Michael Strahan has officially turned down an offer to rejoin the Giants, deciding instead to stay retired.
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I won my very first fantasy football league back in 1993 and have played in countless leagues over the last 15 years. Who knew that all I had to do to get a gig in the fantasy football business was to look good in a belly shirt?
I love the joke about Ron Dayne… proof positive that she didn’t write that monologue herself.
In the weeks leading up to the kickoff the 2008 NFL Season, I’ll take a look at position groups that could potentially lift teams to new heights, or bury them and their postseason hopes. Today I take a look at how the San Diego Chargers have successfully built their secondary through the draft.
Like any good team and successful franchise, the San Diego Chargers took their time building their secondary. Instead of signing big name free agents to overpriced contracts every offseason, the Chargers built their defensive backfield through the draft and last year finished in the top 15 against the pass, as well as owned the NFL’s interception leader in Antonio Cromartie.
The only defensive back with more than three years of starting experience is corner Quentin Jammer, a former top five pick from the 2002 NFL Draft. While he’s never lived up to his lofty draft status (he’s never recorded more than four interceptions in a single season), Jammer certainly hasn’t been a bust either. He’s given the Chargers a steady starter and now a veteran presence in their secondary.
Opposite Jammer is Cromartie, a former 2006 first round pick who finished the 2007 season with 10 interceptions and a highlight-reel worth of amazing plays. When San Diego drafted the former FSU product in 2006, it was viewed as an incredible risk considering he had not played in an entire year after tearing his ACL in July of 2005. But Cromartie showed off his amazing talent and play making ability last year and now is a future star in the league.
The safeties are second year player Eric Weddle and former undrafted free agent Clinton Hart. Weddle doesn’t excel at one facet of the game, but he’s technically sound and the Chargers valued his versatility so much that they traded back into the second round to acquire him in 2007. Hart paid his dues on special teams before becoming a starter last year and he made the most of the opportunity, recording 85 tackles and five interceptions.
This unit isn’t going to stand out when discussing the best defensive backfields in the league, but the Chargers have certainly built a solid secondary over the years. Each player understands his role and the unit plays well together as a whole. It certainly helps that the front seven has done a great job of getting pressure on opposing quarterbacks, too.
According to the New York Daily News, Giants’ GM Jerry Reese has reached out to Michael Strahan’s agent about possibly returning to the team in wake of Osi Umenyiora’s season-ending injury.
According to the agent, Tony Agnone, he spoke with Reese earlier today about whether Strahan would be interested in returning to the Giants. Agnone said the discussion was very general and very preliminary and definitely didn’t involve any talks about money.
They ended with Reese telling Agnone to let the Giants know if and when Strahan decides he’s serious about a return.
“They reached out and they talked to us about the possibility of Strahan returning,” Agnone said. “It’s something he’s thinking about.”
Agnone said that Strahan wasn’t considering a return at all before his friend and former teammates, Osi Umenyiora, suffered a season-ending knee injury Saturday night. After seeing that, Agnone said, Strahan “feels the ship isn’t even out of the harbor and they’re already taking on the cannons. He feels like maybe he should jump back in there.”
Agnone insisted he had no idea what the 37-year-old Strahan would decide to do, or what would happen if he told the Giants officially that he’d like to return.
If I were a betting man (“if” – ha!), I’d throw money on Strahan returning. Either way I think it’s a good move by the Giants. I know they’d be willing to move Mathias Kiwanuka from outside linebacker back to end (he played end in college), but why move him after he’s already spent two years learning linebacker? And when Umenyiora returns next season, what do they do with Kiwanuka? Move him back to end? Strahan coming back for one more year just makes sense if he’s willing to do it.
With the emergence of Chris Perry and Kenny Watson, the Cincinnati Bengals are reportedly shopping running back Rudi Johnson.
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reports that the Bengals are shopping Rudi Johnson in trade talks.
Mort says they’re asking for a “real receiver,” or someone who could help if Chad Johnson (partially torn labrum) has a setback. We doubt Cincy could get anything for Rudi, but this may be a sign the team is ready to move on with Chris Perry and Kenny Watson. Johnson’s roster spot could be in doubt.
Johnson is only 28, but he got a ton of carries from 2004 through 2006 and he looked worn down last year. It just goes to show you how much of a pounding this running backs take. It’s no wonder more teams have moved on to a running back-by-committee approach in efforts to keep their players healthy and fresh all season.
On a related note, Bengals’ wide receiver Chad Johnson apparently will play with a torn labrum this season according to the team’s website.
Chad Johnson jammed his feet into his locker and angled his arms down on his stool and executed the pushups on what ESPN.com is reporting as a torn left labrum.
But nothing has changed. While he said he would need surgery if the shoulder pops out again (and that is presumed to be a season-ending procedure), he said “it’s unlikely.”
But, it’s the kind of injury where people have had it pop out in their sleep. So he is literally snap-to-snap, and he says he won’t need the surgery, “If I make it through.”
Wearing a harness on his shoulder and his ankles taped as if he was going to go through a full practice, Johnson said he’s talked to 10 players who have played seasons with the injury. Among them are Kellen Winslow, Donte Stallworth and Brian Westbrook.
Well if the man is doing pushups, obviously the injury isn’t too serious. But still, it can’t be good that he could miss the season if it pops out again (something that could happen even if he slept on it wrong).
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