INDIANAPOLIS — In addition to showcasing top draft prospects, the NFL Scouting Combine serves as the gossip epicenter of the league for a week.



With agents, coaches, scouts and executives from all 32 teams crowding Indianapolis’ hotel lobbies, steakhouses and bars this week, the groundwork has been laid for many of the moves that will take place when free agency officially begins on March 18. Here are some news and notes after four days of touring Indianapolis in search of information on the Giants’ plans:



• The Leonard Williams trade continues to be a head-scratcher around the league. And the Giants’ trade for Williams in October has made reading the market for the defensive lineman murkier.



There’s a sense around the league that Giants general manager Dave Gettleman backed himself into a corner after sending the Jets a 2020 third-round pick and a 2021 fifth-round pick for eight games of Williams last season. Gettleman...