The Giants receiver depth chart in the wake of Darius Slayton’s release either includes three former 1,000-yard receivers and a promising rookie … or a bunch of injury risks and an unproven newcomer.
It depends on how hard you want to squint.
The willingness to bet on Malik Nabers, Darnell Mooney, Odell Beckham Jr. and Malachi Fields to stay healthy and produce made saving $3 million against the salary cap more enticing than stashing depth — despite Slayton’s odds-beating history of coming back from a Week 1 scratch to become WR1 in 2022.
Here are the answers to some questions that the timing of cutting Slayton — before his full salary became guaranteed Saturday — has raised:
