Ereck Flowers Trade Rumors: Giants to Release OT If No Deal by Tuesday

New York Giants offensive tackle Ereck Flowers may soon be on his way out of the Big Apple.   

On Monday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reported the Giants plan to release Flowers unless they can trade him by Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET.

Schefter pointed out why a trade seems rather unlikely from another team's perspective:

The Giants selected Flowers with the ninth overall pick in the 2015 draft out of Miami.

Flowers' inability to develop into a franchise cornerstone has set New York's offensive line back. It's one reason Football Outsiders ranked the unit 31st in the league in run blocking and 26th in pass protection through Week 4.

The Miami product started the first two games of the season before the Giants benched him for Chad Wheeler—an undrafted free agent who signed with New York last season—prior to the Week 3 game against the Houston Texans.

"It's about giving Chad a chance. See what we get," head coach Pat Shurmur said of the decision, via Austin Knoblauch of NFL.com.

Flowers is only 24 years old, but the writing was on the wall when New York decided against picking up the fifth-year option on his contract for 2019. The Giants are now just looking to accelerate his exit.