Mar 292012
 

WR Devin Thomas Signs With Bears: Unrestricted free agent WR Devin Thomas has signed with the Chicago Bears. The contract is reportedly a 1-year deal. According to The Daily News, the Giants made no move to re-sign Thomas.

HB Brandon Jacobs Signs With 49ers: HB Brandon Jacobs, who was waived by the Giants earlier this month, has signed with the San Francisco 49ers.

According to The New York Post, the Giants had offered Jacobs a 1-year, $1.5 million contract to return to the Giants, but Jacobs wanted $2 million. “This whole thing happened over 500 grand,’’ Jacobs said. “Five hundred thousand dollars apart and we still couldn’t get it done.’’

“Brandon wanted the opportunity to go out into the marketplace and see what he could do with the opportunity, and it was granted,’’ said Head Coach Tom Coughlin. “Brandon was very, very professional, very classy and really did a great job of conducting himself in terms of being gracious about his experience with the New York Giants and what it meant to him, how much he wanted that second Super Bowl for his second son.”

Coughlin Would Like Umenyiora Back: Head Coach Tom Coughlin was asked yesterday if he believes DE Osi Umenyiora will be back with the Giants in 2012. Umenyiora has one year remaining on his current contract but has made it known that he would like a new deal.

“From my stance, he is (coming back),” said Coughlin. “I’m not thinking about anything else.”

Coughlin Confident a New Deal Will Get Done Soon: Following up on the remarks made by Giants’ President/CEO John Mara on Monday that the team is working on a new deal for Head Coach Tom Coughlin, Coughlin yesterday also said he is confident a contract extension will be finalized soon.

“I think there will probably be a little bit more than just one more year,” Coughlin said. “It’ll get done. I’m not overly concerned with that part…As always, no matter how many years you sign a contract, it’s a one-year deal. You know that. I’m going to go forth with the idea of enjoying each season as it comes and rallying the troops. I want to be a motivator for the staff, players and organization and trying to do the best we can to win another world championship.”

Article on the Giants’ Offseason: Don’t Cry for Jerry and the Giants by Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPNNewYork.com

Quotes: Head Coach Tom Coughlin on losing WR Mario Manningham and HB Brandon Jacobs: “Those are two outstanding players that have played well for us. Mario, obviously making the huge, huge plays at the end of the Super Bowl this year to put us in the position to win. Brandon has been with us through two Super Bowls. So outstanding players, outstanding contributors, outstanding young men. But the nature of our business is that there is change and there will be change and there always will be change. So we’d like to say that everyone could stay together, but it really doesn’t happen.”

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