NFL-Giants: NY Giants football news

There’s some interesting stuff here from a not-yet released book on Ernie Accorsi and the Giants, “The GM: The Inside Story of a Dream Job and the Nightmares That Go With It,” by Tom Callahan (Crown Publishing).

They make a big deal out of the Parcells things, but some other tidbits are at least as interesting. I thought this one was pretty strange:

The Dallas Cowboys’ game-winning field goal drive in a 23-20 win over the Giants on Dec. 3 was set up by a poor kickoff by Feely. Before the kickoff, Feely didn’t like the ball he was given so he asked the men in charge of the balls – two long-time Giants employees – for a different one. They refused. “I couldn’t believe it,” Feely says. Accorsi fired them the next day.

Strahan is coming back. I’m not sure how much he’ll play due to conditioning and not knowing the new playbook, but I’m sure he’ll play at least some.

Demps is gone, which leaves an interesting safety situation:

The Giants cut down to the 53-man roster limit yesterday and the move with Demps was by far the most significant. His imminent release leaves the Giants with two rookies, Craig Dahl and Michael Johnson, backing up Gibril Wilson and James Butler at safety. The team also waived J.R. Reed.

The Giants did well to trade Grant, a promising runner, because there’s no room for him on the roster.

Hasselbeck is gone and so are a few other people you may have heard of:

In addition to Hasselbeck, other Giants released on Saturday were defensive tackle Tui Alailafaleula, cornerback Darren Barnett, tight end Charles Davis, linebacker James Davis, defensive end Tommy Davis, offensive lineman Jon Dunn, defensive end Marquis Gunn, kicker Josh Huston, offensive lineman Justin Jones, offensive lineman Ryan Keenan, offensive lineman Matt Lentz, wide receiver Brandon London, offensive lineman Todd Londot (waived/injured), wide receiver Kevin McMahan, cornerback Gerrick McPhearson, punter Cory Ohnesorge, safety J.R. Reed, defensive tackle Jonas Seawright, linebacker Tyson Smith and cornerback E.J. Underwood.

Interestingly, the Giants have 52, not 53, on the rsoter now.

4 of those 52 are now injured: The Giants will start the season with a couple of injured players on the roster – special teams star David Tyree (wrist), starting CB Sam Madison (hamstring), backup G Grey Ruegamer (ankle) and backup LB Gerris Wilkinson (knee).