Giants Release IOL Mark Glowinski
The New York Giants are set to release veteran interior offensive lineman Mark Glowinski in a cost-cutting move, ESPN reports.
The move to drop Glowinski, who came to the Giants after four seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, was long expected after the veteran guard signed a three-year contract with a base value of $18.3 million that could have risen to as much as $20 million with incentives, lost his starting job last year after arguably the worst showing of his career in a Week 1 40-0 blowout loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
Glowinski, who, after being benched, appeared in spot duty for injured players and as a jumbo tight end, finished with a 94.7 pass-blocking efficiency rating, ninth out of ten Giants offensive linemen who played in a minimum of 100 pass-blocking snaps last season, and only better than right tackle Evan Neal's 94.4 rating.
Cap-wise, the Giants will save $5.682 million on the transaction while taking on a $1.5 million dead money hit. That will boost the Giants' total available cap space to an estimated $38.288 million ahead of the start of free agency, which begins on March 13.
The Giants are expected to address their woeful offensive line in free agency and could also look to add via the draft. They also have a pair of young interior offensive linemen who are undeveloped draft picks, Joshua Ezeudu and Marcus McKethan, that they hope will start to flourish under the tutelage of new offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo.
