injury in 2023. He also suffered a back injury in the playoffs that season. In 2024, he landed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury. He also missed time with a knee injury that season. In 2025, he missed three games with a hip flexor injury.<\/p>\n

For the past few weeks, the idea that Taylor Swift might arm twist her soon-to-be hubby to leave Kansas City for the Big Apple has been floated.<\/p>\n

Dunleavy lists the Giants as a possible landing spot for the 36-year-old, but predicts he will stay with the chiefs if he does not retire.<\/p>\n

I have to agree. If Kelce continues to play, I can\u2019t see him finishing his career anywhere other than Kansas City.<\/p>\n

Wide receiver Wan\u2019Dale Robinson seems headed elsewhere, with a reunion with Brian Daboll in Tennessee sounding like a strong possibility. Flott\u2019s market is tough to figure, as is the Giants\u2019 true interest in keeping him.<\/p>\n

The one player everyone seems to agree the Giants really want back is right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor.<\/p>\n

Eluemunor\u2019s recent comment<\/a> that \u201cI believe I\u2019m the best right tackle in the league, and my film proves it\u201d tells you he won\u2019t take a discount to stay in New York.<\/p>\n

Dunleavy has Eluemunor joining Daboll and offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo in Tennessee. I\u2019m not buying that. Eluemunor does not want to move to guard, and I can\u2019t see the Titans moving 2024 first-round pick JC Latham from right tackle to guard to accommodate Eluemunor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the NFL free agency negotiating window, which begins on Monday, nears it looks like the possibility that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,1917,56,7558,11723,2321,2469,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-800823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-giants","12":"tag-new-york-giants-free-agency","13":"tag-new-york-giants-rumors","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkgiants","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116194888078165391","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}