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Giants sign Golden Tate to 4 year deal
Friday, March 15, 2019

(NEW YORK) – The New York Giants agreed to a deal with Golden Tate on Thursday, as the team tries to fill the void created when wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was traded. Tate's agents at CAA Football announced the deal but did not provide terms. Sources say it's a four year, $37.5 million contract that includes $23 million fully guaranteed. The Giants traded Beckham to the Cleveland Browns on Wednesday in a blockbuster deal that shook the league. Looking for an offensive jolt, Philadelphia Eagles acquired Tate from the Detroit Lions at the trade deadline in late October for a third-round pick. He had to learn a new system on the fly, and the team struggled to integrate the veteran receiver. Tate, 30, plays mostly in the slot at this point in his career, and the Eagles are due to pay Nelson Agholor, another slot receiver, more than $9 million in 2019. With limited funds and needs in other areas, it didn't make much sense for the Eagles to double down on the inside. Tate finished with 74 catches for 795 yards and four touchdowns in 15 games with the Lions and Eagles last season, and he also contributed on special teams as a punt returner. He had 90-plus catches in each of his previous four seasons with Detroit, surpassing 1,000 yards three times. The second-round draft choice (60th overall) by the Seattle Seahawks out of Notre Dame in 2010, Tate has 611 receptions for 7,214 yards and 38 touchdowns in his nine-year NFL career.

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