Ed you are dedicated. A post by 7:00 am in Sunday. I give no pass to rocky Bernard. He needs to go. Hope we don’t over spend for dansby. He is an upgrade over goff and Pierce but not for 30 mil guaranteed. That’s the number I heard he wants. Darren sharper would be nice. I think most of us are happy he is proceeding as if kp is unavailable fir this year.

Rocky….uh, damn? I’ll give him a pass for that somewhat…he’s still gotta prove himself as much as possible in the offseason.

ESPN.com is saying Michael Westbrook to the Giants as a very strong possibility.

They said “The Newark Star-Ledger’s Mike Garafolo has an interesting thought: why don’t the New York Giants take a look at Westbrook?”
That is MG advocating … not the Giants saying they are interested.
Although, you never know.

Jets might cut him to avoid paying his 3 million roster bonus. What do ya think? I think we could have a legit three headed monster again if we were to sign him. He can def play but maybe he will ask for too much money.

Any thoughts?

Reese made it clear that IF he spends money it will be defense first.

I would take a look at Thomas jones. He cab still be productive if he doesn’t have to carry the ball 15 to 20 times a game for 16 weeks. He still gives u a good power back if/when bjac gets hurt.

I tried to bring it up on here and got challenged on it, so I dropped it rather than get into specifics and damage a friendship(source). This is also the reasoning behind my argument that we would be keeping Rocky while everybody on here wanted to drop him like an infected syringe.

This is a similar, if not identical, injury that plagued a few starteers, including Seubert, Hedgecock and Tuck. Also, if I remember correctly, Isn’t this similar to something that Cofield and Robbins were recovering from last season on top of the knee surgeries(and broken hands)?

So, really, there is less reason to be dumping what many have seen as “trash” and the problems with the running game, run defense and pass rush have largely been due to injuries. Even everybody’s favorite player to hate, Osi, had reasons(even though you never heard it as an excuse) behind limited performance. Some areas that have been thought of as huge needs will see a serious amount of relief through the recovery of players we already have.

As much as I’d like to see a man mountain picked up to shore up the run defense, our biggest needs appear to be MLB and S, in no particular order. The Phins are reportedly hot on Dansby and I’ve read that they’re keeping an eye on Rolle as well, so we may want to forget about those two UFA’s, even though I never really thought Dansby was a good fit. If we were to get a shot at Brackett and Sharper, Wilson or Clark I’d be pretty happy with going straght BPA in the draft as long as it’s not a position of abundance like WR or RB. I would, of course be happier with Demeco Ryans if we could get him for a #2, or even our #1 wouldn’t be prohibitive.

Well, back to watching the combine.

for a while i thought that last year’s flops may dissuade the Mara Fam. from spending any cash.
Spend wisely is all i can say… Brackett would be nice if possible… Dansby is an upgrade but not the answer. Rolle would be nice and is probably my favorirte option. as for a running back why not see what Tomlinson wants… he’s not what he was but he would be a nice addition who doesn’t who a cracked egg on his shoulders.

football is a physical game, at the end of the season almost no one is healthy. Bernard played terrible because he is terrible not because of some phantom injury

dude looked like crap out there

i think it is very smart of him to plan like kenny phillips isnt going to play next season. if reese is able to fill both safety spots and it turns out KP can play, that just adds more depth and talent to the team. however if he isnt ready to come back, the team will still be prepared to play without him.

Is it the price tag? I agree that’s very hefty. But in my eyes he’s the best realistic fee agent available. Yes, I’m talking to you demyco/ruud guys lol. He’s better than brackett, a bigger playmaker.

I say if he’s asking that much, make our main target sharper then. I’d get him for 2 to 3 years, and with a (fingers crossed) healthy KP, were set at safety. Then build the LB core through the draft, I think we can forget about McClain, but maybe we can trade down and get spikes, and let him learn behind goff.

Rocky Bernard tore his labrum off the field before training camp, i think the Giants were disappointed in him after paying him and he was disappointed in himself so they kept it on the hush but he will be fine, i could clearly tell something was wrong all along. he will be a force nxt yr.

you win in the NFL for long stretches via the draft not free agency this was born out more than anything last year and as you’ll recall in our superbowl run in a positive way…you win by drafting quality guys continually. Other than DE and CB (and to some extent WR although we had a lot of misses) we really have had a quality dearth on D especially.

don’t put too much on FA. Reece comment or no, Dansby is the last guy I want to pay $30M for. DJ from the chiefs and some other understated guys is the way to get it going in FA.