March 24th, 2009 
Jeremy Fuchs 
Posted in From NY Daily News: Two-time Pro Bowl defensive end Osi Umenyiora of the Giants isn’t a legal expert when it comes to troubled receiverPlaxico Burress and his scheduled court appearance next week on a felony gun possession charge. Umenyiora is just an optimist, and he believes after talking to legal experts that Burress will be [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Some Giants News and Notes
Tom Rock of Newsday was at the first open locker day during the offseason program, and this to say: Osi Umenyiora was all smiles today and said he is “99 percent” with the final one percent being his mental ability to put pads back on and get on a field. He’s also cancelled his annual [...]
Comments OffTaye Biddle Almost 100%
Taye Biddle, the Giants reciever is recovering nicely, according to the Star-Ledger: Biddle was at Giants Stadium Tuesday along with his teammates at off-season workouts. He’s not quite fully recovered from what appears to have been a random shooting in January. But Biddle is here, working out and battling the physical and emotional scars [...]
Comments OffGiants Didn’t Offer Players for Edwards, Report Says
Contrary to a previous report, the Giants did not offer players to the Browns for WR Braylon Edwards. Here’s the nugget from the Star-Ledger Someone familiar with the talks between the Browns said no Giants players were offered in the discussions. The person, who asked for anonymity because both teams have not provided specifics of [...]
Comments OffJerry Reese Talks, Pt. 2
Here is the second part of Jerry Reese’s interview with ESPN’s Matt Mosley: Beast: Would you be open to trading for a receiver this offseason (wink wink Anquan Boldin)? Reese: We leave all our options open. All of our options are open and anything can happen. Beast: How is Osi Umenyiora‘s recovery coming along? Reese: [...]
Comments OffPerformance Based Pay
Mike Garafolo is reporting that Michael Johnson once again earned the most performance based pay of any Giant. Each year, the NFL hands out special payments to players who saw more of the field than expected. Those players are compensated with a check based on what’s known as performance-based pay. The top five Giants included [...]
Comments OffGiants Get Compensatory Pick
UPDATE(8:43 EST) Via ESPN.com, the Giants will recieve the 100th pick overall, at the end of the third round. According to NFL.com, the Giants will recieve one compensatory selection in Aprils draft. It did not specify what round. More to come when available.
Comments OffJerry Reese Talks
Matt Mosely of ESPN got a chance to sit down with Giants GM Jerry Reese. Here’s the transcript: How do you feel about your offseason moves so far? (always lead with the softball) Jerry Reese: I’m pleased so far, but we still have some to go. We wanted to bolster our defensive front because it’s [...]
Comments OffKenny Britt Pro Day Update
Mike Garafolo of the Newark-Star Ledger was at Kenny Britt’s Pro Day, and had a few nuggets: There were only two Giants’ scouts at the workout and neither seemed to be paying any particular attention to a given player. After the running and jumping drills, a few players did positional drills or met with scouts [...]
Cleveland GM On Edwards/Giants Talks
Browns GM George Kokinis spoke to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer about the Braylon Edwards/Giants trade talks: “We exchanged ideas about everything, but nothing really culminated into specifics,” Kokinis told the Plain-Dealer. “I’m excited to have Braylon on this team. He brings a dimension that not a lot of receivers can bring in relation to going up [...]
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