Gridiron Hyenas?

Giants have right guys in place to make another run in 2008

Forget all those naysayers that predict the Cowboys or Eagles will take the NFC East in 2008. Thomas George at NFL.com has a very complementary and realistic assessment of the Giants. The most telling quote, I thought, was this one:

Several NFL scouts attended the game. I asked a few what were they examining? A handful offered: "Anyone the Giants cut. They can't keep 'em all." Such is the status of the Giants' personnel department, led by general manager Jerry Reese. NFL teams are intensely interested in the Giants' scraps. This is the way it used to be every year at places like New England and San Francisco during their Super Bowl championship runs. Quite a nice compliment to the Giants.

In my mind, this sounds like an opportunity for making some trades. For other teams, it would be like trading up in the draft. Make a trade because if you wait some other team may beat you to the player. And maybe the Giants can get some value for Moss or Droughns or some other player at a position they are deep at. With all the hyenas waiting for the upcoming cut down dates, any rookie we release may not make it to our practice squad.