Free Agency: First Day Happenings

• LB Kawika Mitchell was signed by the Buffalo Bills to a 5 year contract worth about $17.5 million. Reports say the Giants were offering Mitchell approximately the same amount of money per year but were only willing to give him a 3 year deal.




• LB Reggie Torbor was signed by the Miami Dolphins. I'm not sure about the contract details.




• S Gibril Wilson is reportedly extremely close to a 6 year $30 million contract with the Oakland Raiders. Gibril is from the Bay area and excited to live closer to home.




• The Giants have been in contact with the agent of Chicago LB Lance Briggs and are considered a top 3 contender for his services as of this morning.




• The Giants were in the running for Redskins backup QB Todd Collins, but Collins was re-signed by the Skins.




• They were later in a simliar situation with Cleo Lemons, but Lemons ended up signing with Jacksonville.




• The Giants have inquire about or have been in contact with all the following free agents: DE N.D. Kalu, QB Trent Green, QB Billy Volek, RB Maurice Hicks, RB Mewelde Moore, S Eugene Wilson, S Erik Coleman, S Sammy Knight, CB Jason Webster, and probably a few others.




• S Madieu Williams is one free agent that I had high on my wishlist but he already been signed by the Vikings. He got a larger contract than I would have liked the Giants to give him though.




• A few free agents I hope the Giants will look into (but have yet to) are LB Landon Johnson, LB Kevin Bentley, LB Ian Gold, and S Marlon Mcree.

I will probably post a free agent wishlist in the next few days...

GIANTS CLOSE TO DEAL WITH HALL!!!

Per G101, the Giants are very close to completing a trade with the Atlanta Falcons for star cornerback DeAngelo Hall. The Giants were, earlier this morning, rumored to be interested in sending their 1st round pick (31st overall) to the Falcons in exchange for Hall.

More recent rumors say that several other teams (all obviously having higher 1st round picks than the Giants) are also interested in sending 1st rounders to the Falcons for Hall as well. But the Giants have thrown in an unknown late round pick and are said to be very close to completing the deal.

DeAngelo Hall was the Falcons 1st round pick (8th overall) in 2004. He went to the pro bowl in 2005 as well as winning the NFL's Fastest Man competition while there in Hawaii. He considers himself a complete cornerback, not just a shutdown corner or run-stopping corner.

I will provide more of my opinons about Hall if we do, in fact, get the deal done.

New Blog

I'm a HUGE Giants fan and recently decided to start a blog about the New York Football Giants. I'm working on the new layout so bear with this generic template layout for now. This blog will be a combination of Giants news and my own opinion. Please feel free to comment on my opinions as long as you don't insult anyone including me. Inappropriate comments will be deleted. Enjoy!