Giants OT Whitfield retires after 15-year career ESPN: NFL (15.02.2007 19:21) Bob Whitfield announced his retirement on Thursday, ending a 15-year career with three teams that was highlighted by a Pro Bowl selection and a Super Bowl start.
New York Giants: With less than two hours remaining before he hit the free agent market, Shaun O'Hara and the Giants agreed on a five-year, $19 million contract that included $7.5 million in guarantees. The 29-year-old center will stay with the Giants for an eighth season and be under contract through 2011.
Re-signing O'Hara was important because of the Giants' uncertainty at the left tackle position. Luke Petitgout was cut and backup left tackle Bob Whitfield retired. A couple of the options involved moving Giants guards to tackle and juggling the line. Had O'Hara left, the Giants would have problems in the middle of the line that would match their problems on the outside.
O'Hara entered the league as an undrafted free agent. He played in Cleveland from 2000-03 before leaving for the Giants in 2004. The 6-foot-3, 306-pound center went to college at Rutgers.
Doubts, not cash, fueling Strahan holdout CBS SportsLine.com NFL News (06.08.2007 02:13) Seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan said his holdout with the New York Giants has nothing to do with money and everything to do with uncertainty about whether he wants to return for a 15th NFL season.
Insights into the Giants' backfield from a LOCAL source covering the Giants on "The REAL Feed":
Droughns OK with Jacobs being Giants' No. 1 back Newsday.com: New York Giants (09.08.2007 05:23) ALBANY - Reuben Droughns is the veteran presence in the Giants' backfield. He's in his eighth NFL season, with more experience than all the other running backs in training camp combined.
While this is not good news, it is not anything to be paniced about yet........ as the article states, the biggest issue is that Eli and Plax can not practice their timing.
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Good news for Burress owners. Getting that timing down is critical. Burress has been accessed of 'milking the injury' to avoid camp. That is never a good sign that the team is saying that about you.
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