Steve Smith
Big news here in Giant land as 3rd down specialist and favorite Eli target Steve Smith signs a 1 year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles. Fans are outraged not only that Smith would go to our biggest rival but that the Giants let him go.
The Giants made it quite clear that they weren't heavily interested in bringing back the injured WR and I don't think they knew the Eagles had been talking to Steve for a few weeks.
Personally, I think the Giants are setting Coughlin up for a fall. Rumors have circulated that Cowher will only come back into coaching if the Giants job becomes available. I think the Giants want the younger Cowher over the oldest active coach in the NFL and will sacrifice a season to have reason to fire Tom Coughlin.
Giants have lost DT Barry Cofield, TE Kevin Boss , and WR Steve Smith all of them were drafted in 2007 and all were key in the Giants winning the SuperBowl that same year. Not to mention to contract issues going on with Osi Umenyiora. I didn't post my predictions yet but I had the Giants going 11-5 and losing the Wild Card to Green Bay (in GB) but now....8-8 at best.
The Giants made it quite clear that they weren't heavily interested in bringing back the injured WR and I don't think they knew the Eagles had been talking to Steve for a few weeks.
Personally, I think the Giants are setting Coughlin up for a fall. Rumors have circulated that Cowher will only come back into coaching if the Giants job becomes available. I think the Giants want the younger Cowher over the oldest active coach in the NFL and will sacrifice a season to have reason to fire Tom Coughlin.
Giants have lost DT Barry Cofield, TE Kevin Boss , and WR Steve Smith all of them were drafted in 2007 and all were key in the Giants winning the SuperBowl that same year. Not to mention to contract issues going on with Osi Umenyiora. I didn't post my predictions yet but I had the Giants going 11-5 and losing the Wild Card to Green Bay (in GB) but now....8-8 at best.
posted by The Red Mosquito at
8:08 AM
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Chris Carter thinks Osi is over the hill (mostly anyway). What do you think?
Osi is 30 years old and still a beast, he has 5 good years left in him, easy.
Carter's "take" is that he can only play on third downs as a pass rush specialist.
Kind of reminds me of what Buddy Ryan once said about Carter. (All he does is jump up in the end zone and catch touchdown passes. When Carter was in, like, his third season and the Eagles were letting him go to the Vikings.) A little.
Osi is not great against the run, that has been proven. I can't even figure out why, he is fast and strong and eats Left Tackles for breakfast with a side of Quarterback. He is best on the pass rush but he is not an all around great DE like Justin Tuck. The Giants also have Jason Pierre-Paul who is also turning into a good pass rusher, we also have DE/LB Mathias Kiwanuka who may be the 2nd best defender on the team. I'm not too worried if the Osi thing doesn't work out, but I'd still rather have him here.
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