Landon Collins rips ex-Giants GM Dave Gettleman, who 'didn't want me here'

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Landon Collins is back with the New York Giants after the team signed him to the practice squad last week, and it appears that the safety-turned-linebacker will be active this week against the Baltimore Ravens.

Collins wanted to make one thing abundantly clear: He wanted to return to Big Blue when he was a free agent in 2019. The team’s old GM didn’t want him, he said. 

"That was my only concern," he told the New York Daily News. "I want fans to understand that. It wasn’t the Giants. It was Dave Gettleman. … I wanted to stay, but Gettleman didn’t want me here."

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Landon Collins of the New York Giants reacts after being called for pass interference during the first quarter against the Chicago Bears at MetLife Stadium Dec. 2, 2018, East Rutherford, N.J. (Elsa/Getty Images)

Collins wasn’t shy to tell reporters his feelings about Gettleman once he left for the Washington Commanders after signing a massive six-year, $84 million deal with them during that 2019 offseason. 

"No dignity at all," he told NJ.com at the time. "I didn’t know what was going on. He’s a liar. He lied to everybody. So that’s a man I do not trust. I would hope nobody else would too."

Collins added that while his free agency situation was playing out, he didn’t speak with Gettleman once. Gettleman didn’t draft Collins. Jerry Reese drafted him in the second round of the 2015 draft.

But Collins felt that after being a part of the organization four years and wearing a "C" on his chest for the 2018 season, he deserved better. Gettleman didn’t give him that, so he moved on. 

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