NFL-Giants: NY Giants football news

Some funny lines in this mock draft that mocks Giant-killer Emmitt Smith:

Oakland Raiders: Bruce Campbells, OT, Maryland
Before I depart on my journey back across the Oakland line, Al Davids tolded me who he was going to pick in the mark draft. He said Bruce Campbells is a “great player.” When I ask why, he showed me lots of number. I am not good with number, so I do not understand this worksheet, but Al Davids reassurded me that Bruce Campbell can run faster than any offensive lineman in the history of the National Conference of Footballs. And that, my friend, is a history that have longness and bigness!

Miami Dolphins: Jean Pierre-Paul, DE/OLB, South Florida
I normally do not like putting defensive player in my mark draft. As my friend Michael Irving always say, “Defense do not wins championships. Point wins championships.”

But Bill Parcell have different view from you, I and other guy. Parcell, nickname the Big Fish, really like taking linebackers in the first round of mark drafts. He love taking linebackers. In fact, you can say that he love it so much that he want to have sexual relation with taking linebackers in the first round.

Pittsburgh Steelers: Sam Bradley, QB, Oklahoma State
If Big Ben have another sexual insultment on top of these two, there is a chance he will go to jail for a very, very long time. In our society, the rule go, “Three strikes and you have or has a strike out.” Big Ben one strike remove from havin’ a striked out, which is not positive thinging! The Steelers need to draft a quarterback just in case Big Ben go to jail where he will be sexual insultmented from the behind.

Safet is looking better and better as the Giants first added Antrel Rolle and now Deon Grant.

Grant is a 9 year vet nine seasons, who has started 144 straight regular-season games and seven post-season games. He has never missed a game.

He’s been around a while but he can still play apparently: In 2009, Grant had 78 tackles (60 solo), three interceptions, seven passes defensed and a forced fumble for the Seahawks.

No contract details available yet so we don’t know if he’s getting any money guaranteed or if there really will be a competition for the punter spot.

I haven’t really been keeping up with the mock drafts but this one is sparking a bit of controversy because of this pick:

15. New York Giants
Sean Weatherspoon, LB, Missouri
The Giants need linebacker help and Weatherspoon is a guy with nearly 400 tackles in college who runs 4.6 in the 40. He can call a defense and play middle or weakside linebacker. (Previous pick: Sergio Kindle)

I know some people who say Weatherspoon is too small to play MLB. Personally I still remember Jonathan Vilma going to the Jets and winning rookie of the year at MLB. I think he was 230 pounds. Weatherspoon is listed at 6’1″ and 240 lbs. That may be high but still seems funny to say he’s too small.

Short article here on Giants players’ performance based pay. It has nothing to do with how well you perform though – just how much playing time you get compared to how little money you make.

Bruce Johnson, $270,766

This CB saw lots of playing time due to injuries and since he was a 7th round pick had a low salary.

Michael Johnson, $235,445

We didn’t like watching him on the field most of the time but he was out there a lot thanks to injuries and no depth at safety.

Kevin Boss, $221,100

Turning out to be a very solid TE and a great value for a 4th round pick.

Terrell Thomas, $207,125

Another CB.

Aaron Rouse, $193,598.

A safety (now released) who saw a bunch of playing time even though the Giants signed him well into the season.

Reports are coming in that the Giants have signed former Colts backup QB Jim Sorgi to a one-year deal. Since Carr is gone the Giants had to do something and if Sorgi is healthy this seems as good as any other move the Giants could have made. You have to think he’ll either beat out Rhett Bomar (or be cut cause his health is an issue)

The Giants have a real safety in addition to Kenny Phillips. In a sweet move, the Giants eliminated their biggest need by getting a safety who can cover. Rolle, a 27 year-old, 5 year vet is actually a converted CB. He played in his first pro bowl last season.

He seems like a good guy. Rolle basically says that the Cardinals would have matched any offer but he felt home when he met with Giants’ coaches.

Aaron Rouse is gone. The Giants could still draft a safety – the guys on our roster after Phillips and Rolle seem pretty replaceable – it’s just no longer a huge need.

I assume the Giants no longer have any interest in Darren Sharper (unrestricted free agent, New Orleans Saints), Antoine Bethea (restricted free agent, Indianapolis Colts), and Oshiomogho Atogwe (restricted free agent, St. Louis Rams).

He’s a good QB, no doubt about that. He’s gotten into the big game twice and he’s in his 30s. I’d guess he has at least 5 good years left.

In the regular season. The question is do you trust him to come up big over and over again in the post season? Some would say that Peyton is still looking for his first good post season run from start to finish because of that pick he threw (and the almost pick a little earlier).

So is Peyton clutch and will he get another chance to show it?

Safety, linebacker, defensive tackle are the Giants biggest needs heading into 2010. At defensive tackle the Giants have a solid player in Barry Cofield. We can hope Canty starts to make an impact. I suppose we can hope Rocky Bernard does something but there’s no reason to think he will as far as I can see. We can assume Fred Robbins is done. We need at least one body. A real player who can collapse the pocket would be dandy.

At linebacker things are pretty sad. We can hope Boley will stay healthy the whole year (even missing significant time he had more tackles than any other Giants LB). AP is serviceable at this point in his career and Goff did show signs he might be a good replacement for Antonio Pierce. Danny Clark is a joke and the fact that no one could take his job blows me away. Clearly we need a SLB at the very least.

At safety, we can hope that Kenny Phillips makes a full recovery. He is our only safety who can cover. Michael Johnson does not belong on an NFL roster. CC Brown is fine for run support but he can’t cover (not that the Giants didn’t try to make him). Aaron Rouse seems similar to CC Brown in terms of strengths and weaknesses. The Giants desperately need a safety who can cover.

I’m glad I didn’t take time out of sightseeing in Paris to watch the Giants get clobbered by the Vikings.

I won’t be reviewing the game since I didn’t see it but from what I’ve read, the defense was not making anyone proud. I don’t expect a playoff appearance every season (though it would be nice) but I do expect a proud defense. Reese had better get to work.