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Giants have tough decisions coming as GM Joe Schoen maneuvers salary cap mess

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INDIANAPOLIS — The first two cuts that Giants GM Joe Schoen made didn’t put much of a dent in his salary cap mess. He wants to clear $40 million off the Giants’ bloated books. After cutting tight end Kyle Rudolph and running back Devontae Booker, he’s still got $32.9 million more to go.

That means a lot of “tough decisions” are coming — some in the next 11 days, and more in the next few months — including everything from pay cuts to actual cuts, and possibly even trades. And there is a lot of moving pieces for Schoen to consider, as he tries to figure out the best way to trim the fat off the cap without completely gutting the team.

“It’s kind of. ‘If this happens, then this,’” Schoen said earlier this week at the NFL Scouting Combine. “There’s a lot of contingency plans that weigh on some of the decisions that we’re going to make.”

That’s why he’s only made the first two cuts so far. Some of the others on deck are players who…

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