The New York Giants placed a rare unrestricted free agent tender on Markus Golden.

The "May 5" tender still allows Golden to negotiate a deal with other teams and the Giants would not receive any compensation if he signed elsewhere, but he would count toward the 2021 compensatory pick formula.

If Golden remains unsigned past July 22nd, he could only play for the Giants at $5.225 million.

Golden finished with 10 sacks last season and was perhaps the Giants' best defensive player in 2019.