NFL-Giants: NY Giants football news

Giants.com has an article with lots of Shockey quotes. He wants to be a bigger part of the offense and stretch the field more.

The more interesting quotes are not reported on Giants.com like this one: “But I already feel like I’ve been slowing down the past couple of weeks. Nothing against anything here, but you don’t do the same things up here. I feel like I’ve had a couple of weeks off right now, even though we’re practicing, but it’s good to get your body rested.”

Pretty interesting to me that the Giants workouts are actually slowing Shockey down and that the mini camp feels like time off. Coughlin might lose his drill sergeant like reputation if he doesn’t make things tougher…

It’s nice to hear that Eli is becoming more of a leader. Not aggressive, but assertive enough to control the huddle and critique guys in practice. If he matures quickly, you’re looking at an awesome Giants offense!

NFL.com is just reporting that Mara (the older one) had an operation 3 weeks ago to remove cancerous lymph nodes. He has been battling skin cancer for 25 years.

Strahan says he is fine physically and that he relies on mental tools more than physical tools anyway. He should be fine. He also says the Giants are good enough to make the playoffs.

The New York Post now requires registration, but they have an article on the Giants mini-camp.

The Giants.com article is probably better. It has lots of interesting quotes from Coughlin including promising ones about Seubert and Manning.