April 22, 2006 -- News that the Giants were closing in on a deal with LaVar Arrington was music to the ears of Antonio Pierce.
"I know the impact he can have on our team as far as the attitude, the kind of player he is, and he's got a chip on his shoulder now," Pierce, the Giants middle linebacker and former teammate of Arrington with the Redskins, told The Post yesterday.
"Right now a lot of people are dogging him and kind of questioning his ability. With a guy with that kind of athletic supremacy, and he puts that attitude with it, it's a dangerous guy."
Pierce helped sell Arrington on the Giants and also tried to sell the Giants on Arrington.
"From day one I just tried to give them my insight on him, his personality, and let them know he's not the type of person he's being portrayed as," Pierce said.
As for Arrington's addition to the Giants, Pierce said, "We just got a lot better." LA's good friend saying the Giants got better...Yeah its official LA is A GIANT!!!! Your contacts are wrong once again