Category Archives: Shaun O’Hara
SNY announced today that former Giants star RB Tiki Barber has joined SNY for the network’s New York Giants playoff coverage beginning this Sunday.
In addition, former Giants offensive lineman Shaun O’Hara will continue his analyst role on SNY’s Giants coverage — including the network’s Big Blue Live post game show — which will air immediately after Sunday’s NFC Championship game.
Big Blue Live will showcase all of the post-game press conferences, exclusive on-field interviews and reactions from both the Giants’ and 49ers’ players and coaches.
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SNY’s Gary Apple sits down with former Giants center Shaun O’Hara to discuss Big Blue’s incredible playoff run.
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Former Giants center Shaun O’Hara joins the Loud Mouths to preview this Sunday’s upcoming playoff game between the Giants and the Packers.
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Shaun O’Hara was the Giants’ center from 2004-10 and anchored the team’s most consistent line in memory. In fact, that offensive line combination (O’Hara, Chris Snee, Rich Seubert, Kareem McKenzie and David Diehl) set an NFL record for consecutive games played as a group.
His key to this year’s offensive line’s success: what else – continuity.
He joined the Loud Mouths to break down the team and compare them to the 2007 Super Bowl Champion team.
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I hope the all Giants fans “read between the lines” on the Jerry Reese recent press conference. Back Off, I know what I’m doing…would be the theme.
Now, with that said lets all raise a pint to Jerry Reese and laugh at some of the comments he thinks we should believe. Roll the highlights…
1. “We had a game plan and we are sticking to our game plan” – So what plan would that be? Loosing 3 out of 5 of our top Free Agents and ignore anyone on the open market that might make this team better?
Tagged Free Agency, Jerry Reese |
Yesterday was a very active day for the Giants. They had tough decisions to make coming into this summer and yesterday, they began to make them.
Two-Fifths of their Super Bowl championship offensive line was shown the door. Shaun O’Hara and Richie Seubert were asked to hand in their playbooks.
Seubert was the longest-tenured Giant and O’Hara has been the team’s starting center since arriving from Cleveland in 2004 via free agency.
One or both could be back, but not immediately. Both are coming off major off-season surgeries and still need more time to get into field shape.
Cofield proved too pricey for Jints.
The Giants also dumped OL Shaun Andrews after failing to renegotiate the ridiculous contract extension they gave him last summer. These three moves shaved nearly $13 million off the Giants’ salary cap, something they desperately needed to do.
This was not a bloodletting as some may have led you to believe. All three moves were needed and make sense. Adam Koets will move to center and he will be backed up by Kevin Boothe (who the Giants re-signed yesterday) and Ohio State product Jim Cordle, who is on the practice squad.
Mitch Petrus or David Diehl will move to Seubert’s guard spot, depending on how well OT Will Beatty fares in camp.
On the UDFA front, the Giants brought in Boston College LB Mark Herzlich. (The guys here were so excited yesterday they spelled his name wrong several times). Herzlich comes with a great backstory as a cancer survivor and a favorite of another BC alum: Giants’ CEO John Mara.
Will he make the team? Who knows? If he doesn’t, it won’t be from a lack of effort on his part or lack of support from the team and the fans.
The Giants announced their summer practice scheduleyesterday. All the sessions will be at night and open to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. You can thank the new CBA for the times as two-a-days are a thing of the past.
As the day closed, we were hit with the solution to one of our great debates here: Barry Cofield. The debate is over now, folks, because Cofield will reportedly sign a six-year deal with Washington for approximately $36 million.
Oh, and did we mention…..Plaxico Burress is coming to Timex this week to meet with Jerry Reese and Tom Coughlin. We kid you not. (more)
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Remember back on Sunday when I told you to keep your eye on the Giants offensive line? Well, don’t say I didn’t tell you so.
Earlier, as mentioned here by GFB’s Rich Resch, the Star-Ledger’s Mike Garafolo reported that Rich Seubert has already been informed by the Giants that he’ll be released this week.
Now, ESPN New York is reporting that center Shaun O’Hara has been told by the Giants that he will be released as well.
Both Seubert and O’Hara are attempting to come back from injuries and both commanded large salaries. They could still be brought back under new deals that are more cap friendly.
Tagged New York Giants, Rich Seubert |
Recently we looked at Pro Football Focus’ system that graded the best and worst tackles in the league. Today, we examine their rankings of the best and worst guards and centers of 2010.
Chris Snee ranked as the #8 tackle, while Rich Seubert came in at #13.
Snee has been our best lineman for some time, but it’s great to see Seubert recognized for his great play. 2010 was probably his best year as a professional, as he was forced to move inside to center due to injury and made the transition seamlessly.
As for the best centers…well, Shaun O’Hara was not on this list. He did, however, rank as the third worst starting center of 2010, behind only Jeff Faine of the Buccaneers and Eugene Amano of the Titans.
Not surprising, considering O’Hara’s troubles trying to play through injury last season. Like all of us, he’s the oldest he’s ever been, and he’s not getting any younger. We can hope that his troubles were mainly due to his being injured, but there’s a real possibility that his days as a positive NFL contributor are over.
Prove me wrong, Shaun. Prove me wrong…
Tagged advanced statistics, Chris Snee, interior linemen, Rich Seubert, Shaun O'Hara |
From Friday’s Geico SportsNite …..Giants workout footage and Shaun O’Hara comments….
Tagged New York Giants Blogs |
Dan Benton, our contributor from Giants 101 has a report from yesterday’s workout at Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, NJ. Twenty seven Giants were in attendance, and players addressed the media following the workout.
Here’s what Benton posted from Giants center Shaun O’Hara talking about this week’s workouts and the labor situation:
“It’s good to get football back on the brain. It was an opportunity to teach the younger players. Aside from being teammates, a lot of us are friends and it was a great chance to bond this week. Guys appreciate that.”
“The business side of the league is never pretty for the players and it’s never pretty for the fans. This is the ultimate manifestation of that. There’s no more respected an owner than John Mara. What the players love about him is that he’s not in it for the business, he’s in it for the game. The problem is that there are 31 other guys who all have to agree on the same thing.”
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