The Ravens, the team that thrashed the Giants in the Super Bowl, spent $90.7 million, the second-highest figure in the NFL, according to the NFLPA. It is believed the Giants used almost all of their available salary-cap space ($62 million) to fill their roster. “We feel we got a lot of mileage out of what we spent,” Giants GM Ernie Accorsi said yeaterday.įigures released by the NFLPA are often disputed by the league and by individual teams, and Accorsi would not comment on the union’s salary numbers. The only teams that spent less than the Giants, according to the NFLPA, were the Packers ($55.7 million) and Cardinals ($55.3 million). No team did more by spending less than the Giants did last season, and that wise buying figures to help them re-tool to make a run at a second consecutive Super Bowl appearance.Įveryone remotely familiar with the Giants of 2000 knows of their remarkable run through the NFC East and then the conference until their storybook season ended with a disappointing 34-7 loss to the Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa.Īccording to figures released yesterday by the NFL Players Association, the Giants’ ascension was even more stunning, considering they spent a mere $57.3 million on salaries and bonuses, which ranked as the third-lowest spending total in the 31-team league.
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