Terrion Arnold’s next stop is Seattle, not New York, after a brief look from the Giants ended with the former Detroit Lions first-round pick choosing the Seahawks instead.
Arnold’s path to free agency has been an unusual one. Off-field issues have put him in a spot nobody expected a few years ago, and that reality left him available for teams around the league to pursue. The Giants were among the clubs with interest, and Arnold did recently visit with them before deciding to sign with the Seahawks.
Giants coach John Harbaugh said Arnold was the kind of player New York was willing to study closely because of what he might add to the roster.
“We want to be aggressive in every way, whatever we can do, find everything out we can about any player that can help us be better,” Harbaugh said when asked about Arnold, per SI.
“The margins are tight in the National Football League. You try to win a game.
You come up with a good play. You can find a play on the internet that somebody puts out there that one of your opponents is running in practice, man.
You look for those too. So, we’re looking for players that can help us all the time.
And he’s a player that can help us.”
Arnold’s appeal is obvious enough. Even with the issues that have followed him, he has shown stretches where he’s been above average. He’s also still working through parts of his game.
For a Giants team that looks built to compete sooner rather than later, especially with the young talent already in place, he would have been a sensible addition. But in the end, Seattle got the deal done.
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