Welcome to the latest edition of “Speculation Gone Wrong.” First, we thought cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha was headed to the New York Jets, where he’d team up with Rex Ryan, Darrelle Revis and the rest of Gang Green. Wrong. Instead, free agency’s top prize has agreed to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles, bolstering a championship contender [...]

Plaxico Burress has been reinstated by the NFL after two years in prison, and will be allowed to meet with teams beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday. Word on the street is that Plax will have his first meeting with the New York Giants, and more specifically with head coach Tom Coughlin. Burress and Coughlin [...]

Rookies can have a large impact on their NFL teams, and EA Sports has delivered a taste of what’s to come by releasing ratings for the top 10 incoming players for Madden 12. This list of the top 10 rookies comes after EA released the four highest-rated players in Madden 12, and with the promise [...]

Plaxico is a free man after nearly two years in prison, and he says he’ll be ready for the NFL, whenever the games begin

The guys at EA Sports have spent the last couple weeks releasing new plays (or sometimes old plays in new formations) through the Madden 12 facebook page. There are 25 in total, and each one is specifically tailored to an NFL squad, accompanied by a brief description of how that team used the play in [...]

In one of the most surprising sports reports of the past while, we get this: Former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber has filed papers to come out of retirement and try to revive his NFL career, his agent Mark Lepselter confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Barber, who turns 36 in April, hasn’t played [...]

I’m a Giants fan. Yep, I’m depressed. After watching DeSean Jackson take Matt Dodge’s horrific punt to the house for a game-winning touchdown, I sat in stunned silence for a good hour, wondering what the hell I’d just witnessed. I’m 98% sure that was the worst regular season loss in Giants history. Consider that a [...]

Zach Berman of the New Jersey Star-Ledger has a good piece on New York Giants backup quarterback Jimi Sorgi. Well, he’s not exactly the backup anymore, thanks to shoulder surgery that will sideline him for the entire season. Still, Sorgi remains on the roster and as Berman writes, clearly knows the Indy offense better than [...]