Giants, Jets DeAngelo Hall monitors 2 Comment November 7 New York Daily News
"The Giants might have another shot at acquiring DeAngelo Hall. The Giants reportedly are one of five teams interested in signing Hall, who was released by the Raiders on Wednesday and went unclaimed on waivers. Hall is expected to make a decision in the next day or two, with the Giants, Redskins, Patriots and Steelers all interested, according to NFL.com.
Sources say the Jets are also taking a look at the free-agent cornerback. Hall is looking for a long-term situation, which would make the Jets a longshot. They have two young corners, Darrelle Revis and Dwight Lowery, although Lowery was benched in last week's game.
The Giants were mildly interested in trading for Hall in the offseason, but the price was too high in both draft picks and salary. Hall, 24, was traded by the Falcons to the Raiders for a second-round pick last March. The cornerback signed a seven-year, $70million deal with the Raiders, who paid Hall $8million but did not want to pay another $16 million in injury-guaranteed bonuses.
The Giants are down a cornerback with Kevin Dockery (back) out. - With Rich Cimini"
nyk4ever@ 11/10/2008 1:32 AM
Hall signed with the Redskins a few days ago.
And by the way.. awesome victory tonight, just awesome.
TMS@ 11/10/2008 1:50 AM
well that's just great douchebag.
nyk4ever@ 11/10/2008 11:18 AM
Posted by TMS:
well that's just great douchebag.
I think you're the douchebag since you were like 3 weeks late with the article you posted
Last updated: 7:03 am November 12, 2008 Posted: 3:46 am November 12, 2008
THERE'S always a storm brew ing, even amid these calm and clear seas filled with winning and contentment.
No matter if the Giants New York Giants continue what could be an inexorable march to another Super Bowl or if they falter long before any possible repeat, there are hard and possibly excruciating decisions that threaten to rip apart the core of a championship team. Unrestricted free agency is looming for five key players and there is no way the Giants can keep them all.
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Is this the last go-round for Amani Toomer Amani Toomer , the leading receiver in franchise history, who at 34 remains productive and classy in his 13th season? Cornerback Corey Webster Corey Webster is a rising star at a position where rising stars become rich beyond their wildest dreams. The Giants are 8-1 heading into another tough game, Sunday against the Ravens, and wouldn't be anywhere near first place without a bludgeoning running attack. The two top dogs, Brandon Jacobs and Derrick Ward, have no contracts for next season. Safety James Butler can proudly state on his resume he has been a starter on one Super Bowl winner and possibly another, but he's not close to indispensable.
Sometimes a team has to look for help on the outside to get better. The task ahead for general manager Jerry Reese is to determine who among the old gang gets to stay.
Webster makes $520,000 this season and will void out the final year of his original deal to become an unrestricted free agent, where he'll instantly become one of the most attractive players on the open market. He's developing into the lock-down corner every team covets and the Giants cannot let him leave, which means they'd better sign him before other teams get the chance. Figure Webster is going to command about $8 million per year, or more.
Jacobs is on pace for 1,432 yards this season, a remarkable total considering he's the starter but often not the finisher at running back, a position he shares with Ward and sometimes Ahmad Bradshaw. At first, it seemed the Giants were wise to wait on Jacobs after he gained 1,009 yards in his first season as a starter, given he had issues with staying healthy and on the field. Locking him up following the Super Bowl might have been the wiser move, though, as he might command serious money. How serious? Well, take a look no further than the other running backs in the division. Clinton Portis averages slightly more than $8 million per year. Marion Barber comes in at slightly more than $6 million per and Brian Westbrook recently signed a three-year, $21 million extension. Jacobs can make the claim that he's doing more with less of a workload and is the leading rusher on a Super Bowl champion that is gunning for a second straight title. It's a compelling argument.
Then there's Ward. His rushing average (5.5 yards per carry) is slightly higher than that of Jacobs (5.3) and it's certainly conceivable that if Ward received the rushing attempts that Jacobs does he'd accumulate as many yards. Plus, Ward is a much better receiver out of the backfield. There's no doubt the Giants must sign either Jacobs or Ward, but will probably let one go and then move the talented Bradshaw up in the rotation and have Danny Ware as the third option.
"You can only do what you can do right now," said Ward, who is on pace for 871 rushing yards as a backup. "Everything will work out for itself."
Toomer is third on the team with 29 receptions. In the past two years, younger options Steve Smith and Mario Manningham were drafted to one day take Toomer's place. There's no hint Toomer wants to hang it up; loyalty and sentiment will do battle in this situation. The Giants following their Super Bowl shocker did not re-sign safety Gibril Wilson or linebacker Kawika Mitchell and have shown an unwillingness to over-commit to their own. As they roll forward, there's an understanding that some ultimately will be left behind.
IMO they absolutely must re-sign Brandon Jacobs & Corey Webster... we can't afford to lose any depth at either position... Butler is expendable, i think Michael Johnson is very capable of making plays at Safety & we can try Terrell Thomas out at FS at times too.
i would hate to lose Ward cuz he's such a valuable & reliable backup but if he wants a big contract he can go too... Ahmad Bradshaw is a big play threat every time he touches the ball.
as for Amani, he's been an awesome soldier for our franchise over the years & if he would be amenable to a reasonable 1 year deal, i would love for him to stay, but i would be fine if Reese decided to go w/the youth & let Smith take over fulltime as our #2 WR w/either Hixon or Manningham as the slot reciever.
VDesai@ 11/13/2008 1:00 AM
Danny Ware is a very similar player to Ward- we'll be ok if we lose him. The real question is Jacobs- I think the Giants are so deep and have so many good fall back options, that they do have to place an upper limit to how much they were are willing to give BJ. He might be my favorite player on the team, but they will have to play some hardball with him if they are to keep control of the cap going forward.
I think Webster is much tougher to lose and they really need to keep him. He is pretty much a lockdown player at this point. I think Dockery might also be an FA and Sammy Mad and RW are on their last legs- if they lose Webster we could be talking about Ross and Terrell Thomas, and not a lot of depth. Be a pretty risky way to go.
Butler is a good player, but exactly the kind of player you don't re-sign. Johnson is already a starter and a good player, and Kenny Phillips is gonna be awesome. He just needs the opportunity to start. They will be fine at the safety position.
TMS@ 11/14/2008 4:04 AM
just watching last year's Super Bowl again off my DVR & gotta say, Jordin Sparks' rendition of the Star Spangled Banner gave me goosebumps.
but i think the best alltime rendition was done by Whitney Houston when the Giants won SB XXV.
i think those 2 were the best classic renditions of our National Anthem performed during any sporting event i'd ever seen, other than maybe Marvin Gaye's rendition for the '83 NBA Allstar game, but his rendition was a lot more stylized.
Allanfan20@ 11/16/2008 4:29 PM
^All 3 of them were horrible at it, but on that note, great win for the Giants today. We sent out a loud message by picking apart the Ravens defense.
TMS@ 11/16/2008 6:38 PM
that was impressive... i think Tom Coughlin should definitely get consideration for COY honors, he's been doing an awesome job w/this team... those excellent challenges have really paid dividends, & today after Brandon Jacobs stopped gaining yards in the 2nd half, he went w/Ahmad Bradshaw, a quicker & more of a cutback type back, to neutralize some of the over pursuiting Ravens D & he broke off a huge gain on his very first carry... excellent coaching by him all season.
VDesai@ 11/16/2008 7:05 PM
Jacobs left the game after he took a shot to the leg (he's ok and was at the Knicks game). That's why we went with Ward in the third and the offense bogged down a bit. Bradshaw almost always breaks a big one when he gets in there. Such an exciting player. We did a heckuva job running the ball and moving the ball in general vs. that D.
On D, we weren't ready for Flacco running the ball as much as he did, but overall we created turnovers and shut em down.
[Edited by - vdesai on 11-16-2008 7:05 PM]
TMS@ 11/16/2008 7:26 PM
ah, didn't know he injured himself... thanks for the info... still, i really like how Coughlin's coaching this season... he's making all he right calls on challenges & this team is executing when they gotta execute.
VDesai@ 11/16/2008 9:48 PM
Yeah Jake was pretty much unstoppable when in - 70+ yards on 11 carries. Of course he was one upped by Bradshaw with 90+ yards on only 9 carries.
Jacobs seeks to remain Giant as contract expires 0 Comment November 19 Newsday
"Brandon Jacobs wants to be practicing today. He wants to play on Sunday. And when the NFL's free agency period begins this winter, he wants to still be a Giant.
"I'll be at my house relaxing," he said of tentative plans for Feb. 27, 2009, the day players can hit the open market. "Hopefully I'm taken care of by then. I don't want it to get to [that day]. It's going to be a tough time in my household if it comes and I don't have a contract."
Jacobs is one of the big names with expiring contracts at the conclusion of this season. Before this season started, running back Michael Turner signed a six-year, $34.5-million deal with the Falcons - after spending most of his career as a backup in San Diego. Jacobs is pulverizing defenses this year; he's fourth in the NFL in rushing yards with 879 despite only 16.4 carries per game. If Jacobs decides to cannonball all 264 pounds of himself into the market, the splash likely would be even bigger than Turner's or that of Julius Jones, another backup who signed with the Seahawks for four years and $11.8 million before this year.
But that's not what he wants. Even if he could make more money someplace else.
"No question about it, this is where I want to be," he said. "If they come up with something fair, this is where I'll be. I'm not really trying to break the bank like some other people. I just want what's fair."
Jacobs wouldn't throw out any numbers at last night's event for the launch of a partnership between Xbox 360 and Netflix in Manhattan. And he said the last time he checked there had been no negotiations between the Giants and his representatives. But he said he's confident that they'll be able to reach an agreement that will keep him in blue for many years."
Reese seriously needs to get this done & keep this guy in Giant blue.
TMS@ 11/23/2008 4:29 PM
damn, Kurt Warner's picking us apart right now... BUCKLE UP & DEFEND THE SLANT ROUTES!!!
TMS@ 11/23/2008 4:55 PM
derrick ward has to be if not the best than 1 of the top few best backup RBs in football... the guy's as solid as they come.
MaTT4281@ 11/23/2008 5:26 PM
How about Hixon! Follows up an 83 yard kick return with a 66 yard return.
TMS@ 11/23/2008 6:01 PM
Hixon's awesome too... he really opened my eyes last year... great pickup by Reese.
