NFL-Giants: NY Giants football news

Short article here on Giants players’ performance based pay. It has nothing to do with how well you perform though – just how much playing time you get compared to how little money you make.

Bruce Johnson, $270,766

This CB saw lots of playing time due to injuries and since he was a 7th round pick had a low salary.

Michael Johnson, $235,445

We didn’t like watching him on the field most of the time but he was out there a lot thanks to injuries and no depth at safety.

Kevin Boss, $221,100

Turning out to be a very solid TE and a great value for a 4th round pick.

Terrell Thomas, $207,125

Another CB.

Aaron Rouse, $193,598.

A safety (now released) who saw a bunch of playing time even though the Giants signed him well into the season.

Kenny Phillips is on IR and might require surgery on his knee.

A few weeks ago Aaron Rouse was on the packers 53 man roster. He played well enough for them and got waived. something weird going on there.

Now he’s a Giant because starting safety Kenny Phillips is on IR. This is a big loss. Phillips was our best safety. Rouse has some experience (25 games, 9 starts) but is still an unknown for the most part. Many people think Rouse has good potential and are wondering out loud why the Packers let him go.

What we do know: 6’4″, 227 pounds, better in run support than in coverage. Good tackler. Makes errors and that’s why I say he is an unknown. Will he continue to make costly mistakes or can we coach him up?

Rouse is a guy we can root for: