Dave Gettleman’s time with the New York Giants has been over for one offseason now. We knew it was bad, but a list of his 10 largest free agent signings shows just how bad he was. This doesn’t get into the horrendous coaching hires, the botched draft picks, and overall incompetency of his time. But it does show just how god awful he was when it came to free agency. Since Gettleman’s departure the Giants have gone on to hire Joe Schoen as GM who hired Brian Daboll as head coach. Both seem to be home run hires. It’s difficult to grade out Joe Schoen in the free agent market. The Giants have been in a difficult spot with the salary cap. Another sign that Dave Gettleman was terrible at his job.
One might look at Gettleman’s history as a GM and say “hey, that’s pretty good”. After all, he was the guy who assembled the 2015 Carolina panthers who got to the Super Bowl. Just one problem with that. Gettleman didn’t assemble that team. It was Marty Hurney who drafted Cam Newton and Luke Kuechly. Those guys were the heart and soul of that Carolina Panthers team. Much like Barry Switzer taking the team Jimmy Johnson assembled, and not messing it up too much. But let’s get back to Gettleman’s time with the Giants in New York. Here are the top most expensive free agent contracts Gettleman handed out. This list shows Dave Gettleman was terrible at free agency. Or at least he makes a compelling argument. Shout out to Warren Sharp @SharpFootball on twitter for putting this list together.