Show me the gratitude!
It lacks the same timbre as “Show me the money!” – Made famous by the character of Cuba Gooding Jr. in “Jerry Maguire,” but that’s how he felt the security of giants Logan Ryan when he signed a three-year, $ 31 million contract 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 haven’t always felt appreciated by the organization for what I did that year,” Ryan said Sunday after making eight tackles and recovering a fight in a 27-13 defeat against the Baltimore Ravens. “I think the Giants appreciate me a lot for not being just the player I’m on the field with, 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 accomplishments, and I think they appreciate the leadership I bring to the team. That sense of gratitude “It’s what we all look for in life regardless of money, and that’s something that seemed special to me here and I wanted to keep feeling. And I wanted to pay that to the organization by committing myself here whenever I did.”
Of course, money doesn’t hurt. Ryan will earn roughly the same average salary of $ 10 million a year as a 30-year-old security player he received as a 26-year-old cornerback leaving the Patriots for the Titans. It’s the threshold he signed for the free agency last season, but he couldn’t get it from any team, before changing agents and settling for half, signing with the Giants after the field of training.
Only 11 other NFL guarantees have a minimum average of $ 10 million annually.
The Giants didn’t want to lose the New Jersey native: a valuable voice that spread Coach Joe Judge’s messages in the locker room, the main key to Coordinator Patrick Graham’s disguised side schemes, and the embodiment of the franchise values desired by the property . Thus, they risked trading against themselves 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 has only lost the playoffs once in his eight-year career, and this is his first time on a team with a losing history since his freshman season at Rutgers in 2010.
“No rocky path has been signed for a minute, but I’ve found a new belief in myself as a player, as a leader, and I think the organization believed in me too,” Ryan said. “I wouldn’t sign an agreement two weeks before the free agency if I didn’t believe in that organization. I believe in the cultural whole. I believe in the work ethic we put in every day.”