from an article that was written by Jordan Ronan of ESPN.

A lot about the Giants, but there was one excerpt that's gotten a lot of attention.

It certainly jumped out at me.

I had certainly a strong reaction to reading, and I'm very curious, Tiki, your thoughts.

And for those that haven't heard it, I'm going to read it to you from Jordan Ronan and ESPN.

Before the start of week four, this season against the Cowboys, the Giants wanted McLeod, Nick McLeod, of course, to take a pay cut from the one year $2.98 million deal he signed as a restricted free agent in the offseason, according to a player's source.

McLeod wanted to remain with the Giants, but on his current deal.

Asking him to take a pay cut during the season before a game he was set to start

was bold and unusual, according to multiple executives around the lead.

According to multiple giant players, Shane told McLeod's reps,

don't pay October's rent, all right?

As soon as I can replace him, I'm going to replace him.

I'm not bleeping around.

The GM then hung up the phone.

Your thoughts on that, T.

Is that usual behavior?

I don't know, but I know you see stuff like this happen often in the NFL.

That is, guys on a team, and a day later, he is no

longer on a team. He gets cut for whatever reason. Now, why was he starting? Because the Giants

don't have starting level cornerbacks, period. Nick McLeod was a waiver pickup by the New York

Giants. It's not like he was drafted in the first or second or third round two

years ago. So I get that it makes a convenient story to make Joe Shane look like an ass,

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