Loading ...The New York Giants solidified their quarterback position yesterday with the acquisition of Sage Rosenfels. Rosenfels will backup Eli Manning and Rhett Bomar will drop to the third option at QB. At least they have one position figured out, because it seems like the rest are slowly dwindling on the depth chart.
On Thursday, Andre Brown sat out of the Giants final pre-season game with turf toe. I really hope I don’t have the Madden Curse here, since I just wrote about how much potential he has and how he will have a great impact this season. Turf toe is a pretty painful injury, and there’s really nothing that can be done for it aside from the standard ice and painkillers. Let’s hope for a speedy recovery because D.J. Ware suffered a concussion against the Steelers in week two of the preseason. He ran for 60 yards on 13 carries and caught one pass for eight yards before Gartrell Johnson took over. Brandon Jacobs did not get a carry. That could be due to his neck injury and Tom Coughlin not wanting to take a risk by playing him, although he looked fine against Baltimore last week, or it could be because of the comments he made about being demoted to second behind Ahmad Bradshaw. Regardless, the depth at running back is now slim. If Bradshaw can stay healthy and Jacobs can get his attitude in check and his neck fully healed, the Giants will be fine. But this pre-season has proven rough for Big Blue, so relying on “ifs” is dangerous and risky. Better to have everyone on the same page before the regular season starts next week.
Linebacker Phillip Dillard suffered a hamstring injury on Thursday as well, leaving the already depleted defense with one less man. Jonathan Goff will start after solidifying his role on Thursday, and Chase Blackburn will be the backup. Dillard, a rookie out of Nebraska, will be a nice addition to the depth at linebacker once his hamstring heals. Until then, the Giants will have to continue to pray that the remainder of the defense can stay healthy.
The final roster must be solidified by 6:00 PM tonight. They have 22 players to move off of their roster to make the final 53. Hazem posted his preditcions yesterday. You’d better believe that the Giants are ringing the phones of NFL teams all everywhere to see whether they can grab a few last minute additions and improve the secondary, special teams or just add depth to injury-ridden positions.
Special teams gained a player in the Rosenfels trade: Darius Reynaud. The Giants will use him for kick returns and punt returns. He spent two years with the Minnesota Vikings before being traded to New York yesterday, and, I believe, he is a much better option than Mario Manningham in the absence of Aaron Ross. He can also return kicks, freeing up Gartrell Johnson and DJ Ware as needed to fill in at running back. Does this answer all special teams questions? No way. The Giants will still have to figure out who works best for what play. When Ross returns, it will be a non-question for punt returns. But kick returns should go to Johnson and Ware until Reynaud can show the Giants what he’s got.
The Giants have suffered some major setbacks due to injury during training camp and pre-season games. Special teams has been somewhat addressed. The secondary needs addressed. They need depth on the offensive line and defensive line. So many issues to contend with as Big Blue gears up for final cuts and player movement. Pray. Pray hard.
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Hey guys. I gotta head to work @ 1 today. Anyone wanna send me text updates with the cuts throughout the day?
“Do you understand what the f*** I wanna see tomorrow? Alright, now let’s go eat a **** snack.” – Closing of Rex Ryan’s speech to the Jets on the eve of their third preseason game.
This dude is a fat f***er.
Without people like Rex, you’d have nobody to cut meat for.
Rex Ryan eats cookies and McDonalds. He needs instant gratification; he wouldn’t have the patience to slowcook some ribs or put some T-bones on the grill.
I bet that Rex loves him some ribs and T-Bone steaks Kujo. He’s like a Great White shark. When he dies, they’ll find license plates and D-cell batteries in his belly…
LOL
I have no doubt that he likes them. I’m just sayin’ that he’s not gonna waddle his **** into his local Target to buy them and cook them himself. Takes too long. He’ll just get on Grub Taxi and order an entire cow from his local steak house.
UPDATE UP TOP
http://www.giants101.com/2010/09/04/new-york-giants-cut-down-day-live-thread/
If Gramps cut Cruz! then he needs to die.
Darius Reynaud, A Vikings Perspective
http://www.bigblueview.com/2010/9/4/1669117/darius-reynaud-a-vikings
Well, frankly, I don’t know what to make of the trade, but I think it’s entirely possible that norm’s take is correct: the Vikes were looking to get rid of Rosenfels (apparently their genius coach…no not Favre, the other one) didn’t want him on the roster and Reese made them throw in Reynaud to address the incredibly glaring need that we all wondered why he hadn’t addressed in the draft.
Whatever the reasons, I like getting a legitimate returner, and if the cost of that is Rhett Bomar then so be it. I don’t want to lose Bomar, but if I have to choose between a #2 quarterback-in-development who might be great bait for a #2 pick in a few years versus a legit return man who can help this team win championships in the years that Bomar would have been maturing, well that isn’t a tough choice. I would now send Bomar to the Practice Team and figure that by now no team will want a young guy as their backup quarterback this late in the preseason. If he gets taken, so be it. I’d rather not carry three quarterbacks because that will cost us a last roster spot where we would be letting go of real talent. But I suspect that the Giants will now start with three QBs because Rosenfels doesn’t know the playbook. That’s bad news for a number of guys: Cruz! (especially with Reynaud now in the house); Hagan (don’t assume he couldn’t be cut); Blackburn; Wilkinson; Kehl; Gartrell Johnson; Andre Brown; DJ Ware; Cofield; Bernard; and Alford. They should all be holding their breaths. If there’s any justice in the world Tollefson should already be packed.
Me? I’d IR Brown (put him on ice for another year and give him a chance to get to 100%, which he doesn’t look like he reached yet). I’d dump Blackburn. I’d send Bomar to the Practice Team. I’d try to trade Ware (knowing I’d be lucky to get anything, but would pitch that if I can’t trade him I’m keeping him and dumping either Johnson or Brown…maybe a GM would bite).
I’d keep Gartrell Johnson, Wilkinson and Kehl. I’d keep Bernard and Cofield. But I’m not predicting anything. This is going to be an interesting day.
to keep up a little chatter during the day etc – I am glad that the Giants did do due diligence and come up with Rosenfels and Reynaud – I like Bomar but I think that it was obvious in the last game or two that he was telegraphing his throws and there were a lot of inaccurate passes leaving the WR out to dry with his high throws – Im sure that along with Reynaud its clarified the picture – Im assuming they will keep 3 QBs and as far as Reynaud goes they are figuring to let him run back punts and kickoffs so that will make cutting others a lot easier since they dont have to figure in ST skills as return man into whether they keep someone or not
Along with that – perhaps the phones are burning up both ways as we try to get something for some of the people who should catch on elsewhere – and before anyone says why give up a draft pick for someone who is going to get cut – It puts you first in line for someone you need –
Like this trade , as far as Rosenfels goes , One can only assume that he was going to get cut or there was so little differnece between him and Jackson in the Vikings eyes that when the phone call got made , getting something for their guy was an easy thing to do . I feel a lot happier with Rosenfels than I do with Bomar AT THIS STAGE-
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pascoe and chandler cut means beckum makes the team