New York Giants Rumors & News

New York Post "The race to beat the clock is on for Giants fullback Henry Hynoski, who will undergo knee surgery today and hopes to be recovered in time for the Sept. 8 regular-season opener against the Cowboys. Hynoski went down on the second play in Wednesday’s first organized team activity practice and was..." May 24

New York Post "Ramses Barden sure sounded as if he was making sense when he declared in late February leaving the Giants was a smart move. After all, in four years, he never produced much and never convinced the coaching staff that, despite his towering size at receiver, he could be a vital part of the..." May 24

New York Post "Henry Hynoski is not a marquee name, but he fills a valuable role within the offense and the Giants are hoping their third-year fullback did not sustain a serious injury. It didn’t take long yesterday — the second play of the first-team period of the first organized team activity practice — for..." May 23

Yahoo! Sports "As if the New York Giants and Victor Cruz weren't involved in enough of a stare down, fellow wide receiver Hakeem Nicks sent the team a little message by not showing up for practice Wednesday. Pay day is coming soon for Nicks, too. That was the unstated goal of Nicks' not attending the Giants'..." May 23

ESPN.com "Cutting two games off the preseason -- either by expanding the playoffs or moving to an 18-game schedule -- is still being discussed, commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday at the NFL's spring owners meetings in Boston. He said all "[options] are on the table." "As I have said before, I..." May 23

Akron Beacon Journal "Jimmy Haslam, whose purchase of the Browns was unanimously approved in October, apologized to fellow NFL owners for the negative attention an ongoing federal investigation targeting his family business, Pilot Flying J, has brought upon the league, Jarrett Bell of USA Today reported. Since the..." May 23

New York Daily News "Nobody expected Victor Cruz to show up for the Giants' OTA workout on Wednesday. That Hakeem Nicks also didn't show up, however, was a much larger surprise. Nicks, who was in Manhattan just a night earlier, was nowhere to be found at the Giants facility on Wednesday, a concerning absence. Cruz..." May 22

NFL.com "The NFL draft provides football fans with a peek into the exhilaration that comes with entering the league. Far less publicized is a player's exit from the game, which carries its own emotional weight. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at the NFL Spring Meeting in Boston that he had met with..." May 22

ESPN New York "Aaron Curry is hoping to resurrect his career with the New York Giants. And the linebacker says he will do so without the pressure of trying to live up to being the fourth overall pick in the 2009 draft. Curry says that pressure overwhelmed him in Seattle. “It was a burden early on in..." May 20

New York Post "Cooper Taylor was in elementary school in the Atlanta area back in the late 1990s when Jason Sehorn was starring for the Giants as a one-of-a-kind cornerback. Not many rookies about to enter the NFL nowadays point to Sehorn as the player they emulate, but there is a glaring reason why Taylor..." May 19

New York Post "Victor Cruz has come a long way in his short NFL career. Soon his ascension to the role of one of the best deep threat wide receivers in the league will be rewarded by the Giants. A source told The Post Cruz and the Giants “are on the 2-yard line” in successfully completing their lengthy..." May 18

New York Post "The goal for the Giants for the upcoming season was to re-fortify a sagging defense while also getting younger and more athletic. Renewed interest in former star defensive back Charles Woodson won’t make the Giants younger, but certainly would add to their experience and pedigree. The Giants..." May 17

Pro Football Talk "Dwight Freeney’s visit with the Chargers stretched into Thursday, but the former Colt’s father isn’t sure that a deal will get done in San Diego. Hugh Freeney called into Adam Schein’s radio show on Sirius XM NFL Radio talk about his son’s search for a new job and said that the Chargers were..." May 16

Washington Post "The Washington Redskins and New York Giants have both had exploratory talks regarding the services of free agent running back Tim Hightower, who last played for the Redskins during the 2012 preseason, two people with knowledge of the situation said. It wasn’t immediately clear how serious the..." May 16

New York Daily News "Every day, Victor Cruz gets a little closer to the long-term contract with the Giants he has been seeking for months — a contract both sides now seem certain will eventually get done. The only mystery that remains is when that long-awaited agreement will finally be reached between the Giants..." May 15

NFL.com "Josh Cribbs remains on the free-agent market despite his best attempts to land a job. Now, we have a better idea why. New York Jets general manager John Idzik told Conor Orr of The Star-Ledger on Tuesday that Cribbs' surgically repaired left knee "isn't quite there yet." The Jets were one of..." May 15

New York Post "Eli Manning is hoping the thaw in what has been an icy Victor Cruz contract negotiation comes next week, because the Giants are hitting the field and Manning wants one of his top receivers out there with him. “I think hopefully we get into some real practices so hopefully as we get kind of into..." May 14

Newark Star-Ledger "The change is as subtle as putting his left hand down in the three-point stance instead of his right. It’s also as dramatic as moving from the left side of the offensive line to the right, from protecting the quarterback’s blind side to be the focal point of the running game. Giants first-round..." May 13

New York Post "George Selvie sat on a stool yesterday eight lockers down from the one being occupied by Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul. Four years ago, Selvie and the man now known as JPP shared another locker room, the one at the University of South Florida, where the two were teammates dreaming of..." May 12

New York Post "Guilty as charged. That is Damontre Moore’s admission to reports he was not exactly the hardest worker during his time at Texas A&M. Not long after the Giants took the pass-rushing defensive end in the third round of the NFL Draft, coach Tom Coughlin said the rep on Moore was that he was great..." May 12

New York Post "Tom Coughlin does not have intimate knowledge of how Aaron Curry played during his time with the Seahawks and the Raiders but he does know one specific tidbit about the newest Giants linebacker. “Of course he was the fourth pick in the draft,’’ Coughlin said on Saturday between rookie mini-camp..." May 11

New York Post "No diabolical experiments are planned but the Giants are hoping Aaron Curry, in the words of general manager Jerry Reese, can “reinvent himself’’ now that he has officially signed on in his attempt to resuscitate a football career on life support. Curry did not leave the team facility after..." May 11

New York Post "Eli Manning’s reputation as a prankster precedes him, which is why rookie quarterback Ryan Nassib admits he’s on alert as he participates in the Giants two-day rookie mini-camp. “I’m going into my locker very carefully and making sure I don’t break too much stuff in the locker room,’’ Nassib..." May 10

New York Post "Kicking the tires and looking under the hood is the way of life in the NFL this time of year as the few remaining desirable free agents try to find new homes and teams attempt to fill nagging holes. The Giants yesterday were visited by two NFL vets, linebacker Aaron Curry and kick returner Josh..." May 10

New York Post "Even on the day his brother officially announced his retirement, Tiki Barber made it about himself. Scoring the first interview with Ronde Barber on his CBS Sports Radio show yesterday, the former Giants running back asked his twin: “Why do so many people like you, but don’t like me?” Tiki’s..." May 10

Newark Star-Ledger "Linebacker Aaron Curry is the newest member of the Giants. "Excited to be a Giant," he tweeted moments ago. Curry, selected No. 4 overall in 2009 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks, began his visit with the Giants on Thursday night and came back this morning for a workout. It apparently went..." May 10

New York Post "There already may have been more words expended detailing and hyperventilating about the Victor Cruz contract situation than actual dollars Cruz wants to squeeze out of the Giants. Cruz has been mum on the subject, but Giants co-owner John Mara remains outwardly optimistic that a long-term deal..." May 08

NFL.com "Aaron Curry's quest toward an NFL return will go through the Meadowlands. The New York Daily News reported Monday that Curry is planning to make a free-agent visit to the Giants on Thursday. A source told the Daily News that Curry "has been working out and feels healthy." The Giants are said to..." May 07

New York Post "Three days after he was released by the Giants, linebacker Michael Boley on Feb. 8 was arrested for child abuse. The decision to cut Boley back on Feb. 5 was solely a football decision, according to a source, and that the Giants were not aware of any pending legal issues with Boley before..." May 05

New York Post "Everyone wants the new guy to look the part on the first day of a new job, but when Johnathan Hankins arrives on May 10 for the Giants rookie mini-camp, prepare to be underwhelmed. “No, you’re not going to be real impressed,’’ Luke Fickell, Ohio State’s co-defensive coordinator, yesterday told..." May 03

New York Daily News "Three days after he was cut by the Giants, linebacker Michael Boley reportedly turned himself into police in Alabama and was booked on charges of child abuse. According to a report early Thursday morning on TMZ.com, Boley, the former Giants linebacker was "secretly arrested" on Feb. 8 in Etowah..." May 02

New York Daily News "Tim Hightower, the former Redskins running back who was scheduled to make a free-agent visit to the Giants in early April, has rescheduled and is due to arrive in New Jersey for his visit on Wednesday, the Daily News has learned. The Giants are likely only doing their due diligence on the..." May 01

NFL.com "When the deadline for Victor Cruz to receive an offer sheet from another team came and passed more than 10 days ago, New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin believed a contract resolution would happen in short order. "It has to be a concern because when the restricted free agency period is over, you..." April 30

New York Post "The Giants did not know which specific players they would select in the NFL Draft, but they did have a definitive strategy as to what areas of need they wanted to address. Sure, they always attempt to pick the best player available when their selection rolls around, but this year — more than most..." April 29

New York Post "The Giants traded up in the fourth round of the NFL Draft to take a quarterback, Ryan Nassib, who is nine years younger than Eli Manning. That maneuver, Manning says, did not spark introspection into his football mortality. “No, it really doesn’t,’’ Manning said yesterday at a March of Dimes..." April 29

USA Today "Ryan Nassib was supposed to be new Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone's guy with the No. 8 overall pick or when Nassib's former Syracuse coach traded down to the 16th overall spot Thursday. But when Marrone selected former Florida State quarterback EJ Manuel to be his guy, Nassib's stock..." April 28

New York Post "The Giants do not leak any of their secretive NFL Draft information but last month, co-owner John Mara might as well have posted on Twitter his team’s objectives when he declared: “We need to re-establish that toughness in front.’’ To that, general manager Jerry Reese might as well have said,..." April 27

Pro Football Talk "On Friday, free-agent running back Ahmad Bradshaw received full clearance to resume football activities. On Friday and Saturday, all teams that had interest in Bradshaw filled their needs via draft picks. The interested teams were the Steelers, Packers, Broncos, and Bengals. And those four..." April 27

Newark Star-Ledger "The Giants put Justin Pugh on the spot with the first question of their combine interview. "Who is the Syracuse alum you are most familiar with?" Marc Ross, the Giants’ director of college scouting, asked. The Syracuse offensive tackle responded, "Tom Coughlin." "Everyone started laughing..." April 26

Newark Star-Ledger "Brandon Jacobs has made it clear he wants to return to the Giants. And it doesn't sound like the Giants have ruled out a reunion. Running backs coach Jerald Ingram said he doesn't know if Jacobs' return is a possibility or not, but he also indicated the team may have had discussions about..." April 25

Newark Star-Ledger "A year after winning a Super Bowl with the Giants, Chris Canty joined another Super Bowl champion team, the Ravens. And the veteran defensive lineman came to Baltimore with a word of warning, based off the Giants' stumbles in 2012, when their Super Bowl XLVI defense resulted in a disappointing..." April 25

Newark Star-Ledger "Tyrann Mathieu arrived on the red carpet of the ESPN the Magazine pre-draft party Wednesday night confident and with a bold prediction. Asked if he could replace cornerback Darrelle Revis with the Jets, after Revis was traded to the Buccaneers Sunday, the former LSU cornerback replied, "I feel..." April 25

New York Post "The Giants already know what it is like having to deal with Robert Griffin III and have conferred with college coaches to help them prepare for the high-octane offense new head coach Chip Kelly is bringing to the Eagles. There’s a need for speed in the NFC East and there’s a linebacker available..." April 24

New York Daily News "The last place Manti Te’o wanted to be after his fake girlfriend fiasco became public was anywhere near a spotlight. He went into hiding, as much as he could. That will change, though, if he is drafted by the Giants on Thursday night and is forced to begin his NFL career in New York. What..." April 24

New York Post "Some NFL Drafts are billed as the “Year of the Quarterback,” but this is not one of them. Trumpeting what goes down Thursday night as the “Year of the Offensive Tackle” is not exactly riveting, but that’s the way it’s shaping up. Expectations are three of the first five selections in the..." April 23