With Shockey, Tiki, and to some extent, Burress gone from the team I’d hoped all the lockeroom turmoil was mostly gone. If he keeps up this attitude it will be the talk of the town all season. I hope they consider a draft day trade after this stupid comment.

Like Ed said, if you were taken down a notch then maybe you should look in the mirror and earn your spot back. Don’t blame coaches for your level of play.

I love me some Osi, but I agree that if there’s this spirit of disgruntlement and thinly-veiled “me first” stuff, then perhaps he would be happier elsewhere and the team might be better off with someone new, humble, healthy, and hungry. I for one would miss him, though. :-(

is he gonna work to get back into starting caliber…cuz maybe he doesn’t realize this, but there was a reason he was demoted last year.

Osi coming back with a vengeance could be something to reckon with.

Or, is this the final straw? This certainly doesn’t help his trade value.

This is the wrong way to go and spew this sort of crap too..maybe if he said “well..I know WHY I was demoted, cuz I stunk last year, but that’s never gonna happen again cuz I’m coming back with a vengeance this year”

Osi’s way is the wrong way.

Now..I for one, don’t take these media quote’s word for word. Any human would probably want to say a few words differently when they say something like this…but still, its the wrong way to say it Osi.

….to make himself untradeable. He wants to stay! Yay!

(Did I convince you? Because I sure as hell didn’t convince myself. What a disaster.)

Because I think he’s always been overrated. But…. it’s it usually takes two years to fully come back from an ACL injury. He could rebound next year.

“I’m not going to be a back up player, I can promise you that,”

Alright, that’s OK so far. I’m guessing the next sentence is going to be something like “I’m going to work my ass off to make sure that doesn’t happen.”

And then…

“I’ll stop playing football before I do that ever again.”

And he repeats himself…

So for me it’s not something that I’m going to do. If I’m asked to come back there and do that then I’ll just stop playing football."

Oh no.

I counted the number of time he said “I” or “I’m” – 10.

Number of “me’s” and “my’s” – 2

12 mentions of himself in 7 sentences – Impressive.

Even worse here for the Giants is that after comments like that, if there was a team out there willing to take on his contract and give up any kind of value whatsoever in a trade for Osi, there isn’t anymore.

I agree with Free – if Osi was saying “man, I hated being benched. I’m gonna work my ass off so hard that will never happen again” I’d be pumped right now. That’s the attitude you want a football player to have.

This, however, makes him sound like a whiny quitter, which is exactly the opposite of how you want a football player to act. I have been a huge Osi fan for a long time, but this attitude is unacceptable. Hopefully he sits down with Fewell/Coughlin and gets his head straight, or else we trade him for some picks (or to move up and get McClain in the draft).

You can’t let players dictate the terms of their service, unless perhaps they’re hall of famers with many good years left. It’s time to find out what they can get for Osi. That’ll clear some cap space to go get Seymour or someone to fill the DE rotation.Osi for a pcik, unpackaged. Cap space to sign a strong DE veteran.
Even if the Giants feel Osi was gonna go animal and compete in camp, they can’t let that happen because he’s punked them or whatever. Dump him to the AFC South, that way we don’t ahve to play him for 4 years… send him to Carolina for a pick and then steal Peppers!
So glad I stuck with the Strahan Jersey even knowing he was going to retire before it arrived…

This is Osi’s year to shine. If he fails under a second DC then people will dismiss him as a player. With no CBA, 2010 will be the final impression he gives teams because there might be a lockout in 2011. I expect him to take full advantage of the opportunity.

He’s had a bad stretch but he’s not a bad player. Even Kurt Warner had a bad stretch with the Giants before solidifying his HOF status in Arizona. I’m not worried.

back when they extended Tuck. He was unhappy with his contract, and only after he had already gotten the fat signing bonus so that he could say “look at how little I’m getting per year?”.

Me thinks Mr. Umenyora’s reach is increasingly exceeding his grasp. He’d better get to work becoming the legend he thinks he is.

when he is saying

Nobody want’s to go from being a successful starter to a backup.

He isn’t a “me” player he’s a guy that cares about this team and how he fits in it. He was drafted as a project and worked his tail off to play at the highest level in the NFL. He has EARNED the right to speak his mind. Osi is no where near the “me” player that Shockey, Tiki or Michael Strahan who Osi outplayed in the 2007 playoffs but “Mehan” did all the talking and got all the hype for sacking Brady one time so he could do his muscle flex pose.

Its hard to take this crap when Osi has been a team guy then got injured and people expect him to return from that injury like a beast when clearly there will be decline in play but there was no decline in effort! You don’t hear Offensive Linemen calling out Osi for taking plays off like T. Owens now do you? There must be balance to this “shut up and play” fan cliche that gets tossed at every player that speaks his mind.

If Osi is saying that he is not willing to put up with being a back-up, and that he is going to work hard and ensure that he is playing well enough to be a starter then I have no problem with it being about him, because that is taking responsibility. If he means that other people need to sort things out so that he can be a started then he is asking others to take responsibility for that, which is not okay in my book. So here’s the thing Osi – it is all about you, you making the effort, you proving that you are back to your best, you making a positive contribution, you earning the millions we pay you, you making us proud of you and the Giants (something that has been difficult this season). If you can do that then we are sweet and I (for one) would be delighted. It is about you taking responsibility and acting like a senior player.

This is the first ‘meaty’ thing we have had for a week or so. I am already getting a bit over-cooked with the Draft … it’s going to be a long off season. At least Osi and I agree on that.

Ed..I know you were just relaying the link to the article, so its not you…but this is a joke.

An absolute joke…Osi is NOT the “Me” player that quote makes him out to be…not even the slightest.

To everyone blowing this out of proportion…listen to the interview.

Sorry to dead this…cuz it almost seemed as if it was something to sink your teeth into..but its more like cotton candy, this aught to just melt away.

I think Osi will have a big year next year and for that, I want to keep him. However, when a caller proposed a trade to Mike Francesa today that sent Osi to Tampa and Michael Clayton and a 2nd rounder to NYG, Mike said that Osi is worth more than that. His premise is that pass rushers come at a premium and a borderline elite pass rusher is expensive. Set aside the lunacy of the Giants trading for Clayton, the bigger point is that Osi – even after two bad seasons – can still be traded for a 1st round pick. At least, this was according to Francesa.

I have to agree with him. If Gaines Adams (RIP) could be traded for a 2nd round pick, then Osi is worth at least a late 1st. Like I said, I want to keep Osi. It’s one thing to give up on Warner and see him perform well in AZ when you have a #1 pick QB in the stable. It’s another thing to give up on Osi and see him perform well somewhere else when you’d have no replacements for him. And no, Kiwi doesn’t replace a healthy/motivated Osi. Nonetheless, I’d listen to offers if a team wanted to give up their 1st pick.

Though, Im afraid to admit his best years are probably gone

I don’t understand why Osi think he is so high and mighty. He’s not that good of a player. He cannot stop the run to save his life (or his job) and his pass rushing skills been going down hill. Hell, ignore the “Winston Justice game” and Osi has a whopping 14 sacks in three seasons.

As an Eagles fan…I say, keep him.

you have to consider what you have vs what you might get. As we all know great prospects sometimes turn into big busts. Say what you want about Osi but it might be that with a little coaching from the new staff and full recovery from his previous injury he might just prove his worth again. Also, and I don’t know this to be a fact, but I’ll bet that there are a lot of things said by players that just never get printed or repeated that would be considered selfish or self serving.

In the end it comes down to this….if he plays up to his prior caliber and nobody beats him out he will play. If he can’t he won’t. It’s as simple as that. All those great plays from earlier years won’t affect the outcome of this year’s games.

THe dude needs to put up or shut up. He had a really bad year last year

I love Osi but Tuck has said he doesnt have to start and kiwi has put his talent in the back seat for osi so why doesnt he feel he needs to do what the team thinks is best….he needs to stop it in 07 Tuck did not start once and still outplayed him and shoyuldve been the mvp of the super bowl so this dude needs to watch and learn.