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Peter R Smyth asks: Your plea for mail bag questions brought up a long-held question about the website. What time of year is the highest traffic to BBV? Draft? Playoffs? Training Camp? A Super Bowl?. I’m guessing draft because I visited the site at least 10 times a day if not more. As far as repeat viewers, do you have a lot of crazy readers like me visit many many times a day?
Also, as a rabid Knicks fan also, I admit to not visiting once in the last 2-weeks. Did you all see a big drop-off?
Ed says: Peter, the months of March and April are traditionally the busiest in terms of traffic. That, of course, means the NFL Draft is the biggest draw. Training camp is big. January can be big when there is coaching staff overhaul.
I don’t track visitor habits with a great deal of zeal, but the answer is, yes, many readers visit the site multiple times a day. That is why we put up new content as often as we do.
As for the Knicks, Peter, I have to be disappointed in you. You can’t multi-task? C’mon, man! No, the Knicks’ run to the NBA title didn’t change BBV traffic at all.
George Bilyk asks: If Darius Slayton was on the last year of his contract he would be a great candidate for him agreeing to having his salary reduced. Another option would be to trade him, but have the Giants agree to absorbing a good portion of his salary.
Since he has more than a year left on his contract, is this why those two strategies cannot work, unless of course he totally reworks his contract for the Giants or another team? In other words, can there be one year only arrangement made when there are two years left on his contract?
Ed says: George, Slayton signed a three-year, $36 million contract with $22 million in guaranteed money. He has $9.75 million in guaranteed salary and a $15.911 million cap hit this year. In reality, this is a one-year arrangement. Slayton has zero guaranteed money next season, and can be cut with just a $3 million hit against the cap in dead money.
That is why what is important in contracts is the guaranteed money, not the actual length. Slayton’s contract is for three years, but he only get guaranteed payments for two years.
Christopher Trappe asks: A quick question about Matt Nagy. Specifically, can you confirm how he pronounces his last name? Is it “Naggy,” (kinda like my wife)? Or is it “Neigh-gy” like an Irishman saying “no”? I’ve seen another source saying it’s actually “Neggy” which seems a bit out of left field. Can you shed some light on this controversy?
Ed says: Chris, Nagy answers to any of the above. He and his family also don’t really seem to care. Here is an old video I found of him discussing the pronunciation of his name after he had...
