New York Giants notes: Kirk Morrison?
by Ed Valentine on Mar 12, 2010 7:00 AM EST
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Here are a few stories of interest for New York Giants fans on a Friday without football.
We know the Giants are scouring the globe, looking far and wide for a middle linebacker to add to their defense. Giants brass was out in force the other day for Rolando McClain's Pro Day. There is also a short list of restricted free agent MLBs. One of those, Kirk Morrison of Oakland, did not offer any hints during a radio appearance Thursday as to whether not the Giants are among teams interested in his services.
"I'm technically an Oakland Raider still. That's No. 1," Morrison said. "But at the same time, you have to explore your options for the future, for the long term. There are some teams out there that would be a good fit, I feel like. But we just have to wait and see."
Morrison declined to name those teams right now. I'd have a hard time believing the Giants wouldn't be one of them. I'd think they would have at least had preliminary discussions with Morrison's agent, Bruce Tollner, who said earlier Thursday there's nothing to report.
"There are some teams we're looking at and we've talked to," Morrison said. "Hopefully, in the next couple of weeks we can get something done ... either with the Raiders or with other teams. I know next year I'm going to be playing football. I just want to make sure I'm in the best, most comfortable position I can be in."
"The biggest thing is I just want to go out and win," Morrison said when asked what he'd be looking for in a a new team, should he decide to go that route. "Get into a situation that puts you in the best opportunity to win football games. Being in this league for five years already and losing more games than you win week in and week out, it's hard to play at the kind of level that you want to being on the losing end. But you never give up your effort, you never give up who you are as a football player."
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Don't forget to tune in to Blog Talk Radio tonight when Patricia Traina (Inside Football) and I co-host 'New York Giants Talk.' Running back D.J. will chat with us for a few minutes.
Pat may actually have to go solo the first few minutes of the show. I have another obligation, and will likely join in a few minutes late. Use the 'chat' function to drop a question or two.
Daily NFL Draft Prospect Profile: Anthony Davis, OT, Rutgers
by Ed Valentine on Mar 11, 2010 11:00 AM EST
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No one who is thinking clearly will argue against defense being the priority of the New York Giants' draft this April. If the Giants choose, however, to grab a left tackle prospect with their No. 1 pick and address middle linebacker, defensive tackle and other needs later, it would be hard to argue against that as well.
We know the offensive line began to show cracks in 2009, and elite tackle prospects are not easy to find. There are several probable first-round picks who fit that description this time around, though.
Today, one of them is the subject of our Daily NFL Draft Prospect Profile. That would be Anthony Davis of Rutgers, a 6-foot-6, 330-pound behemoth who could be off the board before the Giants select. If he isn't, though, things could get interesting.
Let's take a closer look.
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New York Giants notes: What to make of McClain
by Ed Valentine on Mar 11, 2010 8:04 AM EST
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So, Rolando McClain revealed at the Alabama Pro Day Wednesday that he has Crohn's Disease. Of course you do have to wonder if that will give teams like our New York Giants pause when it comes to April's NFL Draft.
By the way, want an indication that the Giants have a serious interest in the Alabama middle linebacker? How about the fact that GM Jerry Reese, head coach Tom Coughlin and linebackers coach Jim Herrmann were all in attendance Wednesday to watch McClain work. Hmmm.
Per NFL.com's Gil Brandt, by the way, McClain ran faster than originally reported. His 40 times were 4.68 and 4.69. Check out some video of McClain's Pro Day.
Want to check out reports on all the Pro Days. NFL.com is offering a 'Pro Days' blog.
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New York Giants News & Notes: Some QB News
by cjmulrain on Mar 10, 2010 12:30 PM EST
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Not a whole lot to report in Giants news today, but there are a few quarterback related items to share.
First, ESPN's Matt Mosley discusses why the Giants signed Jim Sorgi to be their backup QB. "Sorgi's served as Peyton Manning's understudy for six seasons, so there are no surprises here. If Peyton didn't have a great opinion of Sorgi, there's no way he'd be with the Giants this afternoon." I think that pretty much sums it up. I would have preferred signing Mark Brunell to be the backup, but Sorgi is a decent one year insurance policy. The fact is that if whoever they signed ends up playing a lot next year, it's going to be a disappointing season.
Remember all the hand-wringing over Eli Manning becoming the highest paid QB in the NFL last year? Well, don't expect that to last too long, with Peyton, Tom Brady, and Drew Brees all nearing the end of their current contracts. This is just the current cycle of the NFL - every top QB who gets a new contract is going to become the highest paid. It's similar to how baseball contracts kept escalating in the late 90's, until A-Rod signed his mega deal and teams realized they needed to calm down a bit.
Finally, in light of Ben Roethlisberger's recent troubles, Gary Myers argues that the Giants made the correct choice on draft day in 2004. It's hard to argue with him. Big Ben has two rings, but he's had three major off-field incidents which have, at the very least, brought embarrassment to himself and the Steelers organization. If the allegations are true he's done even worse than that. Eli has had almost as much on-field success as Big Ben, and the way he carries himself off the field in almost unparalleled in the NFL. I was an Eli doubter early in his career, but I've been fully converted and find myself perfectly content that he will be the Giants quarterback for most of the next decade.
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Daily NFL Draft Prospect Profile: Jason Pierre-Paul, DE, South Florida
by Ed Valentine on Mar 10, 2010 11:00 AM EST
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As we continue our Daily NFL Draft Prospect Profile series let's look at one of those boom or bust players who provide a glimpse of why the draft is such a crap-shoot.
Defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul of South Florida.
I don't truly understand it, but there are still a healthy number of mock drafts out there showing Pierre-Paul going to the Giants with the 15th pick of the first round -- if not earlier.
To me this is a tremendously raw "project" type of player who would fit either a) with a defensively stacked team that could afford to wait a year for him to develop, or b) with a bottom-feeder type team willing to gamble that Pierre-Paul will turn his potential into production after a year or two.
The Giants don't fit either of those categories. Let's take a closer look, anyway, and figure out what all the fuss is about.
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10 questions with D.J. Ware
by Ed Valentine on Mar 10, 2010 7:57 AM EST
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New York Giants running back D.J. Ware is all over the Inter-Google with his own Facebook, Twitter and Web pages. And, while lots of athletes have those Ware actually uses his on a regular basis.
Today, Ware is actually here as well. Follow the jump for 10 questions with the Giants running back/social media maven.
And you can catch more of Ware Thursday night when he joins Patricia Traina of Inside Football and myself on Blog Talk Radio for 'New York Giants Talk' at 8 p.m. ET. Not sure we will be taking calls, but if you have a question about Ware or anything Giants related e-mail it to me at bigblueview@gmail.com (subject line "Blog Talk Radio') or use the chat function when you listen to the show.
Now, on with the Q&A.
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Hakeem Nicks in Retrospect
by Logan_Davis on Mar 9, 2010 8:17 PM EST
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via www.nypost.com
I believe that I can safely say that most of us Giants fans were very satisfied with Hakeem Nicks' rookie season. He had a very solid season statistically and looks to be a franchise wide receiver (not to mention he stayed out of trouble, unlike some former Giants receivers).
I thought it would be fun to compare Hakeem Nicks' rookie season stats with the season stats of the receivers we begged Jerry Reese to pursue in free agency last year.
Hakeem's 2009-2010 statistics are very impressive for a receiver, a rookie receiver at that. In 14 games Nicks had 47 receptions for 790 yards (16.8 yards per reception and 56.4 yards per game) while scoring 6 touchdowns.
Let's compare these statistics to those of Anquan Boldin, Brandon Marshall, and T.J. Houshmandzadeh.
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