This isn't going to be easy.By "this," I mean it's difficult to know exactly how the still-to-be-named coaching staff views some of the players, which is going to go a long way toward their determining who stays, who goes, etc."When the new head coach gets in here, the new staff, were going to get together, were Brandon Manning Jersey going to watch the film, were going to evaluate everybody, were going to talk to the support staff," said new general manager Joe Schoen."Who are the guys that kind of fit the vision that were looking for? Who are the guys that are going to buy into the program? Then, well make educated decisions once we have more information. There are going to be difficult decisions that are going to have to be made."Indeed, and some of the decisions that on the surface might appear to be slam dunks aren't nece sarily written in stone. A big reason for this is we still don't know who the new coaching staff will be under head coach Brian Daboll and if they might want some of the guys who otherwise would be obvious cuts.So based on the information that is available/known, here is my action plan, which includes only cuts and restructures. Of the Giants' pending UFAs, which you can see in the video above, there doesn't appear to be anyone who is likely to get a big-money extension, but we'll see.Current Cap Hit: $21.863 millionPotential Savings: $12.136 millionDead Money: $9.727 millionBradberry, who delivered a Pro Bowl season for the Giants in 2020, didnt come close to following up in 2021 and, in fact, saw several performance metrics decrease.The Giants, in October, as part of their attempt to scrape together salary cap space to get them through the rest of the 2021 season, restructured Bradberrys deal by lowering his 2021 base salary and tacking on a voidable year in 2023. This set the stage for the team to move on from Bradberry this year.On March 18, $2 million of Bradberrys $13.4 million base salary will become guaranteed. But its doubtful hell be on the roster Erik Gustafsson Jersey given the saving the Giants stand to gain that will, at the very least, pull them out of the red on total cap space, which will take a big chunk out of their debit column under the functional cap space.Don't be surprised if the Giants look to trade Bradberry before cutting him. The Chiefs could be a potential trade target and a unit where Bradberry would provide an instant upgrade ahead o a season in which the Chiefs are due to face some pretty tough customers at WR1. And if the Giants can get an extra draft pick or two, that would make the dead-money hit well worth it.Current Cap Hit: $7.408 millionPotential Savings: $5 millionDead Money: $2.408 millionThe intentions here were good, but you know ? That's what happened here with Rudolph, who, before coming to the Giants, was an established red-zone scoring threat that had scored 40 of his 48 career touchdowns (83.3 percent) on red-zone targets. With the Giants, Rudolph was targeted just eight times inside the red zone, catching three balls and scoring one touchdown. The lack of targets isn't nece sarily his fault. Andthe bottom line is the lack of production makes it very difficult to justify carrying the second and final year of his contract.If the Giants new offense follows the model Daboll ran in Buffalo--the Bills with over 71 percent of their plays run from that package--the Giants could either look to bring Evan Engram back on a short-term deal or addre s this position via a late Day 2 or early Day 3 pick.Current Cap Hit: $12.495 millionPotential Savings: $4.505 millionDead Money: $7.99 millionPOST JUNE 1 TRANSACTIONCurrent Cap Hit: $12.495millionPotential Savings: $8.5 millionDead Money: $3.995 million2023 Dead Money:$3.995 millionThis one hurts to write because of the kind of player and person Shepard has been since coming to the Giants in 2016 as a second-round draft pick. However, when the team drafted Kadarius Toney last year, the handwriting was on the wall that Toney was Jordan Oesterle Jersey considered the next slot receiver, a distinction that should still hold true even though there will be a new coaching staff in place. Moreover, if Schoen is looking at mistakes made by the Giants in the past, he'll probably quickly realize that it doesn't make fiscal sense to have multiple high priced veterans with similar skillsets, such as when the Giants had Golden Tate and Shepard on the roster, both primarily slot receivers.Complicating things here is Shepard's late-season Achilles injury. He's probably not going to be ready for camp, so there could be an injury settlement involved, depending on the timing a sociated with his recovery from a season-ending Achilles injury. If the Giants do move on from Shepard, they can either save $8.5 million now with a $7.99 million dead money hit or to better optimize the savings (as well as give him more time to inch closer to being able to pa s a physical), they could look to designate him as a post-June 1 cut at which would the savings jumps to $8.5 million with a $3.995 million dead money hit in 2022 and 2023.Normally, I'd be in favor of ripping off the bandage and not kicking dead money into next year unle s it's nece sary. But in this case, with the new television contract revenue due to come in 2023, I'd be Jonathan Toews Jersey in favor of saving as much this year as po sible, given the team's needs.Also, while it's true the Giants don't want to enter into 2023 with a lot of dead money, considering they might have to re-sign Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley after the 2022 season ends, they should be able to get the first year of those contract numbers low to fit everything in. So although the Giants wouldn't be credited with the savings until Glenn Hall Jersey after June 1, they could use the "newfound" savings, in part, to sign their draft cla s for which Over the Cap estimated New York needing if they remain in the fifth overall draft slot.Current Cap Hit: $3.120 millionPotential Savings: $2.9 millionDead Money: $320,556Dixon isn't the worst punter in the league, but there's little debate that he was among the more frustrating and inconsistent punters in the league last year. How much of that resulted from his coverage team or what the coaches asked him to do is up for debate.Still, if we're basing decisions off performance, it's hard to justify carrying Dixon, who by the way, has a $250,000 roster bonus due on March 22, in the final year of his contract, when nearly $3 million in savings can be had.Scroll to ContinueClick on an image to jump to the story you wish to read.How Bills' Salary Cap Management Tactics Differ from Giants' MethodsThese are just a few of the le sons new Giants general manager Joe Schoen might