Giants plan to cut G Schwartz, T Beatty, LB Beason


The New York Giants plan to release guard Geoff Schwartz, tackle Will Beatty and linebacker Jon Beason, according to multiple reports Wednesday.

The three moves will save the Giants about $11.7 million against the 2016 salary cap and increase their projected cap room to about $55 million this year, ESPN.com reported.

Beatty, a second-round draft pick of the Giants in 2009, was re-signed to a five-year, $37.5 million contract before the 2013 season. Beatty, who turns 31 next month, missed the entire 2015 season after tearing a pectoral muscle lifting weights in the offseason.

Schwartz, 29, and Beason, 31, were free-agent signings in the 2014 offseason.

Schwartz signed for four years and $16.8 million. He missed 14 games in 2014 and five more in 2015 because of injuries.

The Giants, who acquired Beason for a seventh-round draft pick from the Carolina Panthers early in the 2013 season, signed the linebacker in the offseason to a three-year, $17 million contract. Beason missed 23 games over the past two seasons due to injuries.