New York Giants' notes, 02.17.09

by Ed Valentine on Feb 17, 2009 11:00 AM EST in News Comment 8 comments

A few notes for your reading enjoyment today.

ESPN's Matt Mosley breaks down the issues facing each NFC East team. Pretty simple, actually. for Mosley it is like this. Cowboys -- toxic locker room. Eagles -- Donovan McNabb. Giants -- Plaxico Burress. Redskins -- Jason Campbell. I'd say that is pretty much dead on.
Here is a good breakdown of names to pay attention to at the upcoming NFL scouting combine.
I hope Peter King has all of his Brett Favre-fawning out of his system now. Oh, and what makes King think it was OK for him -- a so-called journalist -- to interject himself into Favre's career plans?
The National Football Post predicts that Derrick Ward isn't likely to find the big-money contract he is looking for this off-season.
NFL.com says that five of the potential top 10 picks -- and as many as seven players who could be selected in the first round -- were New Jersey high school stars.
Forget about Arizona linebacker Karlos Dansby being a Giant. Adam Schefter of NFL.com reports that the Cardinals will use the franchise tag on him.

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New Jersey's

becoming a football hotbed. Strange.

It’s funny to me that the biggest issues facing 3 of the teams is one player, while the biggest issue facing the other team is, well, the whole team. Hmm…

by cjmulrain on Feb 17, 2009 11:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Mosely hits the nail on the head for the Gmen. I can not see JR trading away draft picks to get Bouldin thats not to say that I wouldnt want him in a Blue jersey next season. I just do not see it happening. I agree 100% about Nicks though he has a lot of raw talent, he isnt as big as Burress but plays very physical. He could be a good pro for quite a while.

by GiantRB27 on Feb 17, 2009 12:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Too bad Rutgers can’t seem to lock down these local talents often enough…

As for Ward. I think the RB position is getting devalued money wise because there’s such a wealth of a good backs in the league and the draft. Last year I think 5 backs were taken in round one. This year will likely be the same or close to that.

Many teams have 2 starting caliber backs these days… It’s just a position where the over supply of quality players is going to drive down free agent prices and draft positions.

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by JasonB on Feb 17, 2009 12:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Rutgers

Heavily recruits down here in South Florida now, the Schiano connection I guess. You can’t drive 5 miles on any major highway here without spotting a Rutgers billboard.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 17, 2009 1:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

NJ

New Jersey has always had a lot of great football talent. I’ve always felt that if they could keep all that homegrown talent in Jersey, Rutgers would be competing for a national title on a regular basis.

by John W on Feb 17, 2009 3:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Very True

I grew up in NJ and my high school had amazing players, but year after year they go Down South. Rutgers had a nice run a few years back, but they definitely need to up their recruiting.

BettorFan

by BettorFan on Feb 17, 2009 3:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs