The Giants signed first-round edge rusher Abdul Carter to a four-year, $45.3 million fully guaranteed contract. But to get it done, they needed to make room.
The team had less than $2 million in cap space before restructuring Brian Burns’ contract.
Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Giants converted $10 million of Burns’ base salary into a signing bonus, freeing up enough space to get Carter signed.
The Giants acquired Burns in a trade with the Panthers last year and signed him to a five-year, $141 million contract, with $87.5 million guaranteed.
Burns totaled 71 tackles, 8.