The New York Giants signed Devontae Booker this offseason and welcomed back Saquon Barkley in Week 1, but they are apparently still concerned about their running back depth.
Peter King of Football Morning in America reports that the Giants were among the teams interested in Latavius Murray before he signed with the Baltimore Ravens.
The Giants and Raiders called about Murray too, and the Saints wanted to re-sign him after week one. Agent Ryan Tollner went back and forth with the cap-strangled Ravens and with Murray, and player and agent agreed that they wanted to join the team right now, thus guaranteeing his contract for the season—rather than waiting to sign after Week 1, when base salaries for veterans don’t have to be guaranteed.
Where Murray would have fit in with the Giants is unclear, but he likely would have bumped rookie sixth-round pick Gary Brightwell (or perhaps Eli Penny) off of the roster.
The Giants will conduct their usual round of workouts on Tuesday, so it’ll be interesting to see if they have some running backs in.
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