Olivier Vernon to sign with the New York Giants

Oct 18, 2015; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota (8) is sacked by Miami Dolphins defensive end Olivier Vernon (50) and defensive end Cameron Wake (91) during the first half at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports /

After firing head coach Tom Coughlin earlier this offseason, the New York Giants are going for it. It all started when the team re-signed mercurial defensive end Jason Pierre Paul on Tuesday. Then Wednesday, the Giants went out and snagged another defensive end to come off the opposite edge.

They now have Olivier Vernon after reaching a super-lucrative agreement with him Wednesday. The deal is worth $85 million over five years with a whopping $52.5 million in guarantees. Vernon’s deal tops the $42 million in guarantees Malik Jackson got with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

His guaranteed money is actually more than what all-world defensive end J.J. Watt gets from the Houston Texans. The deal was made just hours after the Miami Dolphins rescinded their transition tag on him. The Giants had to outbid the Jacksonville Jaguars, who have the most money to spend under the salary cap.

Vernon was ranked by analytics site ProFootballFocus.com as the top 4-3 defensive end in football. So you can imagine the heat the Giants are going to bring off the edges with their two stars now. The Giants lured defensive tackle Damon Harrison away from the jest too so with Johnathan Hankins still there, that’s a great front-4.

But the Giants were desperate to upgrade their uncharacteristically horrible defense and did so.

The NFC East is spicing up!

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