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Getty Images When Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman was asked about holding onto defensive tackle Leonard Williams at the Scouting Combine, he said he knew he would be “killed” if he let Williams walk after trading third- and fifth-round picks to the Jets to acquire him last season...

Getty Images The coronavirus shutdown has made it harder for NFL players and teams to schedule physical exams, and Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman says that’s been a consideration for his team in free agency. Gettleman said that he wouldn’t want to agree to a big contract with a player...

Getty Images New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has earned widespread praise for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit his state harder than any other. So it’s noteworthy that Cuomo offered some cautious optimism today about when sports can return. Cuomo said on CBS that he believes...

Getty Images The Giants’ need for better offensive tackle play has been noted by many people this offseason, but the team’s only addition at the position this offseason was former Cowboys swing tackle Cameron Fleming. During a Monday conference call, Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman said...

Getty Images During a Monday conference call with reporters, Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman discussed one of the team’s major needs by saying that the team passed on big-ticket tackles in free agency because of how much they like the depth of this year’s draft prospects. Another area...

Getty Images The five teams with new head coaches were supposed to start their offseason programs April 6. That didn’t happen, obviously. The NFL and NFLPA on Monday announced a virtual offseason program that will begin for all teams April 20. It does allow for the Cowboys, Browns, Giants...

Getty Images The nation has come a long way, unless it hasn’t, from the widespread downplaying of the coronavirus as a serious threat to the health of millions of otherwise young and healthy people. The illness to whom many reacted with nonchalance as the flu or the common cold (thanks to those...

Getty Images Former Georgia tackle Andrew Thomas is one of the 58 prospects expected to take part in this month’s draft broadcast via cameras installed in their home and many expect his turn in the spotlight to come during the first round. Thomas joins Mekhi Becton, Jedrick Willis and Tristan...

Getty Images The Giants are taking heat on Twitter after posting an informal poll that omitted Odell Beckham. The tweet asks fans to pick one quarterback, one running back and one receiver from the list of five players at each position. The players chosen are some of the best in team history...

Getty Images The Giants put a second-round tender on kicker Aldrick Rosas last month and that made it highly unlikely that any other team would be trying to pry him away from the NFC East club. Any chances of that happening officially came to an end on Wednesday. The NFL’s daily transaction...

Getty Images Our day-by-day, division-by-division draft previews include day-by-day drafts of the best players from each division. Earlier this week, we looked at the best teams of the NFC East. Simms and I plucked three each, one at a time, from the quartet of franchises that made up the...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s selection committee voted on which players would be named to the NFL’s All-Decade team for the 2010s and the results of that vote were announced on Monday. Eight players were unanimous choices, including Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady. Brady, who...

Getty Images The NFL told teams last week that they were deciding between allowing small gatherings of club personnel to work together during the draft or requiring everyone to work from their homes by themselves. The league announced its ruling on Monday. In a memo delivered to all teams and...

Getty Images In a normal world (i.e., any world but the one in which we currently reside), the offseason programs would be opening today for the teams that have new coaches (Browns, Panthers, Cowboys, Giants, Washington). They’re not opening today, and they likely won’t open at all in 2020. So...

Getty Images Dion Lewis was out of work for a little more than a week after being released by the Titans last month and his new job looks like it will be pretty similar to his old one. Lewis played a complementary role behind Derrick Henry in Tennessee and he’s going to be teamed with another...

Getty Images Kyler Fackrell had 9.5 fewer sacks for the Green Bay Packers last season than he did for the team in 2018. Now with the New York Giants after signing a one-year deal with the team, Fackrell is hoping to show that last year was just an aberration. “I believe I am better than a...

Getty Images The Giants had the same long snapper for 13 years, now they have two different guys at that position. According to Ralph Vaccniano of SNY, the Giants have signed long snapper Casey Kreiter. Kreiter spent the last four years with the Broncos, and went to the Pro Bowl last year. He...

Getty Images New Giants defensive back Nate Ebner made the Olympic team in 2016, competing in rugby. He wasn’t on Team USA for 2020, but Ebner feels for those who were. The 2020 Summer Games were pushed back to 2021. “Yeah, I mean, I just hope it doesn’t get postponed for another year or...

Getty Images The prospect of NFL teams going without an offseason program is a very real one at the moment and that would impact the development of many players around the league. Eli Manning said recently that he thinks that could be the case for Giants quarterback Daniel Jones and the 2019...

Getty Images How ’bout them Cowboys, indeed. Tuesday’s installment of Football Week in America on NBCSN consists of a Dallas doubleheader. First, it’s Tony Romo’s debut as a starting quarterback from 2006, against the Panthers. Then comes the first game ever played at Cowboys Stadium in 2009...