The Giants’ quarterbacks group officially became a foursome today when the team signed Josh Freeman, a former first-round draft choice who played last season for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Minnesota Vikings.
Freeman is the 15th veteran player who played elsewhere in 2013 to join the Giants since the start of free agency on March 11.
The Philadelphia Soul (2-3) used defense and a consistent offensive attack to win their first home opener since the 2011 season with a 54-41 victory over the Jacksonville Sharks (2-3) at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday night.
Led by an impressive performance by Dan Raudabaugh and the entire defensive front, the Philadelphia Soul (1-3) notched their first victory of the season with their 69-56 road win over the Orlando Predators (3-2) at the CFE Arena on Thursday night in front of 4,756 fans.
Green Bay Packers defensive tackle BJ Raji talks a about his offseason training goals with training footage. Produced and filmed by Mike Pulcinella and presented by Maximum Human Performance.
Giants quarterback Eli Manning will undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his left ankle this afternoon.
The procedure, a debridement of the ankle, will be performed by foot and ankle specialist Dr. Robert Anderson in Charlotte, N.C.
Manning suffered a high left ankle sprain in the Giants’ 2013 season finale against Washington and had been rehabbing the injury since.
Simon Townshend, brother of legendary guitarist Pete Townshend, talks about playing the Super Bowl in 2010 and the war of wills Pete had when the NFL wanted him to prerecord his halftime performance. Simon, an outstanding singer-songwriter with an impressive resume, will be performing at the Tin Angel at 20 South 2nd Street in Philadelphia Thursday April 10, 2014 at 8 p.m.
The Tampa Bay Storm (3-1) jumped out to a 14-0 first quarter lead and didn’t look back as they defeated the Philadelphia Soul (0-3), 63-49, at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on Friday night in front of 11,102 fans.
Make that 13 veteran free agents signed by the Giants in three weeks.
The team today added defensive end Robert Ayers, who had a career-high 5.5 sacks last season for the AFC Champion Denver Broncos. Ayers, a former first-round draft choice, is the fourth participant from Super Bowl XLVIII, and the third from the Broncos, to join the Giants. The others are cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and return specialist Trindon Holliday from Denver and cornerback Walter Thurmond from Seattle.
The Giants are serious about creating competition on their offensive line.
Today they signed Charles Brown, the fourth offensive lineman they’ve added since the NFL free agency signing period began three weeks ago. The others were guard Geoff Schwartz (Kansas City), center J.D. Walton (Washington) and guard/tackle John Jerry (Miami). Schwartz, Jerry and Brown all started at least seven games in 2013.
When the Widener Pride take the field to open the 2014 football season at Rowan University on September 5, they will do so with a new coach. Mike Kelly was named to replace Bobby Acosta, who left after one season at the helm to become the tight ends coach at Syracuse University.
