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Good morning, New York Giants' fans. Lots of interesting nuggets of information to get to this morning, so let's get right into our Thursday morning links.
Eli Manning Believes Victor Cruz Will Stay With NY Giants " CBS New York
"I do, I do. I think (that’s) what I have to believe and what I want to believe, just because he’s such an important part of our offense," he said. "I think he wants to be in New York, you know, in his hometown. So I hope it all works out."
Eli Manning would rework his contract for Victor Cruz
Eli Manning, wife Abby expecting second child: 'We're all very excited' - NY Daily News
Broncos to bring Freeney, Abraham in for visits | ProFootballTalk
Though they've said they want to try to bring Elvis Dumervil back, the Broncos are making sure they have a Plan B (and C). According to Ed Werder and Adam Schefter of ESPN the Broncos are bringing in defensive ends Dwight Freeney and John Abraham.
[NOTE: They are not bringing in Osi Umenyiora.]
Osi Umenyiora visits Atlanta Falcons - ESPN New York
Free agency got off to a slow start for Osi Umenyiora. But that's likely about to change for the free-agent defensive end. Umenyiora visited with the Atlanta Falcons on Wednesday.
Brandon Jacobs not happy with new helmet rule - ESPN New York
"How the f--- can we protect ourselves," Jacobs tweeted. "They ought to make a rule saying they cant hit us in our legs while we are ingaged with a defender."
Jacobs later tweeted, "Get your daughters ready because they'll be playing football soon!!!!!"
Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly not blue over passing on offensive quality control coach job with NY Giants - NY Daily News
"I was very tempted to go, because I have the utmost respect for Coach," Kelly said.
He thought he aligned perfectly philosophically with Coughlin in terms of discipline, not making mistakes, taking advantage of what the defense gives you. "The only reason I didn’t take the job is because I wasn’t going to be a position coach," Kelly said. "That’s what I was going to miss if I left New Hampshire."
He equated the quality control position to being a graduate assistant. "You are doing the breakdown aspect of things, which I liked," he said. "He had an outstanding staff. He just didn’t have an assistant position open. I felt at that time I wanted to stay and grow as a coach and coaching my guys."
Free Agency 2013: Best 50 Left - Free Agency Update - Rotoworld.com