Show me your appreciation!
He’s missing the same ring as “Show me the money!” – Made famous by Cuba Gooding Jr.’s character in “Jerry Maguire” – but that’s how Giants Logan Ryan felt safe when he signed a three-year, $ 31 million extension on Christmas morning. Ryan has played in 15 career playoff games and won two Super Bowls with the New England Patriots and Tennessee Titans, but …
“I didn’t always feel appreciated by the organization for everything I did that year,” Ryan said Sunday after making eight approaches and recovering from a 27-13 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. “I think the Giants really appreciate me for not only being the player I’m on the field, but I think they appreciate what I bring from the field.
“I think they appreciate what I do in the community, I think they appreciate my wife and I – our family, our struggles, our successes – and I think they appreciate the leadership I bring to the team. The feeling of appreciation is what we all look for in life, regardless of money, and that I felt is special here and something I wanted to feel in the future. And I wanted to pay this to the organization by hiring here as long as I did. ”
Of course, money doesn’t hurt. Ryan will earn about the same average salary of $ 10 million a year as a 30-year-old security guard he received as a 26-year-old cornerback, leaving the Patriots for the Titans. It’s the threshold he targeted in the free agency outside of last season, but he couldn’t get it from any team – before changing agencies and settling for half of it, signing with the Giants after training camp.
Only 11 other NFL fuses have an average of at least $ 10 million a year.
The giants did not want to lose the New Jersey native – a valuable voice that broadcasts messages from coach Joe Judge in the locker room, the key to the disguised secondary schemes of coordinator Patrick Graham and the embodiment of the values of the franchise desired property. So they risked trading against them before seeing the market value set in March.
“It was done pretty quickly,” Ryan said. “The organization asked me if I wanted to be here. I said yes. I think it was a good deal for both parties. ”
Ryan missed the playoffs only once in his eight-year career, and this is the first time a team has lost a record since its first season at the Rutgers in 2010.
“The rocky road wasn’t signed for a minute, but I found a new faith in myself as a player, as a leader, and I think the organization believed in me, too,” Ryan said. “I would not sign an agreement two weeks before the free agency if I did not believe in this organization. I believe in the culture set. I believe in the work ethic we put in every day. “