Jacobs is a contented soul
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- February
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I’m sure they instructed Brandon Jacobs not to spend all of his $25 million contract in one place, but he’s heading off to Disney.
Hey, it’s only money.
He took part in a conference call before departing and seems pleased with the four-year contract that will guarantee $13 million. Jacobs doesn’t believe he left too much on the negotiating table, and spoke a lot about being fair.
And it didn’t take long for the conversation to include Plaxico Burress.
“Since he left the Giants with some cap space to pursue more bargains when free agency goes into hyper drive tomorrow, Jacobs was asked what the Giants need to make another Super Bowl run.
“Well, No.1 we’ve got to hope Plaxico Burress gets out of all of the issues he has going on legally,” Jacobs said. “If he can get out of that and we bring him back, that’s basically all we need to be honest with you.”
Jacobs believes the Giants will need help at receiver if jail time or a lengthy suspension prevents the missing red zone threat from getting back on the field this season, but he reversed quickly and began pumping up teammates.
“I think we got a lot of young talent,” he said. “Steve Smith is very good. We’ve got Mario Manningham, Domenik Hixon. We’ve got Sinorice Moss. I mean, we have a lot of explosive guys who can come out and play for you. They just have to get in their mind, locked and loaded, they’re going to be the guys, they are the guys. With Amani (Toomer) gone, that’s a big blow too. I don’t think it’s much of a problem that we (can’t fill). We need to get No. 17 back, though.”
Jacobs says he and Burress have been texting back and forth, and since Drew Rosenhaus informed general managers around the league Burress might be available via trade, Jacobs was asked whether Burress wants to come back to the Giants.
“Yes, he do,” Jacobs said. “If he can get out of this situation he’s in, everybody pray and hope he doesn’t go to jail, the sky’s the limit for him. He’s cleaned up. No organizational problems, no off the field problems will be happening with him again. I don’t see anything like that happening again because he knows how close he came to losing everything he’s got. I think his mind is right now, and he’s ready to get out there and perform like he’s been doing.”
Jacobs also noted he received a call of congratulations from Derrick Ward last night, and he expects his fellow 1,000-yard rusher to wind up elsewhere.
“With the nature of the business, I don’t expect to see him back, but with the way things can go, I think they’re going to take a crack at it,” Jacobs said. “No question, I think they’re going to give it a shot. I don’t know what he’s asking for. That all depends on him. If it’s fair they may be able to (re-sign him). If they can’t do it, they can’t do it. I would love to see him back here.”
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on Thursday, February 26th, 2009 at 10:42 am by Mike Dougherty. 
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Ernie Palladino
Did I miss something about Toomer, Mike? Is he officially gone?
Not officially, but most in the organization expect he will be moving on.