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Memo to Jerry Reese - we need linebackers, but stay away from Manti Te'o.
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Webster takes a paycut to $4M to stay and play next year for one last big contract.
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Kenny Phillips is most likely gone.
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Why is Reese bringing back Elvis 'Toast' Patterson, I mean Corey Webster?Comment
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Cullen Jenkins signed, 3 years...$8M, $3M guaranteed
Like it.
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Elvis Patterson never had a clutch interception in the NFC championship game in OT tho......Webster played terrible, but I have a soft spot for dude......his confidence was shot last season but he'll bounce backComment
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Hey never had a gigantic leg but fuck it if Lawrence Tynes didn't pull through with some of the most pressure-filled kicks in recent Giants history.
The 2007 and 20011 NFC Championship Games, two overtime kicks, one on a shitty field in San Francisco, he sent the team to two Super Bowls.
The team officially signed Josh Brown with Dave Buehler also on the roster, they'll compete in camp.
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aaron ross is coming back and should be signed shortly. never was a big ross fan but you can never have enough depth in the secondary, especially on the giants where they always seem to drop like flies.
giants are also going to re-sign ryan torain
edit - just saw tollefson was released by the raiders. wouldnt be suprised if he came back too.
double edit - hell, bring back the big BOSSMAN tooComment
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Aaron Ross - are you kidding me? Is that the best Reese can do?
As for Boss, he's had injury/concussion issues.Comment
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Phillips signed with Philly.
Giants signed S Mundy, tho.
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Top NYG Free Agent Signings (from giants.com)
5. Shaun O'Hara
After walking on as a tight end at Rutgers and making it to the pros as an undrafted rookie free agent with Cleveland, O’Hara joined the Giants in 2004 -- the same year Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning arrived. The center, who spent the final seven seasons of his 11-year career with the Giants, was one of the five captains on the 2007 team that won Super Bowl XLII and became one of the just three centers in Giants history to be selected to at least three Pro Bowls (joining Ray Wietecha and Bart Oates). O’Hara started all 97 games he played in a Giants uniform from 2004-2010 and officially announced his retirement this past September.4. Michael Barrow
Suiting up for five teams in his career, Barrow joined the Giants in 2000 after playing with the Carolina Panthers and the team that drafted him in the second round in 1993, the Houston Oilers. Barrow started 61 of 62 games in four seasons with the Giants, not including all three postseason games en route to an appearance in Super Bowl XXXV.
In that 2000 run, Barrow’s 92 tackles were second on the team behind fellow linebacker Jessie Armstead. Barrow also posted four double-digit tackle totals that season, including a team-high 11 in a 20-10 victory over Philadelphia in the Divisional round before the 41-0 shutout of the Vikings to reach the Super Bowl. Playing alongside Armstead and Ryan Phillips, Barrow helped the Giants defense finish fifth in the NFL in total yards allowed in 2000. In 2002, Barrow and the Giants had another top-10 finish in yards allowed.
In his final year in New York, Barrow, an All-American out of Miami, led the NFC in tackles in 2003 with 148. He finished his Giants tenure with 489 total tackles, 14 sacks, 10 forced fumbles and one interception. The Giants were 35-33 during that span (2000-2003), including two postseason berths and a combined winning record over current NFC East teams.3. Antonio Pierce
Carrying on the linebacker tradition and also wearing No. 58, Antonio Pierce joined the Giants as a free agent in 2005 after spending four seasons with the Washington Redskins, the team he signed with as an undrafted rookie free agent.
During his five seasons with New York, Pierce led the team in tackles three times, was a three-year captain, a Pro Bowler in 2006, and one of the inspirational leaders of the squad that won Super Bowl XLII. The Giants made the playoffs four times and did not have a losing season in Pierce’s five years in a Giants uniform.
Pierce led the Giants with 159 tackles in 2006 (when he became the first Giants linebacker to play in the Pro Bowl since Jessie Armstead in 2001), 116 in 2007 and 113 in 2008. Beyond the numbers, he was the heart and brains of the defense, an emotional, inspirational leader whose study of the next opponent enabled him to correctly position teammates before the snap and often predict which play was coming.2. Kerry Collins
In five seasons with the New York Giants, Kerry Collins became one of the most productive passers in franchise history, leading the team to the 2000 NFC Championship and a berth in Super Bowl XXXV as well as a 2002 NFC Wild Card Playoff berth.
The first-ever draft choice by the Panthers – and the fifth overall selection of the 1995 draft -- Collins played in Carolina and New Orleans before then-general manager Ernie Accorsi signed him as a free agent on Feb. 19, 1999 to play for New York, where he spent the most successful years of his career. After backing up Kent Graham early in his first Giants season, Collins moved up and started 67 consecutive games before an ankle injury forced him to miss the final three games of the 2003 season. Overall, he started 68 of the 71 games he played for the Giants.
One of his best performances in a Giants uniform came in the 2000 NFC Championship Game when he completed 28 of 39 passes for 381 yards and five touchdowns in New York's 41-0 rout of the Minnesota Vikings.
At the time of his release from the Giants in 2004 – soon after the Giants acquired Eli Manning – Collins was third in franchise history with 1,447 completions and second and third on the single-season list with 335 in 2002 and 327 in 2001. Recently passed by Manning, Collins completed 58.51 percent of his passes (1,447 of 2,473) as a Giant, which was the highest percentage in franchise history among quarterbacks that have thrown more than 1,000 passes.
Collins currently ranks third in passes completed (1,447), fourth in passing yards (16,875), and fourth in passes attempted (2,473) among Giants quarterbacks. At the time of his retirement in 2011, Collins finished ninth in NFL history in both pass attempts (6,163) and completions (3,439), 11th in passing yards (40,441), and 29th with 206 touchdown passes.1. Plaxico Burress
Originally a first round draft pick (eighth overall) by Pittsburgh in 2000, wide receiver Plaxico Burress signed with the Giants in 2005 and would become Eli Manning’s most productive target as well as one of the heroes of Super Bowl XLII.
Burress played for the Giants from 2005-08. In 57 regular season games, he caught 244 passes – 12th in team history – for 3,681 yards and 33 touchdowns. He also caught the game-winning 13-yard touchdown pass with 35 seconds remaining in the Giants’ Super Bowl XLII victory over New England. Burress produced right away for New York with Eli Manning entering his second season in 2005.
In his first game as a Giant, Burress caught five passes for 76 yards and a touchdown. He went on to post 1,214 yards in 2005 – the fourth-best performance for a Giants receiver and his third career 1,000-yard season at that point – and helped the Giants to an 11-5 record and an NFC East title.
In the 2007 championship run, Burress hit the 1,000-yard mark once again and caught 12 touchdowns, which remain the second-most by a Giants player in a season behind Homer Jones’ 13 in 1967. Burress followed up by catching 18 passes for 221 yards and a touchdown in the playoffs, the bulk of which came in the NFC Championship in Green Bay when he hauled in 11 catches for 151 yards.
Burress remains Manning’s leading receiver in yards, while Hakeem Nicks recently passed him in terms of receptions from the two-time Super Bowl MVP.Comment
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filed under the least surprising news of the offseason: giants re-sign david carr to back up eliComment
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Giants (reportedly) make offer to Cruz
New York Giants chairman and executive vice president Steve Tisch predicted a week ago that restricted free agent Victor Cruz would wind up with a "higher" annual salary than the roughly $6 million recently given to top slot receivers Wes Welker and Danny Amendola.
Tisch wasn't exactly going out on a limb. Cruz has a youth and versatility edge on Welker, and has been significantly more productive than Amendola.
As it turns out, it appears Tisch also had inside information that Cruz already has been offered more than Welker and Amendola. The Giants have extended an offer that exceeds $7 million per season while adding a "sizable amount" of guaranteed money, Gary Myers of the New York Daily News reported Saturday.
The offer would seem to be in the three- or four-year range, as Myers adds that it would leave the 26-year-old Cruz another chance to land a big contract later in his career.
Cruz obviously has his sights set on a more lucrative long-term deal, or else he would have accepted the offer by now.
The good news for the Giants is two-fold.
No other team appears willing to relinquish both a first-round pick and a long-term contract for the rights to Cruz. Perhaps just as importantly, the receiver recently switched to agent Tom Condon, who has a solid relationship with the Giants and represents Eli Manning.
At this point, it appears to be a matter of "when" as opposed to "if" Cruz will sign a new contract to remain with the Giants.Comment
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