Giant Football Blog

Giants sign punter

With Jeff Feagles currently in a contract standoff with the Giants, the team has taken an interesting approach to their punting situation.

The Giants signed former Australian rules football player Jy Bond Thursday after Bond worked out for the team. The 30-year-old Bond has been attempting to kick start his NFL career for a few years and was with the Dolphins from April to June last year. He's never kicked in an NFL game. Continue

Giants sign Sorgi afterall

Jim Sorgi's agent didn't expect a deal Monday but was hopeful it would come soon.

It did. On Tuesday, Sorgi got his contract.

The Giants signed Sorgi, 29, to a one-year deal after their doctors conversed with some other physicians who have examined Sorgi's shoulder. Obviously, they got the answers they were looking for and the ones Sorgi's agent said he was hoping to provide. Continue

Giants pass on Sorgi

Jim Sorgi will not be doing for the Giants what he did with the Colts: back up a Manning at quarterback.

Sorgi paid a visit to the team yesterday, but after taking a physical the Giants expressed reservations over a problem with Sorgi's right shoulder -- tendinitis in the shoulder landed him on injured reserve at the end of last season. Sorgi left without a contract offer, although his agent, Matt Brei, said Sorgi's health should not be a concern.

"Basically it's just our doctors versus their doctors deal going on," Brei told The Post. Continue

Carr to San Fran, Sorgi to work out with Big Blue

The Giants need a new backup quarterback and the Colts last week released Jim Sorgi, who backed up Peyton Manning the past six years. Peyton rings younger brother Eli and gives his endorsement and just like that Sorgi today will visit and work out with the Giants.

It might not have gone down exactly like that, but you know the Manning brothers talked about this. David Carr, after two seasons with the Giants, signed with the 49ers yesterday, and Rhett Bomar spent his rookie year on the Giants practice squad and isn't ready to move up into the No. 2 spot behind Eli Manning, prompting the need for a more experienced backup. Continue

Rolle talking big game

Before the ink was even dry on the contract Antrel Rolle late Friday night signed with the Giants, the imagination took him to the field, alongside Kenny Phillips, a pair of former University of Miami athletes filling the two safety positions for the Giants.

Just how good can that tandem be?

“The best in the league, hands down, without a doubt,” Rolle said yesterday. “I know what we’re capable of and I know as a unit what ability we have to get things done. It’s up to us to establish that relationship and that chemistry to make sure we’re on the same page. Continue

Giants sign pro bowl Safety Antrel Rolle

For the second straight year, the Giants made a big, opening-weekend splash in the NFL’s free-agent pool, this time by signing Pro Bowl safety Antrel Rolle.
 
The 27-year-old Rolle, who was released by the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday, signed a five-year, $37 million contract Friday night after a day-long visit with Giants officials in the New Jersey area. The Giants won a bidding war over Rolle’s former team and the Miami Dolphins, who one day earlier had offered him a five-year deal, believed to be worth $7 million per year.

The Giants' deal with Rolle averages $7.4 million per season, but more importantly includes $15 million in guaranteed money. Continue
 

Cardinals may want Carr

David Carr wants a shot at a starting quarterback job once again. Perhaps the Cardinals will be the team to give him that chance.

The Cards are interested in the Giants' backup, who is slated to become an unrestricted free agent on Friday. So says Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic

The 30-year-old Carr admitted recently he fell out of love with football after a disastrous experience with the Texans, who drafted him No. 1 overall in 2002. It wasn't until Carr arrived in East Rutherford two years ago that his passion for the game was rekindled. Carr has enjoyed his time with the Giants so much that he wouldn't mind coming back for a third season. Continue

Change may be coming to O-line

There’s always competition across the Giants’ roster. At least, that’s the way Jerry Reese sees it.

And right now, the team’s general manager is seeing some interesting competition on the offensive line that could result in a shuffling of the personnel.

“You like for guys to be together for a while. For the last two or three years, we’ve had that same group,” Reese said Saturday in a brief session with reporters after his press conference here at the NFL scouting combing. “You get spoiled when you have a group together for three or four years. It may be a transition time for us.”

The key to the transition appears to be last year’s second-round pickWilliam Beatty. Continue

Osi still undecided

 Osi Umenyiora wanted a meeting with Giants brass to discuss his future and decide whether he wants to remain with the team.

Umenyiora got his meeting, but might need at least one more because he has yet to make the decision on his future.

The two-time Pro Bowl defensive end, whose tumultuous 2009 season resulted in his being demoted from a starter to a situational pass-rusher, sat down with Giants general manager Jerry Reese last week, according to Umenyiora’s agent, Tony Agnone.

“They had a nice, long chat,” Agnone said here at the NFL Scouting Combine. “And they’ll continue to talk. They have a lot to discuss.” Continue

Giants have a shot at Sharper

Even with the expected return of Kenny Phillips, the Giants have some issues at safety, a position that played a huge part in last season’s disastrous showing by the defense. It looks as if ball-hawking safety Darren Sharper is set to become an unrestricted free agent, and there’s every reason for the Giants to be interested.

The Super Bowl-champion Saints will not place the franchise tag on Sharper — which would have guaranteed him at least $6.5 million in salary for 2010. Sharper says he wants to stay in New Orleans, but once he hits the open market, you never know where he’ll end up. Continue