Jerry Reese is keeping himself busy. Reese is trying to re-sign as many players on that Super Bowl Champion team that he can. Why not? They had the talent and the heart to win it all. When you watched the games, it seemed like they won some of those games in the Playoffs on heart alone.
Besides re-signing a bunch of players from the 2007 team, Reese is going to have to make some good draft picks. The Giants have to keep on replacing the old dogs. Reese will have to look into replacing Strahan, Madison, McQuarters, and Toomer. The Giants can have Strahan train a rookie until he retires. The Giants need to make sure they have enough guys in the secondary to hold it down. With Webster stepping up, it eases it a little bit. Health was another factor in the secondary. Also, the Giants need to start looking for a new Mr. Reliable at the WR position. Burress is still the big play guy with the size. Smith stepped up and played great. Smith is too small to play Toomer’s role. So Big Blue can start developing a new Toomer. It still seems like Moss is a bust, and he is also small and fast but injury prone. We’ll have to see if Reese trades Moss away or holds onto him. So either way, the Jints can work on developing a 4th receiver that will replace Toomer. You don’t want Smith and Moss to be the 2nd and 3rd receivers when Toomer retires. They are too similar regarding size and speed.
Back for more - Michael Eisen reported that the Giants gave Jeff Feagles a 2-year contract extension. The numbers were not disclosed, but the media may have gotten their hands on that. Feagles was a stud last season so I’m happy he’s back.
Leadership Lessons of Super Bowl - Silvio Laccetti wrote a piece on how Eli Manning became a leader.
Newsday:
Fame won’t go to Tyree’s head - David Tyree has been making the rounds to all of the national talk shows, but it won’t get to his head according to Shaun Powell. It really is crazy when you think about it, a Special Teams stud got his first TD pass in the Super Bowl and then was part of the most amazing play in Super Bowl history. He was the Giants’ secret weapon in the Super Bowl because the Pats never studied any film on Tyree except on Special Teams.
New York Daily News:
Readers pick ‘Catch 42′ for Super Bowl’s biggest play - Ralph Vacchiano says that the readers picked ‘Catch 42‘ as the name of the play. Out of all of the ones that I heard, I liked ‘Hail Mara’ which isn’t on the list in the Daily News. So a different paper must of had that one. But who am I?
Giants sign Feagles to two-year deal
Jilted by Redskins, Jim Fassel vows to someday get another job - Former Head Coach of the New York Football Giants, Jim Fassel, has been unable to get rehired since he got fired by the Giants after the 2003 season. I was kind of happy that he got fired at the time because the defense wasn’t as solid as your typical Giants’ defense. Fassel’s teams were unable to stop the big play in the big moment. He is an offensive coach which isn’t a problem, but he needs the right defensive coordinator to succeed. That shouldn’t be a problem. I’m sure that after 5 years, he has learned what his flaws are. He had a winning record. I believe that he should be able to find a job.
Giants to give Lawrence Tynes five-year, $7 million contract - Ralph Vacciano reported that the Giants were close to working out a 5-year $7 million contract extension with Lawrence Tynes. Since they were close yesterday, it will probably become finalized by today or tomorrow. I’m not sold on a 5-year deal. He was unproven all season. When he had to make them in the NFC Championship game, it took 3 attempts. If he missed the third time then he would’ve been boxed up and shipped out of town. Tynes earned an extension, but 5 years may be a few too many.
New York Post:
FASSEL JOBBED, GIANTS BENEFIT - The thing that boggles my mind is why Dan Snyder didn’t hire the guy with the most experience, or at least experience. The NFC East is always the toughest division in the NFC, and Fassel would have every reason to encourage his team to beat his former team.
GIANTS SET TO RE-SIGN TYNES
The Star-Ledger:
Tuck’s contract details - Mike Garafolo pointed Justin Tuck’s new contract since it didn’t get much coverage since it was given to him during the Playoffs. Tuck got a 5-year extension. I loved this signing. The Giants had the bookends that could pass rush in place already, and now they got the guy that can go right up the middle as well.
Feagles inks two-year deal
NY Giants, Tynes near 5-year deal
Report: New deal for Tynes
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