Giants Morning Report: Beckham in UK, Canty and Cofield cut, more news

Good morning, New York Giants fans! Here are your Saturday morning headlines.

Beckham tests his soccer skills

Remember how Odell Beckham has always maintained he was a very good soccer player as a teen-ager? Well, he got to test those skills Friday during a promotion tour for the NFL in the UK.

Bend It Like Beckham: @OBJ_3 takes his talents to the UK! (follow @nfl_uk for more pics!) pic.twitter.com/8SJlawmAFW

— NFL (@nfl) February 27, 2015

Speaking of Beckham, here is what he might look like as a Super Hero.

Pair of ex-Giants among cuts

Former Giants defensive tackles Chris Canty (Baltimore Ravens) and Barry Cofield (Washington Redskins) were both cut by their respective teams on Friday. Should the Giants be interested in either player? Catch up on all of the players released over at SB Nation.

Jay Alford lauds Steve Spagnuolo

Alford, one of the heroes of the Giants' upset of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 42, recently praised the man who was his defensive coordinator in New York:

"It's a great bring back," Alford said. "Spags was the best defensive coordinator I ever played with, and that got me to the Super Bowl my rookie year. To have his defense, and if these guys fly around like I know they can, then there should be another Super Bowl."