Loading ...According to NFL Network, a deal between the New York Giants and free agent safety Antrel Rolle is “95% done. However, that report could just be a smokescreen sent out by his agent fishing for better offers, but we’ll just have to wait and see.
According to Pro Football Talk, two other teams – the Miami Dolphins and Arizona Cardinals – remain in the hunt for his services.
Considering how cheap the Bidwell’s typically are, you can all but cross Arizona off the list. And if you factor in that Rolle already turned down a $6 million annual contract with them, I’d say it’s safe to assume this is a two team race.
3:20 PM UPDATE – Ralph Vacchiano reports that Rolle is taking a physical for the Giants, but if the Dolphins up their offer in the final moments, the tides could shift dramatically.
5:05 UPDATE – Mike Garafolo reports that in addition to Antoine Bethea and Oshiomogho Atogwe, the Giants are also talking to Darren Sharper as possible backups, should the Antrel Rolle deal not get finalized.
5:30 UPDATE – The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that the Giants and Rolle are “finalizing a deal.”
7:04 UPDATE – Mike Garafolo tweets that Rolle will give Arizona a chance to match the offer Big Blue gives him…however, it remains unlikely that the Cardinals will be able to do so.
Other Notes:
- NFL sources say David Carr to the 49ers is very likely; “it’s the 49ers to lose.”
- Pat Traina hints that the Giants may reach out to Mark Brunell should they lose David Carr.
- Cornerback Aaron Ross and long-time girlfriend Sanya Richards were married on Feb. 26th.
- PFT says free agent linebacker/defensive end Aaron Kampmann will visit the Eagles first. However, Jay Glazer says that information is inaccurate and that Kampmann is taking the weekend to decide his next step.
- Mike Garafolo also reports that the Giants have contacted OJ Atogwe‘s agent.
Stay tuned to Giants 101 as we update this situation throughout the day.
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Demo,
I was raised in an Irish-Italian Catholic household. My girlfriend is an atheist; my roommate is Islamic. I was the treasurer for the College Republicans and social chair for the College Democrats. I sing in a choir and fornicate regularly.
So yeah, I’m openminded. And I’ve got tough skin. It’s hard to get under my skin. It happens but rarely. When it does, though…KABOOM.
whoa mixing blue and red there
My parents instilled in me and my sisters that plurality and diversity are vital to success and happiness in life.
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lol R.I.P. Billy “White Nose” Mays.
LOL! Somehow that all makes perfect sense…Ive got friends that were part of the College republicans and helped get the last one elected a few years back
Getting Rolle will be a welcomed upgrade but I hope we don’t lose David Carr as Eli’s backup QB.
Dear everyone who’s using the “Rolle is a playmaker” line… He had 4 picks last year and 5 another year.. Besides that he’s had 3 in 4 years I believe. Not exactly a beastly playmaker. I would love to get him because he’s an upgrade over what we have but it’s not worth it if we have to pay him more than any other safety in the NFL. If you compare Michael Johnson’s 08 stats with Rolle’s, they are pretty similar.. Except Johnson isn’t making anything close to 8 mil…
He was playing corner for many of the years that he struggled. When they moved him to safety is when his career took off.
Okay, I’m repeating myself, but I’m okay with making the Rolle deal as long as Reese/Ross get a potentially great player with that #46 pick. I have confidence that they will, and so must they, because I still think the play for George Wilson (Kyle had him on his radar long before the rest of us, but I’m just as enamored of him, and I think Fewell is too, as was Kyle…and I still think he can be had) would be a good one.
But “pace norm”, think about how we’ll all feel if we go into the draft with the safety position essentially taken care of, and thinking “Hey, if Kenny Phillips is actually as well-off as he and the doctors claim, then we’re looking at a potentially GREAT secondary in 2010 with he and Rolle playing behind Webster, Ross and Thomas”. Think about the options with the draft? April couldn’t come soon enough.
kujo, LOL!!! Republicans for fiscal responsibility, Democrats for fun. I think you got it about right.
Rolle is a bad move at that price. He’s not worth the money. I hope I eat my words. The only benefit is that it means we don’t have to spend a high draft pick on safety, it can wait until round 4 or later. The downside, does that make this guy the highest paid on our defense? Is he really worth being the highest paid on our D? From a cost-to-production stand point this deal is ugly, we should get an All Pro at that price or someone on the threshold of being an all-pro!
I agree that the price is wrong but we need to make some moves. With Fewell at the helm, perhaps Rolle will be an even better player. He is a young player with a lot of potential. They have to pull the trigger on this one.
again with the “what we should get for that money” argument.
Name somebody.
If there are no players AVAILABLE who you can have for the same money, than any argument about who you would rather have for that money isn’t relevant.
I think fewell can make our entire secondary all pro with one more decent saftey (rolle would fill that roll)
And did you guys watch Arizona’s defense in the playoffs? Their LBs are better than ours, and yet their D got lit up for 80+ points in 2 games… They have DRC and Adrian Wilson back there who are both very good, so who is to blame for all those points? If you put Johnson or Brown in there instead of Rolle, it probably would have been the same outcome, no better-no worse. So while Rolle will be an upgrade, don’t start talking superbowl defense just because we added him to our secondary. He isn’t going to have that type of impact. However, if our pass rush can get back to what it used to be, then Rolle and KP will be a dangerous combo at safety. That’s all, thanks for listening.
norm- Im aware of when The Roy Williams trade took place… and thats why they had no draft picks last year…
Just layin out the facts…
With 2010 being uncapped, couldn’t teams avoid the “having to cut the fat next year” problem and overpay simply by making the 2010 base salary for new guys huge and guaranteed while making the signing bonus relatively normal.
That way, you won’t have to worry about a potential future cap hit…you keep all the big numbers stuck squarely in 2010 by making it all base salary.
has anyone wondered if our CBs will fit this new defensive scheme? Will Webster revert back to his old habits? I remember the days where Webster did not fit Tim Lewis’ scheme, but then again Lewis was a bad DC.