Since their last press release almost three weeks ago, the New York Giants have continued to work to improve their roster. New GM Boik14 has shown a desire to keep salaries in check while adding new talent to a solid, existing base and plugging holes. The latest series of moves started with a minor deal with Denver. Nate Jones will be the teams 4th corner and is a solid blitzer and slot cover guy. The Giants franchise did a lot to help David Carr last year and while Quinn may never live up to his high draft slot he still may have something in the tank. The Giants were willing to take a chance at such a low asking price. 5) Denver trades: Nate Jones, CB, $800,000 Brady Quinn, QB, $700,000 New York trades: 6th round pick (180) 7th round pick (211) Things quickly heated up thereafter. Corey Webster is a fine Corner but the Giants needed speed on the outside as they plan to play more press cover 2 for Perry Fewell and less zone. Webster struggled quite a bit vs receivers with speed and elusiveness, particularly the Eagles and Cowboys WR's. The Giants felt it was prudent to get a premier cover corner. They searched out good players coming off down years and found Dominique Rogers Cromartie available. Cromartie was terrible last year as the Arizona defense generated less pressure then any other team in the league. But a player doesnt just go from being the 4th best corner in the league to awful in one year without injury if there isnt a good reason. Cromartie has been a good press corner before and he will be again with Tuck, Umenyiora and Jason Pierre Paul generating pressure. The Giants were among the leaders in sacks last year and will be again this year with such a dynamic young trio. While they hated to move Manningham who is a solid young WR, they were in desperate straits to get a good young cover corner. Getting young running back Beanie Wells just made it that much easier. Wells has run behind a below average run blocking line in his two years in Arizona. Now he will run behind pro bowl LG, Chris Snee, pro bowl center, Shaun O Hara, and the games best RT, Kareem McKenzie. While the other pieces on the Giants offensive line are going to be filled in later, Wells was excited about his new start in New York. 6) New York trades: Mario Manningham $555,000 Corey Webster $8,000,000 Arizona trades: Dominique Rogers-Cromartie $950,000 Beanie Wells $622,500 The Giants are in the process of reforming their defensive tackle rotation and linebacking corps. Bernard was never part of that. Phillip Wheeler will get competition for the starting WOLB position but he is young, cheap and has shown himself to be a good player in the early stages of his career. 7) New York Trades: Rocky Bernard $2,950,000 Colts Trade: Phillip Wheeler $555,000 In a no brainer move the Giants were offered Pick 12 and E.J. Henderson for Canty, Goff and pick 19. Canty played well after a terrible 2009 season but the Giants wanted a more physical run defense going forward. Goff played very well last year but the Giants felt that Henderson was a proven upgrade despite his salary. 8) NY sends: Chris Canty DL $5,250,000.00 Jonathan Goff LB $555,000.00 Round 1 - #19 Vikings send: E.J. Henderson $4,700,000.00 Round 1 - #12 As an organization, it is prudent to know when a player fits your scheme and when he doesnt. The new regime has rectified a mistake by the previous regime drafting a 3-4 player like Sintim for a 4-3 scheme. New GM Boik14 doesnt believe in fitting square pegs in to round holes. Better to get something in return for your investment then nothing at all. 9) Giants Receive: 6th round- 161 7th round- 209 Raiders Receive: Clint Sintim LB $480,000.00 After previously trading their #3 WR Mario Manningham and cutting last years starting right guard, Rich Seubert who missed the final few games with a gruesome knee injury, the Giants were focused on filling those two slots. Jerricho Cotchery is a proven #3 Wr who can work out of the slot or on the outside. He is a big target with reliable hands; something Eli Manning really wanted to see in any new WR the team brought in. Last years WR's dropped 17 passes that turned in to interceptions. Matt Slauson showed himself to be a power run blocker who can play LG or RG. As of now he is slated to compete with last years fifth round pick, Mitch Petrus for the starting RG spot. The Giants wanted to improve their team strength along the line, a plan William Beatty never fit in to, and have done so with this trade. 10) Giants Receive: Jerricho Cotchery $1,800,000 Matt Slauson $480,000 Jets Receive: Aaron Ross $1,099,000 William Beatty $480,000 On the eve of free agency the Giants finished their flurry of moves with a move that continued to cut cost while filling needs. The team knew they may lose Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs in free agency so they continued to prepare by adding a bruising runner who has speed to get to the corner in the form of Michael Bush. Adding more picks in the deal never hurts either. 11) Giants agree to trade EJ Henderson 4.7M Oakland Agrees to trade: Mike Bush 1.5M 5.138 5.143 The Giants have become such a force on the trade front that one team just refused to deal with them. As the team looks for new ways to improve and implement their offseason plan, the players, both new and old, are buzzing with excitement. With over 26 Million in cap space they know more help is on the way. Big Blue plans on leaving you black and blue! So what cha gonna do brotha when Big Blue runs wild on you?
