EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – New York Giants and safety Logan Ryan have agreed to a new three-year extension that will tie him to the team until 2023, an ESPN source confirmed.
The deal is worth $ 30 million, with $ 20 million guaranteed, according to the source. The terms of the agreement were first reported by the NFL Network.
The two sides, led by Giants deputy general manager Kevin Abrams and agent Joel Segal, worked until Christmas Eve to close the deal, according to the source. Now it is a beautiful gift for everyone who was completed on Christmas day.
Ryan, 29, has won overtime with his strong play this season. He signed a $ 5 million one-year deal with the Giants in late August, which included another $ 1.5 million in incentives, and acknowledged that familiarization with new coach Joe Judge was a major factor. The move was made in part because the Giants had just lost the safety of rookie Xavier McKinney due to a leg injury that required surgery.
A Christmas morning we will never forget 🎁
@giganti and I just agreed to a new 3-year deal. I’m here to stay😁‼ ️
Merry Christmas! #TheMostVersatile #TogetherBlue
– Logan Ryan (@RealLoganRyan) December 25, 2020
Ryan entered without problems and is second on the Giants with 81 approaches. He also has a sack, an interception and three forced kicks, becoming a key piece in a defense that has made extraordinary strides this season while becoming one of the best units in the league.
The versatility and leadership Ryan displayed was essential to the Giants. Ryan was given defensive helmets and handled calls when center fielder Blake Martinez left a game earlier this season. This is not a shared responsibility for free security. He was also an influential voice in the locker room.
This year did not come without Ryan experiencing his ups and downs. His wife, Ashley, needed emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy last month. Logan Ryan acknowledged Giants athletic coach Justin Maher’s assistant for saving his wife’s life, and was especially complementary to the judge and the way the organization supported them in difficult times.
“And that’s the kind of organization we have here. Honestly, I wasn’t going to talk about it. My kids are fine. My wife is recovering well. She’s fine. That happened yesterday,” Ryan told that time. “And [coach Joe Judge] said, if you need to fly to Florida, don’t worry about football. That’s Joe as a man and as a coach. “
Ryan spent the first four years of his fresh Rutgers career with the New England Patriots, where he worked with Giants judge and current defensive coordinator Patrick Graham. He then spent three productive seasons with the Tennessee Titans.
His first year with the Giants (5-9) will be the first lost season of his career. But New York is still in the NFC East race and Ryan has been convinced that he is heading in the right direction, probably increasing his desire to stay with the team.
“I think this team is close,” Ryan said earlier this week. “Closing is a relative term. I think we need to beat the Ravens [on Sunday]. … The standard is to go out here and win this game. I’m telling you what, the fans who listen or whoever could listen, I’m getting ready to go out there to win the game, because that’s all that matters to me and that’s the stake. “
Ryan is ranked 34th among all the fuses this season, with a 67.2 rating by Pro Football Focus. He allowed just 256 yards, two touchdowns and a quarterback rating of 85.0 as the closest defender this season, according to NextGen Stats.