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Strahan stirs the pot

By now you have probably read Michael Strahan's assertion that the Giants need to part ways with Jeremy Shockey.

"It’s a situation where he doesn’t want to be here; he doesn’t want to play here. That’s obvious with everything that’s going on. I don’t think you really gain much by keeping a guy around, regardless of how well he plays for you, there’s always that tension and that’s one thing you can’t have if you’re expected to go back and repeat and have a team that’s going to get everything you expect out of them.

"You can’t have that tension. You have to have guys there who are happy to be there, not someone who is there and doing his job and no doubt he’d do his job very well, but you just don’t need that extra in the locker room, especially since he is one of the older guys, one of the leaders. You don’t need that out of one of your leaders.

"So I think the best thing for them and for Shockey is if they have the opportunity, let him go. You read the paper; you know it’s like that. I’m not telling you anything that’s a secret. He doesn’t want to be there."

Forget whether or not we agree with Strahan. Most of us probably do.

Do you have a problem with Strahan speaking so forcefully about the Giants so soon after retiring?

Personally, I don't. This is what FOX pays him for now.

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Goodbye, J-Load! SI.com's Don Banks is bummed by the Giants' recent  decision to release Jared Lorenzen.

One of my favorite training camp stops in recent years was the Giants in Albany, N.Y., just to get the chance to watch the roly-poly Lorenzen get his share of practice snaps. I always walked away entertained, and believing if John Daly could suit up and play in the NFL, that's what it would look like.

Wishing no ill will on Eli Manning, I always secretly hoped fate would force the Giants to turn to Lorenzen as a starter just once in his career, because if the big lug ever won a game or two he would have immediately ascended to cult figure status in New York. Now we'll probably never get to witness that particular phenomena, and it feels like an opportunity we shouldn't have missed.

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Chris Snee's 6-year contract will be worth $43 million. I'm sure Plaxico Burress wants more than that.

 

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I didn't realize that

Andre Woodson was the second leading passer in the history of the U of Kentucky. I wish the leading passer in the history of the U of Kentucky could have played more for the Giants.

by TerraByte on Jun 26, 2008 7:41 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

speaking of UK QBs

isn’t it funny that Jared Lorenzen (4 seasons) has the potential to have a longer NFL career than Tim Couch (6 seasons)?

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Jun 26, 2008 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Strahan

I’m sure there’s gonna be some inevitable comparisons to Tiki over these comments, but to me, they’re very different: he’s not throwing anyone under a bus or even saying anything the rest of us don’t already know. He’s speaking in pretty general terms, and really could be talking about any team in the NFL.

by cjmulrain on Jun 26, 2008 7:55 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Exactly how I read it

Although it’s hard to hear MS talk so openly about things going on in the locker-room, he’s not exactly saying things we don’t know and he’s not pulling a Tiki.

by potroast on Jun 26, 2008 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

cj & pot

You’ve got it right. re Stray.

by george cronin on Jun 26, 2008 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You can see he hasn't quite adjusted yet

First Strahan says of Shockey “he doesn’t want to be HERE he doesn’t want to play HERE”

Then Stray says “You have to have guys THERE who are happy to be THERE”

Still getting it out of his system it would seem

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Jun 26, 2008 9:39 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Isn't Plax a bit long in the tooth to

get a six year dea?. Then again, there’s Amani, who looks like he’ll go on forever.

by george cronin on Jun 26, 2008 11:27 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

6 years

George, don’t forget the years in in NFL contract are totally meaningless. Players can be cut at any time and not receive payment for the remaining time on those deals. It’s the upfront ‘guaranteed’ part of the contract that is the real number to look at.

by Ed Valentine on Jun 26, 2008 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aah...

I’ve been in Hong Kong for the last few weeks and haven’t been getting the internet, now I’m finally able to check up on BBV, got all the Giants news I’ve missed for the last month. Wonderful!

by NYinCalifornia on Jun 26, 2008 9:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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