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August 25, 2008
New York Giants' Osi Umenyiora out for season; Will Strahan return?: On Saturday, while almost everyone in Giants blue was spewing optimism about Osi Umenyiora's left knee injury, Justin Tuck did everything short of sticking his fingers in his ears and screaming.
I second that. I believe that FOX Sports is paying Strahan a little over a million to be on their football program and from what's being said, he is totally enjoying being retired.
There really is no reason for him to come back for 1 more season since he went out with a Super Bowl win to put that proverbial exclamation point to his illustrious career.
posted by BornIcon at 09:14 AM on August 25, 2008
Strahan will demand a ridiculous amount of money to return, so the Giants will probably look elsewhere. Losing both these guys following last season's success seems to point towards a disappointing follow-up to their Super Bowl win.
posted by dyams at 09:16 AM on August 25, 2008
Strahan's apparently asking for Eight Large to come back this season.
Read it here, since I'm too lazy to link without pretty little buttons to do all the work for me:
posted by The_Black_Hand at 12:49 PM on August 25, 2008
Strahan isn't coming back even for $8 million. He knows he has a bright future and he is getting $2 million a year from FOX Sports. He is also smart enough to know that you cannot step into this league at the last minute and play defensive end without good off season preperation. The position is too hard on the body and he was planning on taking it easy. Smart move.
posted by Atheist at 12:22 PM on August 27, 2008
Tough loss for the Giants, but Strahan seems too happy with his retirement.I don't think he will pull a Favre and change his mind.