NFL-Giants: NY Giants football news

The Giants signed Boo Williams who, if he comes all the way back from his injury, is a good receiving tight end with the size (265 pounds) to be a good blocker. They waived Matt Kranchik.

Here’s a pretty good article with lots of quotes from O’Hara. He’s a team leader, but has no problem with Shockey, Burress, and Joseph working out in Miami. They’ll be back soon for mandatory three-day mini-camp next Wednesday.

“Here’s the way I look at it,” O’Hara said. “I feel fortunate that I live here year-round and I can go work out at the stadium. Some guys live other places. You know what? If I had a place in Miami, you bet your [butt] I’d be down there.

“The coaches just want to see you. There’s guys who go into the stadium and don’t do [bleep]. They’re not even lifting, they’re in there screwing around, they don’t do the workout, but they’re not catching heat because they’re there. When I was in Cleveland, we had 100 percent attendance at the offseason program and that year we led the NFL in guys on injured reserve and the team didn’t do [bleep].”

These rankings are based on fantasy football stuff.

The linebackers are ranked 7th in the NFL, best in the NFC East. I think this is a fair ranking though I hope we end up better (which we will if Arrington plays the way we hope he will).

The defensive line is ranked 9th with Strahan and Osi obviously leading the charge. Some nice things said about William Joseph as well. I agree with this ranking. It’s tru that we don’t know who will play nose tackle, but we have several possibilities.

Tight ends are ranked 11th behind Washington and Dallas. In fantasy terms this makes sense because Dallas will be using two tight end sets (with Owens and Glenn that’s a potent offense) and Cooley is a go-to-guy for the Redskins.

The Giants’ receivers being ranked 19th is lunacy. The Chargers, Dolphins, and Titams are all ranked higher. Oh and even the Vikings?

Ranking the Giants running backs at number 16 is even crazier.

The Giants QBs at number 15? I don’t understand. Seriously if you were a fantasy owner would you be looking at the Redskins before the Giants?

Jamaar Taylor is seriously considering retirement because of all the knee injuries he’s had. His retirment could open up a roster spot for one of the lesser known Giants wide receivers such as Michael Jennings or Anthony Mix. With Tyree, Burress, Toomer, and Moss getting spots and Tim Carter proabbly getting a spot (he does need to stay healthy through training camp) the Giants might also decide to keep Ponder although if he won’t be used as a kickoff returner I suppose there’s no point in doing so.