http://www.realfootball365.com New York Giants Football News, scores, analysis and discussion. NFL Football News. en-us info@realfootball365.com Copyright (C) 2005-2008 www.realfootball365.com http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/12567 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/12567 Good thing the New York Giants' defense didn't believe its own recent press clippings. After the June retirement of future Hall of Fame defensive end Michael Strahan and the August season-ending knee injury to fellow stud DE Osi Umenyiora, the Giants went from defending Super Bowl champions to a team that will be lucky to make the playoffs. Well, according to most NFL analysts, anyway. But ... cbyrne@realfootball365.com (Connor Byrne) New York Giants 2008-09-05T05:06:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/12487 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/12487 The New York Giants spent a good portion of the offseason reminding everyone that they won the Super Bowl in February. When you consider the lack of attention the Giants received after shocking the 18-0 New England Patriots to close the 2007-08 NFL season, rightly so. But the Giants can't play the Rodney Dangerfield card anymore; instead, they're deservedly back to being upstarts in a ... cbyrne@realfootball365.com (Connor Byrne) New York Giants 2008-08-28T04:46:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/12456 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/12456 The defending Super Bowl champs lost defensive end Osi Umenyiora for the 2008 season after he tore the lateral meniscus in his left knee in a 10-7 preseason loss to the Jets over the weekend. Umenyiora will have season-ending surgery Tuesday. Commentary: The first thought is that the Giants will make a run at Umenyiora's former teammate Michael Strahan to help fill the void. Strahan retired ... ncoolong@gmail.com (Neal Coolong) New York Giants 2008-08-25T09:32:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/12326 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/12326 Contract talks have gone south between the Super Bowl champions and wide receiver Plaxico Burress. Now, it seems the Giants are getting back through Plax what they traded away when they dealt tight end Jeremy Shockey. But not in a good way. Ralph Vacciano of the New York Daily News reports that Burress has given up on hope of receiving the contract extension he wanted this offseason, and ... ncoolong@gmail.com (Neal Coolong) New York Giants 2008-08-11T09:44:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/12267 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/12267 Pro Football Reference released its All-Franchise teams of the NFC East, and Giants outside linebacker Lawrence Taylor is by far the best to have set foot in the division. According to PFR's Approximate Value Method, Taylor scored a 139, easily beating ex-Dallas running back Emmitt Smith, who finished second with 126. Smith highlighted a Cowboys offense that had Michael Irvin (105), Tony ... ncoolong@gmail.com (Neal Coolong) New York Giants 2008-08-04T11:28:01-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/12135 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/12135 The Giants agreed to trade tight end Jeremy Shockey to the Saints for second- and fifth-round draft picks in 2009. According to Fox Sports' Jay Glazer, the deal was the same the Saints offered the Giants before the 2008 draft, but it was turned down back then. Commentary: Shockey will be reunited with former Giants offensive coordinator and current Saints head coach Sean Payton in New Orleans. ... ncoolong@gmail.com (Neal Coolong) New York Giants 2008-07-21T20:37:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11976 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11976 The Giants came to terms with free-agent offensive tackle Shane Olivea on a one-year contract, pending a physical, NFL.com reported Thursday. Olivea served a four-game suspension at the end of last season when he was with the Chargers. He appealed the suspension, saying he was in a drug rehab facility at the time of the test. Commentary: It has never been a question of talent with Olivea. The ... ncoolong@gmail.com (Neal Coolong) New York Giants 2008-07-11T09:31:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11775 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11775 The defending Super Bowl champion Giants came to terms with three of their seven draft picks Tuesday, giving them four rookies under contract. Signing deals Tuesday were fourth-round linebacker Bryan Kehl (BYU), fifth-round LB Jonathan Goff (Vanderbilt) and sixth-round picks Andre' Woodson (QB, Kentucky) and Robert Henderson (DE, Southern Mississippi). First-round safety Kenny Phillips, ... ncoolong@gmail.com (Neal Coolong) New York Giants 2008-06-25T09:40:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11774 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11774 The Giants have signed guard Chris Snee to a six-year extension that will make him one of the five highest-paid guards in the NFL. The dollar amount of the deal was not immediately released. Snee started all 20 games for the Super Bowl champion Giants last season. The deal keeps him in New York through 2014. Commentary: Contracts signed by fellow guards Steve Hutchinson (Vikings) and Alan ... ncoolong@gmail.com (Neal Coolong) New York Giants 2008-06-25T09:12:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11596 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11596 The combination of Jeremy Shockey's arrival at minicamp and Plaxico Burress's absence has Giants fans weighing the difference between the two. Along with that, the onset of Giants minicamp has been highlighted by multiple injuries, according to Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News. Shockey is in attendance, but he couldn't participate because he is still recovering from a leg injury that ... ncoolong@gmail.com (Neal Coolong) New York Giants 2008-06-12T09:07:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11557 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11557 The Giants' official team forum mentions the retirement of team sack king Michael Strahan, but fans asks a more pertinent question. When will the Giants retire Strahan's No. 92 jersey? Strahan had 141.5 sacks in a Giants uniform, more than first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee Lawrence Taylor's 132. The Giants retired Taylor's No. 56 jersey in 1994 (Strahan's second year in the league), not even ... ncoolong@gmail.com (Neal Coolong) New York Giants 2008-06-10T09:23:01-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11556 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11556 Giants DE Michael Strahan will announce his retirement from the NFL at a press conference set for 11:30 a.m. ET Tuesday. Strahan, the NFL's single-season regular-season record holder for sacks -- 22.5 in 2001 -- walks away from a $4 million contract, not to mention a chance to repeat as a Super Bowl champion. Strahan was the league's active leader in career sacks with 141.5. DE Simeon Rice ... ncoolong@gmail.com (Neal Coolong) New York Giants 2008-06-10T09:11:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11537 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11537 New York Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey on Saturday hinted that he might not attend the team's mandatory minicamp, which begins Wednesday. Commentary: "I might go to see my mother in Texas. I have no idea," said Shockey. Then he even went a step further to acknowledge some of what was bothering him. "Unlike the Giants, I'm going to be quiet," he said. "They've released multiple things ... rousseauwrites@aol.com (Robert Rousseau) New York Giants 2008-06-08T18:30:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11449 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11449 The Star-Ledger is reporting Monday that free-agent DE Renaldo Wynn has signed a one-year deal with the Giants. Wynn, who turns 34 at the start of the regular season, played 12 games with the Saints last season and notched 3.5 sacks. He played the first four years of his career in Jacksonville before signing a free-agent deal with Washington in 2001. Commentary: The move suggests the Giants ... ncoolong@gmail.com (Neal Coolong) New York Giants 2008-06-02T09:55:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11385 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/giants/11385 The New York Giants became the sweethearts of the sports world in early February, and rightly so. After all, it's not often a team architects one of the greatest upsets in NFL history, which the Giants did with their 17-14 Super Bowl XXXXII shocker against the then-undefeated New England Patriots. Entering their highly anticipated bout with the Pats nearly four months ago, the Giants were ... cbyrne@realfootball365.com (Connor Byrne) New York Giants 2008-05-29T03:59:00-05:00