New Deal for Tom Coughlin Expected Soon: According to The Bergen Record, the basics of a 4-year, $20 million contract extension for Head Coach Tom Coughlin have been agreed to. The paper says the reason that the deal has not been officially finalized yet is that Giants’ President and CEO John Mara has been kept busy with League matters as a member of the NFL’s Competition Committee.
“It’s a matter of when, not if,” said Mara.
Latest New York Giants Free Agent Rumors: Here is the latest rumors/whispers on the free agent front:
- Ralph Vacchiano (The Daily News Giants’ Blog) says don’t expect the Giants to slap the Franchise Tag on any of the Giants’ soon-to-be unrestricted free agents, including FS Gibril Wilson. The deadline to apply the Franchise Tag is 4:00PM today.
- Vacchiano says not much progress has been made with Wilson, LB Reggie Torbor, and HB Derrick Ward.
- One NFL source told Vacchiano that a deal with LB Kawika Mitchell may be reached before free agency starts.
- Vacchiano also reports that the Giants are likely to void that last two years on DT William Joseph’s contract, thus making him a free agent.