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    This guy's unreal

    in New York Giants

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    AMAZING...truly amazing.

     

    Tiki Barber is THE BEST RB in football right now. :TU:

     

    See! BB1 got the message! Thank God someone got it. BTW I never got to welcome you to Sportswrath cause I can't post while I'm at work. I'm Yugi from the GMBs and TheDragon from the old Sportswrath.

    This guy's unreal

    in New York Giants

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    What is the name of the song in the background of that video? I must have heard that 397 times furing Super Bowl week...

     

    I dunno, but it's funny how I posted this to show how great Tiki was last season and the fab 4 turned it into an Eli bashing session. Fuckin ridiculous :furious:

    Sorry if this was posted already

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    Giants again eye former Steelers

    Monday, March 06, 2006

    BY MIKE GARAFOLO

    Star-Ledger Staff

    Remember 12 months ago when the Giants transformed themselves from pretenders to contenders in a little more than two weeks? Remember when the signings of linebacker Antonio Pierce, tackle Kareem McKenzie, kicker Jay Feely and wide receiver Plaxico Burress turned a 6-10 team into a potential division champ by St. Patrick's Day?

     

    Forget a sequel. For the Giants, the lack of an extension for the collective bargaining agreement -- and a subsequently smaller cap figure at $94.5 million -- means the next couple of weeks will be much quieter than the same period last year. Whereas they had nearly $10 million to play with in 2005, this year they have only a few million dollars free. And most of that will be used on a few of their own free agents they would like to re-sign.

     

    But in an off-season when the only certainty so far is that everything has been uncertain, there figures to be one similarity between this year and last for the Giants: The pipeline from Pittsburgh to East Rutherford will likely remain open.

     

    Defensive coordinator Tim Lewis, the Steelers' head defensive honcho from 2000-03, was a major force in the Giants' free-agency plans the past two years. In 2004 he recommended the signing of safety Brent Alexander and linebacker Carlos Emmons, who both played in Pittsburgh during Lewis' nine-year stint there. Last year he helped bring in two former Steelers for visits in the first two weeks of free agency: linebacker Kendrell Bell and defensive tackle Kendrick Clancy. The Giants passed on Bell for Pierce -- a very wise move, as it turns out -- but Clancy was added and became a key component of their defense.

     

    This year there are three Steelers available at defensive positions the Giants would like to strengthen. Free safety Chris Hope, cornerback Deshea Townsend and linebacker Clint Kriewaldt will look to turn their Super Bowl seasons into big paydays in the upcoming week.

     

    Signing either Hope, 25, or Townsend, 30, would require some crafty cap management by general manager Ernie Accorsi and assistant GM Kevin Abrams. The Giants' extremely high opinion of safety James Butler, an undrafted free agent last year, could diminish plans to make a big push for Hope. The team might also hand a starting corner spot to Corey Webster -- last year's second-round pick -- rather than sign Townsend.

     

    But Kriewaldt, who turns 30 on March 16, is the kind of player the Giants need to build depth at linebacker -- a position that was ravaged by injuries late last season. He could very well be the latest to trade the black-and-gold for blue.

     

    POTENTIAL TARGETS

     

    Five free agents the Giants are likely to consider in free agency:

     

     

    S Chris Hope. A career year and a Super Bowl ring came at the perfect time for Hope, who will command one of the biggest contracts for a safety -- perhaps too big for the cap-strapped Giants.

     

     

    LB Clint Kriewaldt. The Giants would have loved to have had him when Antonio Pierce went down with an injury last year. He's a solid backup who proved last year with the Steelers that he can start -- and play well -- in a pinch.

     

     

    CB Deshea Townsend. Another Steeler. Are you sensing a theme yet? Starting corner Will Allen is likely gone and Will Peterson's back remains a question mark. Townsend is a proven veteran who had 11 INTs and 35 passes defensed in the past three seasons. Cornerback Sam Madison, cut by the Dolphins last week, is also a possibility.

     

     

    WR Corey Bradford. The Giants made a run at him last year, but didn't land him. With Tim Carter set to leave via free agency and Jamaar Taylor's health always in question, the Giants need a new burner for their third receiver. Bradford could be that guy.

     

     

    QB Jay Fiedler. He was another free agent the team pursued last year. The Jets signed him, but his season was cut short by a separated shoulder. The Giants are still looking for a veteran backup for Eli Manning and Fiedler could finally fill that void.

     

    -- Mike Garafolo

    2006 NFL Salary Cap to be set at $94.1 million

    in New York Giants

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    I'll explain through the use of an example.

     

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    A player's cap number for a given season is the combination of that player's salary for that season and the amount of money from his signing's bonus due to him that season.

     

    Let's say Will Allen re-signs with the Giants. His contract is 5-years, $20 million with a $5 million signing bonus. The distribution of his salary may look something like this (hypothetically):

     

    2006: 2,000,000

    2007: 3,000,000

    2008: 4,000,000

    2009: 5,000,000

    2010: 6,000,000

     

    The distribution of his signing bonus would look exactly like this, as signing bonus is evenly distributed over the duration of the contract ($5.0 million / 5 years = $1.0 million per year):

     

    2006: 1,000,000

    2007: 1,000,000

    2008: 1,000,000

    2009: 1,000,000

    2010: 1,000,000

     

    Thus, Allen's cap number during the contract will look exactly like this:

     

    Year: Salary + Signing Bonus = Cap Number

     

    2006: 2,000,000 + 1,000,000 = 3,000,000

    2007: 3,000,000 + 1,000,000 = 4,000,000

    2008: 4,000,000 + 1,000,000 = 5,000,000

    2009: 5,000,000 + 1,000,000 = 6,000,000

    2010: 6,000,000 + 1,000,000 = 7,000,000

     

    So, if someone were to say "in 2008, Will Allen's cap number is $5.0 million," they are saying that Will Allen is taking up $5 million in cap space. In other words, if the salary cap (maximum amount a team can spend on player's salaries) for 2008 is set at $100 million, $5 million is going to Will Allen.

     

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    Seems simple, right? It gets a little more complicated. The important distinction is that salaries are not guaranteed, but signing bonus is guaranteed. Thus, if a team cuts a player, they have to pay him the remaining money from his signing bonus. But, they do not have to pay him his salary.

     

    I'll return to the Will Allen example. Let's say that in March 2008, the Giants decide to cut Will Allen. At that point, only $2 million of his original $5 million bonus has been paid to him ($1 million in 2006, and $1 million in 2007). So, if they cut him, the remaining $3 million owed to him gets accelerated in the form of a "cap hit" (and Will Allen basically gets a check for $3 million).

     

    However, Will Allen does not see $.01 from the $4 million salary he is set to make in 2008. Since player salaries aren't guaranteed, that $4 million is wiped off the books ... disappears. In this hypothetical situation, although the Giants took a $3 million cap hit (aka "dead money") by releasing Will Allen, they also save $4 million because his $4 million salary is erased. Thus, cutting Will Allen results in a net cap saving of $1 million ($4 million salary erased - $ 3 million cap hit).

     

    In this situation, Will Allen's cap number prior to release was $5 million, but cutting him freed up $1 million.

     

    Hope that makes sense. Any questions?

     

    (Bottom line: don't become a capologist!)

     

    Thanx. Makes it a lot easier to understand. I think I'll be taking your advice and never become a capologist though. :P

    The Combine on NFL network

    in New York Giants

    Posted

    Good work guys, keep doing updates for those of us w/o NFL network. (F'n Comcast, they better get it by next year when they start showing games on it)

    Maybe it's just your package cause I have Comcast and I have the NFL Network. I'm just at work so I can't f'n watch. Fuckin Dish Network.... :furious:

    2006 Free Agents with Grades

    in New York Giants

    Posted

    Carter only had 10 catches, but 9 out of 10 of those catches went for first downs. Plus, hasn't anyone noticed that Carter is the only player we've had success running the end-around with? He may have dropped a couple of balls last year, but who hasn't?

     

    And granted, his first 3 years in the league, he had trouble staying on the field, but last year, he played in 15 games before taking a vicious hit from Ryan Clark against Washington, which pretty much ended his season. The point is, even though his statistics don't show it, his speed is a valuable commodity to this offense.

     

    You're taking it as me calling him a bad player and I stated that I wasn't. He's just not the guy that other teams are going to fear on every third and long. He just doesn't command that kind of respect yet.

    2006 Free Agents with Grades

    in New York Giants

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    Yeah, that's usually how it works, but at least we can't say we didn't give him a chance. He just couldn't stay on the field and when he was on the field he was average... which isn't to say he was bad, but he wasn't that "Oh shit it's third down watch out for that guy" player.

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