February 12, 2005
Giants free agent wishlist
A list of available free agents from Sportsline. If you ask me who I really want there are two main guys I'd love to see in Giants blue:
1. Ed Hartwell - I'm not as down on Keven Lewis as a lot of Giants fans, but if you want a dominating defense Hartwell would be a huge step in the right direction. We need to be tougher against the run than we were in 2004 and I don't blame the defensive line.
2. Donovan Darius - Much better than Shaun Williams and probably won't be as expensive either. We would then have some leverage in forcing SW to restructure. If he does, we could consider cutting Stoutmire (though I do like Omar on special teams).
There. I think that would give us a really good defense. As for offense, I can't see the money a premeir tackle would cost being worth it for us. What else do we need? A receiver.
What would also be nice - While I'd love to see Taylor and/or Carter become reliable threats and have one playing opposite Toomer, and while Tyree and Ponder work hard, I'd like to see the Giants get a reliable but not too expensive receiver (and cut Ike Hilliard). Maybe Baltimore's Travis Taylor, New England's David Patten, Houston's Corey Bradford or Tampa Bay's Joey Galloway would come cheap.
Seeing as how we're expected to be 10 million or more under the cap, we could possibly sign Hartwell, Darius, a receiver and have a bit of money left for our few draft picks, resigning Lance Legree, Nick Greisen, and maybe Jim Finn and a role player or two (like a fullback if we don't resign Finn).
Posted by James Trotta at February 12, 2005 2:41 AMI really don't think the Giants should be as concerned with the defensive side of the ball as they should the offensive side. Eli Manning the future of the Giants needs some talent around him. His over the hill tandum of Toomer and Hilliard is washed up, Toomer has a huge salary and needs to be dealt with along with Williams on the defense. As a Giants fan I would love to see the Giants actually makes some moves in free agency and go after a guy like Derrick Mason. He's a top 5 receiver and would really help Manning, TJ Houshmenzadah, out of cinci is another guy worth looking at.
Posted by: Nick DePaola at February 22, 2005 4:10 AM