Monday’s Giants News
No news has come out of The Swamp the last few days. Below, you can check out the only article about the Giants today. The 2008 NFL Schedule will be released tomorrow. Since there wasn’t anything to write about, I checked up on the NFC East and former Giants.
Rumors about the Cowbows making a trade with the Titans for Adam “Pacman” Jones are back on, according to Adam Schefter of the NFL Network. The two teams spent all day Saturday going back and forth on proposals. One of Schefter’s sources believes that the trade could be done this week. In the past, Dallas has been offering one of their sixth-round picks, but Tennessee held out for a fourth-round pick or better. Adam also wrote that “Dallas wanted to attach conditions to the trade in which it could receive a draft pick back from Tennessee if Jones got into more trouble in his new city.” This clause doesn’t make any sense to me. If Dallas is stupid enough to sign a troubled player then they should suffer the consequenses of the player getting into trouble in his new city, not benefit from it. Pacman has to apply to be reinstated in the NFL before this can happen. The two teams are trying to get Pacman reinstated as fast as possible so they can get this deal done on Tuesday.
Down in Miami, Tim Graham of Inside the Dolphins pointed out that former Giants head coach Bill Parcells was unhappy with previous efforts of the former strength and conditioning coaches. Last season, 16 Dolphins were on IR so he quickly fired them. So The Tuna brought in two new strength and conditioning coaches who have The Fish working out really hard in the weight room. Graham also found out that, “Several Dolphins have commented that this is the most strenuous weight conditioning program they’ve encountered in the NFL or college. One player, who said he always considered himself a workout fiend, admitted he had no right to think that way until now.” While we are on the Dolphins, it is very likely that they are in contract negotiations with Michigan offensive tackle Jake Long, and if the two sides can agree on a deal then Long will be the first pick in the draft.
Out in Cleveland, former Giants wide receiver Joe Jurevicius contracted a staph infection following knee surgery, becoming the sixth Cleveland player in four years to suffer from staph. According to the AP, “Jurevicius is recovering well and is expected to participate in team activities in May and minicamp in June.”
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