Loading ...According to Jim Sorgi‘s agent, Matt Brei, the quarterback is schedule to meet with the New York Giants for a workout sometime today.
The six-year NFL veteran and long-time Manning family friend seems like an ideal candidate for the backup job now that David Carr has officially signed with the San Fransisco 49ers. After six seasons of observing the best quarterback the NFL has to offer, there’s no doubt Sorgi would bring a mental value to the Giants.
In his six seasons with Indianapolis, the former sixth-round pick appeared in 16 games and completed 99 of 156 passes for 929 yards, six touchdowns and one interception.
In addition to Sorgi, Ralph Vacchiano of The Blue Screen, the Giants are also expected to take looks a both Jeff Garcia and Mark Brunell.
On a non-quarterback-related note, Vacchiano also reports that New York is expected to host kick-off specialist Rhys Lloyd on Tuesday.
Scheduled to be a restricted free agent, Lloyd wasn’t tendered by Carolina which means if the Giants do sign him, they won’t owe the Panthers any compensation. However, this is all based on the assumption that he even makes it to New York in the first place, as he’s scheduled to meet with the Minnesota Vikings today.
Lloyd recorded 21 touchbacks on 72 kickoffs last season. In comparison, Lawrence Tynes had only six on 86 kickoffs.
2:00 UPDATE – Jim Sorgi has been sent for a physical; a good sign he’s on the verge of signing with Big Blue.
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get Lloyd in here, please.
Do you have any background info on this kid?
a kickoff specialist is a necessity it was awful watching the ball land at the ten the majority of the time giving the opposing offense good field position did not help the D at all.. That rlly has to change
Yeah I wouldn’t be that pissed off if they held an extra roster spot for a kick off specialist. Especially if it’s Sinorice Moss or CC Browns roster spot….
The moment I saw Sorgi released I figured he’d at least pop up on the radar. At this point, I’d roll with Sorgi. Better than Derek Anderson or Rex Grossman or something like that….
How do we know if Sorgi is better? He hasn’t really played.
How can anyone not be better than Rex Grossman?
We need to get rid of Tynes in my opinion. I don’t feel comfortable when he lines up for a FG. I have lost all confidence in him. I know he has made a lot more then he has missed but he lives in that 15% miss range.
It’s nice to see the Giants active this early. They are putting in some good effort with the moves they are making.
Field position is a lot more important than keeping dead weight like Moss or Brown. The Giants have suffered from weak legs on kickoffs for far too long. Naturally it would be nice to have a kicker that could do everything, but Coughlin is married to Tynes so he’s not going anywhere.
I dont know whether Garcia or Sorgi would be better for the Giants – Im supposing the money is the bottom line
As far as Tynes goes , I cant see having a kickoff specialist only – Im not particularly a fan so a little competition is definitely a good thing – I have cringed every single kickoff and the extra 50 or 60 yards of offense we GIVE them because of the short kickoffs has to stop
I m all for drafting a kicker this year. Tired of rummaging through the scrap pile and always wishing we had a better kicker.
OK so i have made my point about how much I hate Tynes. But I was actually thinking. If it is going to be in replacement of a moss or Brown, I am all for having a kick-off specialist. I have ranted and raved about kick offs beign 50% of their jobs, and we can not afford to lose the field position battle from the opening kick-0off.
One of the hardest things to do is kick in the Meadowlands, and Tynes, is satisfacotry. He can make a good percentage of his FGs. Which, in Giants stadium, says somehting. If we had one guy to go outthere and kick the crap out of kickoffs and then tynes who we all know can make a good percentage of his FG attemps… I am now down with that, if we can not find one guy to do it all, it needs to be done.
With the frequecy of our FG attempts, and the conditions required to kick in, we can not afford to get a below average FG kicker to come in and just boot the shat out of the ball because we need those points as importantly as we need the Field Position. So again, i would prefer to get one guy to be able to do the work, but I am understanding that it may just be worth having Tynes in there for accurate FGs, and one more kicker for blowin the ball out the end zone. We cant keep kicking to Desaun jackson and felix jones, they will start returning them much more frequently if we do…
never heard of the kicker? He sounds pretty good though
Hard to get excited about anyback-up QB — Sotgi, as far as I know, has played about 10 games in relief of Peyton abnd has lost every one
D Anderson would be great if basically free
Garcia would be ok as a short term need
but, if we lose Eli the season is over so who really cares
a kicker is a different story
it would be nice to have just one who can actually kick-off and make FGs, but I could live with two
we ought to raid either the English rugby or Australian football leagues, implement the drop-kick, and freak everyone out for a year
does anyone know the drop-kick rules by the way? Ever since i played rugby in school, I have wondered about employing that skill especially for “on-sides” kicks. In rugby, your kickers and drop-kick balls sky-high allowing gunners to reach the receiver just as the ball is descending. I know it is a different ball with a different weight, but conceptually I would think this could be mastered.