For the last three years, Giants-Commanders games meant something extra to Landon Collins.
Even with $44.5 million guaranteed in his contract, a starting safety job and a captain’s ‘C’ on his uniform in Washington, Collins harbored a grudge against then-Giants general manager Dave Gettleman for not offering an extension before free agency that could’ve kept the former second-round draft pick in one place for his whole career.
The Commanders cut Collins in March, with three years remaining on the six-year, $84 million contract that originally lured him from the Giants. Collins missed 13 games combined due to a torn Achilles and a foot injury over the previous two seasons, but he refuted reports that he balked at a pay cut to stay put.
Since adding Collins to the practice squad in October, the Giants lost safety Xavier McKinney to a broken hand and reshuffled their inside linebacker depth. Defensive coordinator Wink Martindale calls his scheme a “position-less defense,” but neither maneuver opened the door wider for Collins, who is at his best playing in the box.
“It takes me about a day [every week] to let it sink in,” Collins said. “Everybody keeps on telling me that my time is coming. I’m staying patient.”
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