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The Giants got an early start on free agency Wednesday when they took a flier on guard Matt Gono, giving a one-year deal to a 25-year-old who missed all of last season with a neck injury. It was a low-risk move, with a potentially high reward.
Those are the kinds of moves the Giants are likely to make when free agency opens, because they’re the only kinds of moves they can afford.
That’s the problem facing new Giants GM Joe Schoen as he attempts to restock and rebuild the Giants after the Dave Gettleman error. The team he inherited is filled with holes and lacks talent in key spots all over the roster. But as he’s stated multiple times, his first job is to clear salary cap space. And he estimated he needs to shed $40 million off the books just to meet their basic needs.
Even with the usual array of salary cap maneuvers and tricks at his disposal, that still doesn’t leave Schoen much for free agency, where he’ll need to find multiple…