Before Cor’Dale Flott signed with the Tennessee Titans in free agency, he was very close to returning to the New York Giants.
In case you missed it, Flott signed a three-year, $45 million deal with the Titans that includes a whopping $32 million guaranteed.
He is one of three Giants free agents to land in Nashville, along with tight end Daniel Bellinger and wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson.
SNY’s Connor Hughes reports that the Giants were very close to re-signing Flott, but the Titans made a last-second push that swayed the veteran to sign in Tennessee.
That last-second push involved the Titans laying out a clear plan for how they would use Flott in their secondary.
“Cor’Dale Flott was set to return to the Giants. It was as done of a deal as you can get without pen-to-paper,” Hughes reported. “A last-second attempt to get him to change his mind, the Titans put forth their entire plan for how Robert Saleh planned to use him, and what they believed he could accomplish in this defense. That was difference.”
It was widely believed that the money was the difference between Flott returning to the Giants or going to the Titans, but it would appear that was not the case and instead a detailed plan was all it took for the Titans to steal him.
An interesting turn of events for sure, and now the Giants will have a big hole to fill at cornerback, a position that would have still been a need even if Flott came back.
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