Now that the New York Giants have re-signed wide receiver Victor Cruz to a five-year, $43 million extension Giants fans can relax but don’t count on Cruz relaxing just yet. Cruz, who had somewhat of a down year last season, is eager to get back to work and while his main goal is to help [...]
Conner Vernon Could Factor Into Oakland Raiders Passing Game This Season
When the Oakland Raiders signed undrafted free agent Conner Vernon from Duke Univeristy not many people gave it a second glance. Vernon ran a 4.68 40-yard dash at the NFL combine and wasn’t considered much of a prospect despite being the ACC’s all-time career leader in receiving. He was the first player in ACC [...]
Eli Manning Will Have to Shoulder Much of The New York Giants’ Offensive Load
Entering the 2013 season a lot of attention has been placed on the New York Giants defense as a key to returning to the playoffs and potentially a return to the Super Bowl. However, while it is important that the Giants’ defense improves it is also imperative that the Giants offense, especially the passing [...]
New York Giants: Damontre Moore Will Need to Show He Can Contribute from the Start
The New York Giants drafted Damontre Moore in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft in the hopes that he would be able to step into the rotation at defensive end. However, since Moore was drafted the Giants learned that Jason Pierre-Paul would be out until the first week of the regular season [...]
New York Giants a Possible Landing Spot for Vonta Leach?
The New York Giants are going to be without fullback Henry Hynoski until the first week of the season, if Hynoski’s knee will allow him to stick to the timetable. Now, one of the better blocking fullbacks in the NFL suddenly finds himself looking for work after Vonta Leach was released by the Baltimore [...]
San Francisco 49ers: Who Steps Up in Michael Crabtree’s Absence?
When the San Francisco 49ers acquired Anquan Boldin for a sixth round pick from the Baltimore Ravens it was seen as a very nice complimentary pick-up to bolster a steady receiving corps. Boldin would be joining Vernon Davis, Michael Crabtree and A.J. Jenkins as targets for emerging quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Now, Boldin will be [...]
New York Jets: David Garrard Calls it a Career, Announces Retirement
You can scratch David Garrard from the New York Jets quarterback competition after Garrard has decided to call it quits due to lingering knee problems. It was first reported by Ian Rapoport that Garrard had informed a couple of teammates that he was done with the Jets. When he signed it was widely believed [...]
New York Giants’ Jerrel Jernigan Entering Make or Break Year
When the New York Giants selected Jerrel Jernigan in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft they knew they were selecting a raw but potentially dynamic talent as well as someone who could help out on kick returns. So far, with two full seasons under his belt the 5’8” receiver has failed to [...]