Should the New York Giants Pay Big Bucks to Bring Justin Tuck Back?

February 8, 2014   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

In mid-November, this wasn't a conversation worth having. At that point, Justin Tuck was a washed-up veteran on the wrong side of 30 who had recorded only 10.5 sacks in 37 games over a two-and-a-half-year span. 
Ten games into the 2013 campaign, he had just one game with a full sack. Yeah, he's a decent run defender, and he brings heat more often than those base sack numbers indicate, but you usually have to overpay players on the open market, and the Giants don't usually break the bank for 31-year-old pass-rushers who don't close. 
For proof, look no further than Osi Umenyiora. This example is imperfect because the team was dealing with more restrictive salary cap restraints, but they let Umenyiora walk as a 31-year-old free agent last offseason after he picked up just six sacks in 2012. 
Now they're in the same situation with Tuck, who made things complicated by exploding during the final six weeks of the 2013 season. In fact, he had more sacks in that s...

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