Micah McFadden reveals huge factor that brought him back to Giants after injury-shortened season
Where other teams had questions for Micah McFadden during free agency, the Giants had a lot of answers. McFadden played just 12 snaps last season before he suffered a season-ending Lisfranc injury to his foot.He stayed around East Rutherford to rehab after surgery.
Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.That gave the Giants insight into his recovery, while other linebacker-needy teams who haven’t seen him on the field since Week 1 would have to guess with blind faith.Mutual interest in a reunion came to fruition Wednesday when McFadden signed a one-year, $3.5 million contract that maxes out at $5.5 million, according to sources.“Them seeing me recover and get back to where I was by the end of the season, I think that answered a lot of the questions that they had,” McFadden said, “so that kind of narrowed down some of the options by the end of it.
It’s a huge factor in all this.”McFadden said he is “doing great” and doesn’t expect to have any “limitations” when spring workouts begin April 6.“I’ve improved a lot even since the end of the year,” McFadden said.“Getting back to a place where I was able to go back home and kind of start my normal offseason program — working out and running and doing everything I need to do to play football this year.”McFadden will return to a different linebacker corps than the one he started 35 games in since 2022.The Giants cut his three-year running mate Bobby Okereke and replaced him with free agent addition Tremaine Edmunds (three years, $36 million).Pencil in McFadden as a starter for now, though he could be challenged by internal favorite Darius Muasau or lose the job to potential first-round pick Sonny Styles.“Obviously it will be a competitive room,” McFadden said.
“I think they will continue to bring guys in, and that’s no surprise: It’s the NFL.My thing is I’m going to go out there, compete and go and try ...