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Quotes: DT Chris Canty on DE Osi Umenyiora, who would like to have his contract re-structured: “He’s a terrific player. We need him.”
QB Eli Manning on who would be more welcomed on the Giants, HB Tiki Barber or WR Plaxico Burress: “Probably Plaxico just because he has probably fonder memories of winning a Super Bowl and that catch for the touchdown in Super Bowl XLII. Tiki ended on a bad note and it’s really a shame, he should be remembered as a great Giants running back and a terrific player, because he was. Just kind of the way he went out and burned a few bridges with the fans and kind of went after me a little bit, it’s unfortunate. I’m not happy about it in that sense, so I think Plaxico would probably be welcomed back a little quicker.”
Manning on how the lockout is negatively impacting the young players: “That’s kind of one of my biggest concerns, the rookies, and even the guys who are going into that second year. The rookies, it’s almost going to be like a red-shirt year for them just because they’re going to come in whenever we get back to training camp and everything’s going to be brand new for them…(During the unofficial mini-camp, WR Jerrel Jernigan and I are) talking plays and concepts, different reads that he has and the second day he’s kind of looking at me and he goes ‘Can I just get the formations? Can you draw some formations for me?’ He’s just trying to figure out where to line up. They don’t have any meeting time to learn some things, to sit down with the coach and sit down with the players and pick a few things to work on.”