Brandon Jacobs A Goner?
...posted by Peter Wade...
Update, 1-28 – 3:00 pm:
Jacobs will not sign if franchised, Vinny DeTrani of the Record is reporting that Jacobs told him:
…there is nothing new on his contract situation, but that he thinks something will happen before he becomes a free agent at the end of next month. He added, however, he would not sign the tender if the Giants decide to franchise him.
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If you listen long enough, and believe me I torture myself, WFAN’s Mike Francesa actually produces some real news. Today, Fancesa had Kim Jones on and while most of their conversation centered around the Joe Torre book and Arod, right before Kim Jones left Mike asked her about the Yes Network’s “This Week In Football“. Jones said she interviewed Giants GM Jerry Reese. The interview will air this Friday evening.
In the interview Jones told Francesa:
“He (Reese) brings up the subject that not only will they (the Giants), might, not be able to re-sign Brandon Jacobs they might not resign {Derrick} Ward either.”
Francesa: “Either one?”
Jones: “There is a chance that neither one will be a Giant and Jerry Reese brought that up.”
Now, Mike mostly brushed it off as a negotiating ploy with Jacobs and he might be correct but with all the time to fill during his show it does seem to be something to follow up on.
Whoa, Whoa, Whoa…
Not signing Jacobs just isn’t an option. This guy cannot be replaced. Ward? Replaceable. Jacobs? Absolutely not.
Reese has to get this done. If Jacobs gets a big payday, so be it.
Yeah…agreed Steel Home Jose!…there is NO WAY they don’t sign Jacobs….
He is one of a kind…
It just doesn’t make any sense whatsoever to think that not signing him is a possibility…Brandon Jacobs is a New York Giant….unless Jerry Reese wants to be crucified he will do whatever it takes to bring the big boy back…..
At this point, I’ll trust Reese in whatever decisions he makes….
So far he’s been pretty close to spot on. So until he has a string of made decisions, I have hard time second guessing him.
Chatting with ESPN down in Tampa today Brandon stated:
Brandon Jacobs: (12:50 PM ET ) Not to worry I will be back in New York next year.