Free Agency Begins – LB Michael Boley Visits Giants: Free agency began at 12:01AM this morning. The Star-Ledger is reporting that unrestricted free agent LB Michael Boley (Atlanta Falcons) will visit the Giants today. Peter King of SI.com is reporting that the Giants are prepared to offer Boley $5 million per year.
Houshmandzadeh Says He’s Interested in the Giants: The Daily News Giants’ blog is reporting that unrestricted free agent WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh (Cincinnati Bengals) told his agent that he interested in signing with four teams, including the Seahawks, Vikings, Eagles, and Giants. However, there is no word on whether or not the Giants are interested.
More Details on Fred Robbins’ Injury: It was reported last week that defensive tackles Fred Robbins and Barry Cofield recently underwent arthroscopic knee surgery. According to The Star-Ledger, Robbins injured his knee in the playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The Ledger reports the injury occurred when Robbins was tackled after intercepting a pass from QB Donovan McNabb.
Quotes: HB Brandon Jacobs on WR Plaxico Burress: “We have to hope Plaxico Burress gets out of all the issues he has going on there legally. If he can get out of that, we can bring him back and I think that is basically all we need, to be honest with you…We have a lot of young talent on our team, but you need to get 17 back…He does (expect to be back). If he can get out of this situation that he is in, everybody prays and hopes that he doesn’t go to jail, and then the sky is the limit for him. He has cleaned up, no organization problems, no off the field problems, none of that would be happening with him again. I don’t see any of that happening because he knows how close he came to losing everything he has. I think his mind is right now and he is ready to get back out there and perform like he had been doing.”