T-Rock's Take on the Giants

When the Giants were without Hakeem Nicks in Week 3 of the 2012 season, it was Ramses Barden to the rescue. Now, with the star receiver mysteriously AWOL from the start of (voluntary) OTAs -- and he would be limited even if he were on hand -- Barden may be once again filling in for Nicks.

The free agent receiver and former third-round pick of the Giants will be at the team’s complex on Thursday...

One man’s contract dispute is another man’s opportunity, so, third-year wide receiver Jerrel Jernigan knows now is the time to make an impression on the Giants’ coaching staff while Pro Bowl receiver Victor Cruz sits out during contract negotiations. Jernigan was the “Z” receiver in place of Cruz during Wednesday’s first OTA practice of the spring.

Recently, offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride...

Recovering from offseason hip surgery at the age of 31 as he approaches his 10th NFL season, Giants guard Chris Snee knows he’s on the back nine of his football career. Rather than react with apprehension after the team used its No. 1 pick for Syracuse tackle Justin Pugh and a seventh-round choice on Ohio guard Eric Herman, Snee understands his role in the evolutionary process.

“The time’s...

Giants starting fullback Henry Hynoski suffered a knee injury on the second play of the team period during their OTA practice Wednesday and was carted off the field. The club later said Hynoski will undergo an MRI exam to determine the severity of the injury.

From the sound of their comments, coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning fear the worst but are hoping for the best. Hynoski...

As we creep up on the one year anniversary of the day Hakeem Nicks broke a bone in his foot during an OTA and essentially ruined his season (and the Giants’ season?), the wide receiver told Newsday's Steven Braid that he feels “as good as I have felt in a while.”

That’s a great sign for the Giants, who will be counting on Nicks to return to form in 2013. Just about everyone in the organization...

Super Bowl XLVIII is 257 days away and there’s still no weather report?

That’s the effect of the first cold-weather, open-air Super Bowl that will be played on Feb. 3 at MetLife stadium. Everyone wants to know how the weather will alter the game – even though no one even knows who will be playing in it.

“It’s tough to predict the weather (for February) in May, but it’s going to become...

Steve Tisch said he remains both confident and patient that a long-term deal will Victor Cruz will be worked out.

“We’re talking,” the Giants’ chairman and executive vice president said this morning as he arrived at the NFL owners meetings in Boston. “Tom Condon is talking to Jerry (Reese) and I’m personally confident that Victor wants to be a Giant, will be a Giant. He’s a great guy. It’s...

When Charles Woodson was released from the Packers earlier this offseason, the Giants made some inquiries about the veteran safety that they considered “due diligence.” That was in February. Now it’s the middle of May and Woodson is still without a team.

And apparently the Giants are renewing their interest. Woodson’s agent, Carl Poston, told ESPN that the Giants have “just put their toe in...

One of the things that rookie defensive linemen Damontre Moore and Johnathan Hankins were so impressed by when they arrived for rookie minicamp last week was the notes that were left in their locker from Justin Tuck telling them that they should get ready to work.

Today, Tuck said he had never did anything like that before and while he did not intend for his message to go public he was happy...

The story of the Giants offseason has been the negotiations with Victor Cruz. But for most of the process Cruz himself has remained a silent participant, declining media requests to talk about his situation as he did on Tuesday at the annual BTIG Commissions for Charity event. While he was all too happy to salsa for a good cause, he has remained mum on everything else.

One Giant who has become...