The Giants have 11 restricted free agents this off-season and yesterday they revealed details on tender offers made to four of those players. DT Barry Cofield received a second-round tender with a one-year salary of approximately $1.76 million. DE Dave Tollefson was tendered at the same level but for $1.68 million. OL Guy Whimper received [...]

Entering the 2009 NFL season, many expected the NFC East to be the league’s most dominant division.  The Giants were coming off a 12 win season, the 9-7 Cowboys would have their new #1 receiver for a full season, the 8-8 Redskins added one of the game’s most dominant defensive players, and the Eagles, coming [...]

The NFL Combines in Indianapolis are fun to follow for draftniks and other football geeks.  But let’s not get crazy over numbers.  The only numbers that really matter are the in-game football statistics, and even then they can be deceiving. Here’s a combine report from several years ago…. “Blessed with incredible speed (clocked at 4.56 [...]

Tenderness on the Block In the Twiiterverse today there have been several tweets regarding players the Giants may offer tenders to. Ralph Vacchiano premised the topic by stating that the Giants could offer tenders to all of their free agents risk-free.  The offers are not guaranteed should no other team claim them.  The Giants have [...]

This kid from South Florida looks a lot like Justin Tuck on the field.  At 6″6″, 265, he would be an nice compliment to Tuck on the Giants’ defensive line. Should the Giants part ways with Osi Umenyiora, they could zero in on a player such as Jason PierrePaul should he slip to them at [...]

Here you go rumorheads……the St. Louis Rams and the Detroit Lions who hold the top two selections in the upcoming NFL Draft are both open to trading down. Rams GM Billy Devaney told Peter King and Carl Banks of NFL Sirius Radio….“We’re looking for picks. We really need to continue to restore this roster. We [...]

The Philadelphia Eagles have officially released RB Brian Westbrook. Westbrook was due to make 7.25 million next year. Not really much of a surprise here. Not only was he making a crap load of money next year, but he has been extremely hampered by injuries, not only last season but in others before. The release [...]

According to ESPN, the Saints will not franchise safety Darren Sharper, allowing him to hit the open market. The Giants could use a safety or two…just saying…

Philadelphia Eagles: In a report from Philly.com, WR Jeremy Maclin talks about his rookie season. One of the questions that was asked was whether or not he could beat fellow WR DeSean Jackson in a race. Maclin responded: “You know we’ve never raced. I think he has really, really good speed. Not many of us [...]

Each year before the free agency period begins in the NFL, teams are compelled to designate either a “franchise” or “transition” tag on a free agent they wish to keep for one more season. This process is usually a simple one because by tagging a player, you agree to pay him a salary competitive to [...]