{"id":40765,"date":"2018-03-22T16:08:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T20:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=40765"},"modified":"2018-03-22T16:08:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T20:08:13","slug":"giants-trade-jason-pierre-paul-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/03\/22\/giants-trade-jason-pierre-paul-buccaneers\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants Trade Jason Pierre-Paul to Tampa Bay Buccaneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/giants\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Giants<\/a> have traded <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PierJa99.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jason Pierre-Paul<\/a><\/strong> to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/buccaneers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> for\u00a0<\/span>a couple of 2018 draft picks. The Giants sent him and a 2018 fourth-round pick to Florida and received the Buccaneers&#8217; third and fourth-round picks in this year&#8217;s draft.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another blockbuster trade: Giants trading DE Jason Pierre-Paul and a 2018 fourth-round pick to Buccaneers for a 2018 third-round pick and a fourth-round pick, source tells ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/976822630258003969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>New York Giants Trade Jason Pierre-Paul for Tampa Bay Buccaneers Draft Picks<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>This trade is somewhat of a head-scratcher. Pierre-Paul <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/22869522\/new-york-giants-trading-jason-pierre-paul-fourth-round-pick-tampa-bay-buccaneers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">just signed a four-year deal<\/a> worth $62 million with the Giants last off-season. Last year was both Pierre-Paul&#8217;s first full season in three years and his third-best since being drafted by the Giants in 2010. He racked up eight and a half sacks in addition to nearly 50 tackles.<\/p>\n<p>The trade was probably made to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/why-the-giants-traded-jpp-1823989887\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lessen the team&#8217;s cap hit<\/a> due to Pierre-Paul&#8217;s new contract. While Pierre-Paul will still leave the Giants with $15-million in dead money, the Giants will end up saving just $2.5-million in cap space by trading him to Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p>What the Giants lose in monetary value, they will gain in draft value. Not only does the team hold the second overall draft pick, but they still own the second picks in the second (34th overall), third (66th), fifth (139th), and sixth rounds (176th). Additionally, they&#8217;re taking the 69th and 108th overall picks from Tampa Bay, all while hanging onto a fourth-round compensatory pick.<\/p>\n<p>According to several analysts, New York will likely use their\u00a0second-round pick on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/bradley-chubb-1.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bradley Chubb<\/a><\/strong>. Chubb, a star defensive end out of North Carolina State, should be a good replacement for Pierre-Paul. It seems the Giants rebuild will continue for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>Especially noteworthy: Pierre-Paul will mark the third NFC East defensive star to join Tampa Bay&#8217;s growing cast. Former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/eagles\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> defensive end <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CurrVi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vinny Curry<\/a><\/strong> and defensive tackle <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AlleBe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beau Allen<\/a><\/strong> were recently signed to the Buccaneers, whose defensive unit is led by six-time Pro-Bowler <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/McCoGe99.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerald McCoy<\/a><\/strong>. Needless to say, Tampa Bay&#8217;s defense could shake up the NFC South next year.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giants.com\/news-and-blogs\/article-1\/New-York-Giants-trade-Jason-Pierre-Paul-to-Tampa-Bay-Buccaneers\/2cd6906b-8695-403d-82b6-e43dc2b6b526\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>, general manager Dave Gettleman expressed appreciation for Pierre-Paul. \u201cHe was a fine player for us, and he helped our franchise win Super Bowl XLVI. We wish him well in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"wEahPfiCQl9LKfzpNKfiTw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/877166670\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'wEahPfiCQl9LKfzpNKfiTw',sig:'GCDczVj-f4N2KHM1jxC9baufsFLuB6aM8KPHQZqeN_Y=',w:'594px',h:'433px',items:'877166670',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the better pieces on the New York Giants defensive squad has been traded away. The Giants sent Jason Pierre-Paul and a 2018 fourth-round pick to Florida and received the Buccaneers&#8217; third and fourth-round picks in the upcoming draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2508,"featured_media":40783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,36,29],"tags":[61,1234,92,40,308],"class_list":["post-40765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-giants","category-nfl-news","category-buccaneers","tag-football","tag-jason-pierre-paul","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}