NY Giants Blog Roundup: Offseason Vol. 2
Reflections on the long off-season
Posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 at 10:25 AMHere's what the Giants online community is saying about thefirst week without professional football, free agents and the long off-season.
Hazem Kiswani, Giants101
"The strengths of the New York Giants roster are clear. This is a team that is strong in the trenches with Pro Bowl caliber players on both lines, and has its franchise quarterback in place. The weaknesses became a little more obvious as the 2008 season went on."
GerryNYG, BigBlue Interactive
"Amani [Toomer] seemed extremely determined to rehab from his partially torn ACL in 2006, so I don't question his attitude. However, his diminished production, numerous dropped passes, and lack of separation on passing routes equates to the Giants moving in a different direction."
Ralph Vacchiano, TheBlue Screen
"Considering [Kevin] Dockery spent time as the nickel back last year and now figures to be at least the fourth corner (probably behind Terrell Thomas) it's extremely likely he'll be tendered. It's just not clear how high the Giants are willing to go."
Rich O'Callaghan, Big Blue101
"Anquan Boldin's agent, the loveable Drew Rosenhaus, expects the Cardinals to ask for a ridiculous price in return for the All-Pro wideout. Rosenhaus said Arizona will want four draft picks, including the other team's first and third rounders in return for Boldin ... If you ask me this price is way too high for the Giants to pay."
Tom Rock, Newsday
"Clearly the Giants have to find a way to replace [Plaxico] Burress (again, assuming he's either in jail, suspended or with another team by the time the season starts). They weren't able to do that at the end of the 2008 season, and it cost them. So do they need to go get themselves Anquan Boldin? Not necessarily."
Pat Traina, InsideFootball
"One of the biggest questions I've seen so far is why Johnson, who was signed the same year as Kevin Dockery, is not a restricted free agent (RFA). The answer as I understand it is that in order to receive an accrued year of service toward free agency, a player must spend six or more games on the active 53-man roster, IR or PUP lists ... Since Johnson was active for one game in 2006, he didn't get service credit. He did, however, receive credit for 2007 despite being on IR with a knee injury. And in 2008, he was on the 53-man roster, so he got his second year of credit. However, in order to be considered a restricted free agent like Dockery, Johnson would need a minimum of three years of accrued service."
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