Tuesday’s Giants News: Draft Player Profiles
At the end of the NFL Draft, here’s the list of the players that the New York Giants selected (click on the player’s name to view the NFL.com Draft Player Profile):
- Round 1, Pick 31 (31): Miami FS Kenny Phillips
- Round 2, Pick 32 (63): Southern Cal CB Terrell Thomas
- Round 3, Pick 32 (95): Michigan WR Mario Manningham
- Round 4, Pick 24 (123) (From Steelers): BYU OLB Bryan Kehl
- Round 5, Pick 30 (165): Vanderbilt LB Jonathan Goff
- Round 6, Pick 32 (198): Kentucky QB Andre’ Woodson
- Round 6, Pick 33 (199) (Compensatory selection): Southern Miss DE Robert Henderson
According to Bob Brookover of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Eagles are suing Terrell Owens “in an attempt to recover the bonus money Owens never paid after being suspended for the final seven games of the 2005 season.” The Eagles and their fans have never given up messing around with T.O. It keeps going on and on.
New York Daily News:
Former coach Lloyd Carr says Mario Manningham is Giant bargain - Ralph Vacchiano found out what former Michigan Coach Lloyd Carr thinks of Mario Manningham being drafted by the Giants. Here’s what Coach Carr had to say about Manningham.
I think Mario is a good person and he’s made some choices that he has apologized for. I believe him. I’m confident that he’s going to have a very good career.
He went to the combine without much preparation because he had a problem with his agent. He’s made some mistakes. Yet I think he’s with an organization that will give him good support. I think the biggest thing is, I’m sure and I’m confident that he’s learned some things in this process. He’s a young guy.
The biggest thing is that he has an opportunity now to go to a great organization in a very, very difficult environment, where the expectations are big, the media and scrutiny in New York certainly is as intense as it gets. But he’s got an opportunity to go in with a great young quarterback, an organization that’s coming off of a Super Bowl, so he couldn’t ask for a better opportunity. And I think we’re all confident that he’s going to take advantage of that.
New York Post:
NO GIANT SHOCK-ER - Paul Schwartz explains why he believes that keeping Jeremy Shockey in New York was the right move.
JINTS GIVE DT A SHOT - Paul Schwartz wrote an article about the undrafted free agents that the Giants are interested in. Like Mike Garafolo of The Star-Ledger wrote yesterday, Paul pointed out that one of the undrafted free agents named Nate Robinson came out of Irvington, NJ. Schwartz lets us know what Robsinson has been up to since graduating from Irvington. At the bottom of the article, Paul wrote, “Some of the free agents expected to sign with the Giants or be invited to next month’s rookie mini-camp include:”
- S Nehemiah Warrick (Michigan State)
- DE Wallace Gillberry (Alabama)
- DE Antonio Reynolds (Tennessee)
- OL Glenn Bujnoch (Cincinnati)
- G-C Andrew Bain (Miami)
- OT Dylan Thiry (Northwestern)
- WR D.J. Hill (Alabama)
- OT Carnell Stewart (LSU)
The Star-Ledger:
Moss (genuinely) excited about Manningham - Mike Garafolo found out what Sinorice Moss thinks about the Jints drafting Manningham.
Giants sign Irvington’s Robinson - Mike Garafolo reported that the Giants signed defensive tackle Nate Robinson as an undrafted free agent.
