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The New York Giants’ leader in receiving over the last handful of campaigns, Darius Slayton has remained optimistic towards finalizing an extension.
“Right now, my agent [Michael Perrett] and [GM] Joe [Schoen], they’re in negotiations. They’re talking,” Slayton recently said.
“Hopefully we’ll come to a resolution here soon.”
While the team added WR Malik Nabers via the draft, Nabers’ presence hasn’t swayed the importance for Schoen to get a deal done with Slayton. And with tight end Darren Waller now retired, the importance of the veteran in Slayton to align opposite of Nabers in the seasons to come has remained atop the priority list for the Giants’ GM.
“We already paid a roster bonus [to Slayton],” Schoen said.
“He had one that kicked in the fifth day of the league year, and you look at the P5 [base salary], where that is and you want to look at the production from last year to this year and you take all of those things into account. Us drafting Malik Nabers doesn’t affect where we are on that.”
After returning to the Giants last year despite offers elsewhere, Slayton’s intentions remain abundantly clear on where he’d like his future to remain.
“I’d like to be here, of course,” Slayton said.
“I’ve enjoyed my time as a Giant and I’d like to remain a Giant. Hopefully that will be the result of this.”