Boley is on the roster
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- February
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Michael Boley was limited to playing on passing downs for the Atlanta Falcons when the season ended, but he’s considered an upgrade.
The deal was just announced officially.
Boley, 26, is down for $25 million over five seasons. He’s not exactly a bargain, so the Giants undoubtedly believe he can help. If nothing else, Boley is a linebacker who can effortlessly cover ground against the likes of Brian Westbrook.
And don’t think other teams aren’t going to employ similar tactics next season.
“We see him as a WIL,” Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. “With Michael Boley, we’ve addressed a position of need. We feel we have brought to the New York Giants an athletic, versatile linebacker. He’s a guy that has not been used a lot in blitzing or pressure, because they’ve used him in coverage. He can cover, but we think we can take advantage of his speed. He is fast and athletic. I think we can call upon him to be involved in coverage and to be a pressure linebacker. He’s also a special teams player. He played on the punt team and the punt return team, so we know we can get good value out of that.”
That doesn’t say a lot about the prospects of Bryan Kehl, Gerris Wilkinson or Chase Blackburn does it? All of them started on the weak side last season. Whatever progress they and Jonathan Goff make will add to the overall depth.
“It’s a different feel,” Boley said of the attacking style he’s about to step in to. “I did a lot of blitzing in college. In Atlanta, I played the WIL in our sub package. I think it’s going to be great for me. If the coaches want me to blitz, I’ll blitz. If they want me to cover, I’ll cover. Doing all those different things is going to be great.”
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on Saturday, February 28th, 2009 at 4:53 pm by Mike Dougherty. 
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Ernie Palladino
Thanks for the update.. I hope he is a good player for that money…