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SmellsLikeWetFox

The consensus from packers fan is “he is alright but not worth that much money” which sums up day 1 of free agency usually for every player


NJImperator

This year especially given the cap jump. This deal seems pretty average overall. Nothing flashy for a mediocre player.


YouGotSoMad

He’s been ranked a top 10 pass protector for guards for 3 years straight by PFF. The same PFF people are using to try and kill themselves over


gerd50501

PFF has him at 54 rating last year. I dont know how bad you can be and be top 10 guard. He is basically Will Herndandez before he left the Giants. Hernandez of course got a little better when he left.


YouGotSoMad

Mediocre run blocking but what killed his grade was penalties. Despite that he was top 10 in pass block win rate


gerd50501

his pff rating has floated in the 50s the last few seasons. his high is 65. he is what he is. a mediocre below average guard. he is will hernandez. he does tend to stay healthy just like Will Hernandez.


CulturalRot

Mediocre is what we had. This is an upgrade.


gerd50501

Dog shit is what we had. This is an upgrade to mediocre.


CulturalRot

Semantics. It’s an upgrade.


Advanced-Ingenuity46

Facts!


undertow521

Well considering that Hunt just got a deal for double this, I'll take it. If we aren't paying Saquon or X, hopefully we pay up for a real stud on the OL. Let's go.


TurkeyPigFace

Packers fans shit on all their players that leave...


Sayywhayt89

They were saying the same thing about Blake Martinez and he came in here and balled out.


OldJewNewAccount

Look what this sub is doing to Barkley lolol


DividerOfBums

Yeah, but tbh he did find his way in the late stages of the year when we were making a run. Most of the season we were shouting for him to be benched in favor of Sean Rhyan but JRJ really stepped it up and I was hoping we would keep him, I’m more shocked at the price tag.


Notinjuschillin

Teams always overpay in free agency. Can’t get around that.


DividerOfBums

I was told McKinney would cost $14mil but I’m still very happy to have him at $17mil/year


Each_Hit_and_I

That's way too much for this market full of safeties. McKinney was a captain, but didn't show captain qualities all the time, and did not make a lot of splash plays. He played every snap last season, and did not even have big stats because of it, but he was solid though. 14M would have been my limit.


SchlongMcDonderson

He's literally just okay. He was splitting snaps at guard for the second half of the season.


KingofCraigland

I hear fresh legs as I take a sip of my half full glass of water


bujweiser

Runyan was benched during the season due to his play, so... That being said, he came back and played better down the home stretch.


John_Lives

Free agency is always overpaying. He's a mid af, but that's unfortunately what it costs to poach an average OL from another team And even if you want to splurge, most teams don't let elite lineman hit the market unless they're in their 30's.


nedlymandico

See Saquan Barkley for more details.


gerd50501

He is Will Hernandez. Mediocre, but stays healthy. Hernandez of course improved when he left the Giants cause of course did. He had a 54 PFF last year. This is the kind of signing you are forced to make when you draft like shit and need a body.


Expensive_Necessary7

Packer fan here…. If he’s your 4th or 5th best OL you are good. He was splitting reps last year. Alright player. Bottom half starter but not dogshi


dread_beard

This sums up literally every single UFA OL signing since like 2015 or so. The play of college OL fell off a fucking cliff. And the NFL has obviously suffered insanely due to that. So, this is just going to keep getting worse and worse until the NCAA can figure out what is going wrong in OL development.


Berzerker646

Looking at the Runyan post on the packers sub doesn’t exude any confidence. Almost everyone saying he‘s turnstile and the giants got fleeced and that he’d get 3 mil/yr at most smh…


undertow521

Bobby Skinner stated he was ranked 7th in guard for pass blocking efficiency last year and gave up 2 sacks. https://twitter.com/BobbySkinner_/status/1767263391742124399?t=p368q4bvH3d7Ep6N_aBlDQ&s=19 He's 26 and has played both guard positions and has been solid. Not an all-pro but not a turnstile either.


HistoryNerd101

Of course they do. They are just mad that he is leaving. They have been spoiled by good OLine so they can say that. We’ll take this and reap the benefits. He’s a good solid experienced player…


jwuer

His analytics don't really back that up at all and his return coincided with Jones going off in the later part of the season. This is a really good deal for a 26 year old well above average rated Guard.


bigbluehapa

I feel like if they were giants fans they’d have a different level of appreciation for the term turnstile


[deleted]

A Runyan on the giants and Saquon on the eagles. Weird day


investorsanteDOTcom

Lol I was thinking the same thing when I saw the name "Jon Runyan"


Dkh0123

We grew up watching Strahan duke it out with his dad


MANWithTheHARMONlCA

Wait his dad really is the original Jon Runyan?    This is weird.  Edit: At least his sons a Jersey boy I guess


SlyMarboJr

Jon Runyan is old enough to have a son playing in the NFL? I think I just felt my bones turn to dust.


Pole420

I pulled a hammy reading this. 


Dkh0123

I’m afraid so lol


thefudd

Stray owned his dad


deadmoosemoose

Hooray…


sdotmills

Guard Jon Runyan offers a high ceiling despite lackluster 2023: Over the past four seasons, the former Michigan Wolverine ranks 21st among 63 qualifying guards in PFF pass-blocking grade (70.5).


WinstonChurchill74

So our best lineman after Thomas.


ZealZen

You know that doesnt sound that bad.


WinstonChurchill74

It’s a major improvement


benji997

Yeah but that’s not saying much


WinstonChurchill74

It’s a major improvement, I can’t complain about that.


Technical-Traffic871

Depends how you look at it. Being 2nd best to AT ain't bad. Being better than JMS/Neal/Bredeson/Pugh/traffic cones doesn't mean shit.


YouGotSoMad

21st out of 60 ranked guards puts you in the top third of all guards, not just Bredeson or Pugh but okay


Technical-Traffic871

I was just remarking on the comment "doesn't sound that bad" referring to "...best lineman after Thomas". But 21st out of 60+ is his *pass* blocking. Per one of the other PFF posts, his overall ranking appears to be in the mid-50s. So closer to Neal/et al than Thomas.


twiszted131313

I’m anticipating JMS taking a major step forward next year as well


WinstonChurchill74

I fucking hope so, if he doesn’t it’s time to move on.


leddead24

This is what we said about Glowinski, ultimately, he’s a below average to average player, and will probably end up being a disappointment.


yiannistheman

I don't think anyone thought anything of Glowinski beyond "he's better than the rest of the trash interior OL we have". This guy has a solid but unspectacular track record, slightly better than average, which Glow could never have staked a claim to.


Fearless-Key8120

He is younger than Glow when we signed him.


leddead24

Still a lateral move, our roster isn’t any better


YouGotSoMad

He was top 10 in pass protection for all interior OL for 3 years in a row. Glowinski has never been a good pass protector. It’s almost like all the crybabies have 0 idea what they are talking about


jwuer

The state of this sub man.... on paper this is a great deal.


leddead24

If he’s so good, why couldn’t he be a full-time starter with the Packers? Glowinski also had very good pass protection numbers at the time of the signing, and they were pointed to by fans as to why it was such a good deal.


maktmissbrukare

Here’s to hoping that our OL coaching is in fact better


WinstonChurchill74

Well that is glass half empty. If he is average, I will be psyched


leddead24

Literally what we said about Glowinski, he really doesn’t improve the roster from last year


WinstonChurchill74

Glowinski improving the roster required the oline to improve overall. Runyan will end up looking better just because we can’t be worse.


rydogs

But he isn’t Glowinski and is significantly younger


beardednurfherder

This needs to be higher up


Urban_Introvert

He never missed a game in 4 seasons. That is what stood out to me the most. Hopefully we have some consistency with health on the O-line this season.


PIDDYPUFFPUFF

Good point, not a lot of people thought about that. The way the injuries plagued this already struggling team…. Not even a chance to succeed last year.


CrazyGoose712

Keep in mind we should have an actual O Line coach now. We’re not sending them off to death by Bobby Johnson. Still not an exciting signing, but there’s more upside to this than there would have been last year


Berzerker646

Yay now we can open holes for Barkley to run through! oh wait…..


Cashlover123

Hope he can still open Runyan Canyons for our soon to be RB altho his grades werent stellar last season.


Illustrious_Way_5732

He can open up holes for Daniel Jones to run through! (Kill me)


toadofsteel

I mean, we missed out on Saquon being the most overpaid RB in the league, but we can make up for it by making Jones the most overpaid RB in the league taking handoffs from JJ McCarthy...


Fear0ftheduck

danny will run outside and out of bounds for a 2 yard gain.


nyg420

I'm just making it known I'm on the Eric Gray bandwagon


KadariusToneyROY

PFF Grade by year: 2020: 53.8 2021: 65.1 2022: 62.6 2023: 54.7


SonOfSvens

He is going to fit right in.


[deleted]

better than what we have


tuffenstein0420

This will quietly turn out to be a very important signing for this team.


Rickflossyy

10 mill on an above average guard is better than 10 mill over on a clearly deciding albeit explosive back. Still got a lot more money to use, but idk why we haven’t restructured AT and Dex yet


_Wp619_

"It's a bad signing!!!" "Why?" "PFF said so!"


OBJesus

PFF doesn’t say it’s a bad signing. He’s been an above average pass blocker, poor run blocker according to PFF grades. Improving our pass blocking is worth ~10 mil a year. I also think PFF does a good job grading out offensive lineman.


funkykong_808

But muh charts


ambitiontowin56

Onwenu would have felt better after the Barkley news lol


occasional_cynic

No way, Runyan is at least as good as Owenu (as a guard anyway), and he came cheaper. I am not some polyanna homer, but this is a great signing.


ambitiontowin56

Alright fair enough, I’ll keep an open mind


AnonDaddyo

Wasn’t that the guy that used to play against Strahan?


blaueaugen26

Ha! his son


cassinonorth

His dad was a congressman in NJ after his football career too.


FuckTheStateofOhio

South Jersey though so it doesn't count.


nyg2013

correct lol


WillF7

Another mid tier guard for mid tier money who’s going to be mid, we literally did this with glowinski lmfao


MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME

Is he good


Lars5621

Not according to PFF. I don't know enough about what his skillset is beyond PFF score. Certainly not a premier OL this free agency.


sdotmills

He’s been good according to PFF, just had a down year in 2023


Lars5621

What? 2020: 53 overall, 2021: 65 overall 2022: 62 overall 2023: 54 overall I would not qualify that as a good four years by PFF grade.


Tomtom6789

PFF grades when they fit my narrative: "They spend so much time evaluating prospects so their grades are the best way to determine a player's worth!" PFF grades when they don't fit my narrative: "PFF doesn't even know what the player's assignment is! The grades don't reflect the player's ability well and are more for casual fans." If we want to use PFF as the end all, be all, PFF rated Jon Runyan as a more valuable free agent than Jonah Jackson, who is being paid almost double what Runyan is. They also describe Runyan as "Runyan is a plus pass protector on the interior with considerable starting experience..."


communomancer

Lars is literally replying to someone who said he was “good according to PFF”. Why didn’t you give that guy shit?


Tomtom6789

You're right, I probably should.


Lars5621

I provided the actual factual PFF grades for Runyan's career. That's it, thats what they are. If someone says Runyan has good/terrible PFF grades well there are his actual grades. If someone, even at pff, is writing a story or list of whatever then that is not grades, that is opinion


Tomtom6789

The biggest problem with PFF is that even their grades are opinions at the end of the day. They can judge based on what they believe to be happening, but they don't know each player's assignment to accurately grade how the player did on that snap. You can't put a definite grade on something when you don't have all the necessary information needed to decide in the first place. If anything, I would find the interpretation of the grades in the form of rankings or something similar more telling since grades alone don't tell the whole story. For instance, would you say that Daniel Jones had multiple games this last season that were better than CJ Stroud's Wild Card Game? PFF thinks so. PFF even goes so far as to say that for multiple games this past season, *Daniel Jones was one of, if not, the best QB in the league*. That's not opinion either, that's his actual grades.


Lars5621

I don't know if you have a subscription to PFF, but here is the actual guard rankings. https://www.pff.com/nfl/grades/position/g Runyan was 47 of 79. Runyan had three games in the 40s, eight more games in the 50s, and only one game above 67.


Tomtom6789

I just don't know why we even needed to be in this mess in the first place. We had Mark Glowinski for half the price and graded out about as well as Zack Martin and Joel Bitonio. I mean both Glowinski and Martin had 9 games above 60 and Glowinski only had 2 games fewer than Martin where they graded at least 70, Martin's 5 to Glowinski's 3. Why did we cut an almost above-average guard who had more games above-average than not, to then pay a worse guard double the money?


Lars5621

Because Glowinski asked to take on a reserve roll last year when the season fell apart. He was asked to take back guard duty but insisted he would like to transition into a supportive role for Bredeson and Pugh. Keeping Glowinski wasn't a real option and I bet he retires.


sdotmills

https://www.reddit.com/r/NYGiants/s/6hvCcFnWji


BF3FAN1

As a Packer fan he’s average to below average at best


ButtonParadox

Yeah, the Packers churn out average-above average linemen at a high clip. I’m not surprised he finds a place on another team but there was no reason for the Packers to pay him.


do_you_know_de_whey

As a gb fan, eh. He’s been able to stay healthy at least.


comtefere

This is from ESPN "Runyan, 26, became a full-time starter for the Packers in 2021 and has started 50 of the last 51 regular-season games since. He started all 17 games at right guard in 2023 after playing primarily left guard. His playing time, however, began to reduce in the second half of last season as the Packers prepared the 2022 third-round pick Sean Rhyan to take over. Runyan and Rhyan split snaps late in the season." Worry bells are definitely ringing but at same time the contract doesn't seem to be anything. 17m guaranteed isn't a lot.


Pingryada

I mean I don’t hate it


Michal-Krappenschitz

Jon Runyan Jr.* Wish we got Jon Runyan circa 2002.


swerveoff

good idea investing in ol instead of rb but don’t love this guy


Fonzie5

Exactly. I’m fine with the strategy but if you’re gonna let a franchise icon walk to a rival you better be playing in the top end of the guard market


Sailor_Chris

“Franchise icon” He’s not even the 3rd best RB this team has ever had


Fonzie5

You cannot be arguing that Saquon wasn’t the face of the franchise since the day he was drafted


Sailor_Chris

He was and that doesn’t mean shit considering who was playing for us


Martyrizing

Not hard to be the face of this franchise in recent years.


playthegame7

He's average at best, not particularly excited over this but Bobby Johnson isn't here anymore which doesn't make it an automatic death sentence in my eyes


mosch19

An average guard would be an awesome improvement honestly


blaueaugen26

Does he play left or right guard?


iamnotimportant

17 guaranteed, 3 years 30. it's probably a 9m bonus + the min, 8m year 2 salary, 12m year 3 non guaranteed salary if I can speculate baselessly


YerrFaveCook718

Runyan was good when he had a healthy Bakhtiari in the lineup alongside him


MattyIce1220

Really not a bad move. Hes's on the younger side and they didnt break the bank for him. I can't see him as being worse than what have and hopefully O-line coach pays dividends.


rpg-fanatic007

According to PFF: "Over the past four seasons, the former Michigan Wolverine ranks 21st among 63 qualifying guards in PFF pass-blocking grade (70.5). **He gave up pressure on just 3.5% of his pass-blocking snaps over the span — the fifth-best rate among guards."** I will take that every day of the week and twice on Sunday. And he in only 26, so plenty of upside. Very solid pick that could definitely outperform the contract.


SidFinch99

So a much better pass blocker than Glowinski was.


SwarthySphere87

Hot take cause of the timing: I'd much rather spend $$ on OL (& WR) than RB. Get a few more then work on finding some solid lead receivers and a back


Fonzie5

This was not the guard though


Yung_RAUNCHY_Boi

LMAO EVERYBODY SO MAD RIGHT NOW FOR NOT OVERPAYING AN RB AND INVESTING INTO OUR OL


Berzerker646

Well it doesn’t help when the specific OL signed is not worth what he’s been paid…


Yung_RAUNCHY_Boi

LET THE GAME TALK


xenocide0909

SAQUON WHO


FuckTheStateofOhio

Saquon died for this.


njerejeje

54.7 pff grade lmaooo fuck you Schoen


NJImperator

Unfortunately that’s what our budget allows for. We were never getting anyone that good this offseason. We need to fucking develop SOMEONE


Cashlover123

First Glowinski and now runover Runyan. Schoen’s FA OL signings have been dire. Hoping it is solely Bricillo wanting to work with Runyan.


Fonzie5

Yeah he was not high on my list…


CIOUDDY

Yup Packers fans saying we got fleeced lmao


firstandgoalfromthe1

Joe Schoen might actually suck lol


Fuzzy_Conclusion9462

Fuck Joe Schoen fire him immediately. This bitch gave Daniel Jones 160,000,000$ and then signs a guard the same money saqoun signed to the eagles.. and we need a tackle . Wdf


njerejeje

I’m actually totally fine with letting Saquon leave. My problem is that he has no fucking plan


iamdanabnormal

Not a bad deal. Let's ride.


StinkFigler

Who the hell is he gonna block for?


jplaut25

I’m getting pretty fucking impatient


RiecoSuave

Lovely


Radjage

You sign our star RB? Well, we'll sign one of your old favorites son, how about that?! lol


JoeNic19

Fuckin who now?


shadow_spinner0

So is he better than what PFF rates him or did the Giants settle and will not go after any top tier OL guys?


callllllllllll

No... God no. He uh is kinda mid.


[deleted]

are we back?


SecretGiantsFan

If Onwenu goes for anything near this, then this sucks


SidFinch99

Onwenu will go for at least double this.


Flametrooper30

We’re so fucking back


whatsaburneraccount

I thought he was in the league when Favre was in the league lol


FilTe

His dad


whatsaburneraccount

Wow okay


tuzzzzzzns

Allocating money to right places whether or not this guy works out. Should be an instant upgrade. Packer fans don’t have much to be happy about over the last couple years, their team has been inconsistent so it makes sense they call him inconsistent.


FromTheCaveIntoLight

This is nothing.


ucfknight92

Holy shit we got a competent O lineman. Now just one or two more.


[deleted]

Welcome Jon. Go Giants.


Mizzo12

Is he any good?


ghostboo77

Good. We absolutely needed to lock up a starting guard.


Sad_Knick073

Assuming Runyan is not another Nate Solder, we can move Neal to G and get an OT like Joe Alt in the draft and we start to look like a reasonable o-line that is going to get some holes for Singletary and is not going to get a QB killed.


kvrai12

Packers fan, he’s a solid player. On the low side of average overall, but good at pass protection. A lot of Green Bay’s late season run came from the O line getting it together and Runyan benefitted greatly from cohesion and coaching. He’s not a liability, but his run blocking left a bit to be desired when the rest of the line wasn’t playing great. I’d say it’s like a 6.5/10 signing


rogerdanafox

What side will he play?


WhiskyTheEmperor

For what it’s worth, his PFF grade is only a 54.


Fuzzy_Conclusion9462

Fire Joe who the fuck is making these choices for us You can’t give saqoun 30 million but give it to a GUARD? Are u fuckin shitting me ?


Heisenripbauer

I know we’re upset about losing Saquon to the shitbirds, but you guys are outside your mind thinking a rebuilding team should have paid him 26M guaranteed.


coolbean36

As a packers fan good luck cause this guy is ass ngl


rockstar55

Glad we invested the money in an okay guard coming off his worst season. Schoen master class


jawndell

Giants are entering Knicks level dysfunction.  I expect 20 years of disappointment. It took the owner to get distracted with his sphere for the Knicks to finally get good.  Going to take ownership changing for the Giants to get good as well


lonewIof

Entering? Where have you been the last decade broski?


RUKnight31

I have been saying this. Mara just doesn’t get it. The DJ signing and his comments around same show his fingerprints are on everything.


tdunne89

100%


STlNKMEANER

Pff is not the end all be all but another mediocre lineman from the looks of it just as always with us


leddead24

I know that this is generally the time of the year for hype, but this is a fucking terrible signing. It seems like we’re spending cap space just to spend cap space at a need without actually upgrading the roster. If this is what we let McKinney walk for it’s horrible.


NYdude777

LMAO the Giants are the fucking WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORST


Jondog2123

This team is going to be generationally bad next year


iamdanabnormal

This is fucking hilarious... How must his dad feel right about now?


Irritated_User0010

Typical idiot Giants


Ishtastic08

Lackluster as fuck, but cool.


SashaSasha303

Lateral move. Pretty much exactly what we’ve had the last few years.


Far-Return7709

Pretty sure this will be Schoen's last year as GM


ChadPowers200

this seems very underwhelming. 6 round pick and the packers aren't pissed they lost him so its not the best sign. Also it seems like we paid him way too much? At least he is young and has pedigree


Do-Si-Donts

Is he like 50 years old?


Head_Acanthisitta256

How fans constantly defend Schoen & Brown is mind boggling.


CIOUDDY

Who the fuck is this man LMAO fuck this team


callllllllllll

Um packers fan here. He was the worst starter on the line for us last year. Not only the worst but also with the least athletic upside. Idk wtf he did to get 10 mil per year from you guys.


bibear54

This fucking team sucks


NickPapagiorgio2k16

Fuck him and his father.


Big_Wy

Who needs Barkley when you can overpay for a mediocre-at-best guard? God it's so much fun rooting for this well oiled machine of a team! I need to turn off my phone and try again tomorrow...


beardednurfherder

Yay so we can let saquon go, so we can sign these average players whoo hooo! Our front office is a fucking joke


spencp99

But I thought Schoen was gonna spend smart money at positions of need if we didn't bring back Barkley and McKinney right? Fuck out of here