The Braylon Edwards Rumors Persist
NFL | 2009 NFL Draft - Braylon Edwards - Cleveland Browns - NY Giants
by Memphis Bengal on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 at 06:38am
It remains the perception that Cleveland is willing and happy to jettison its former #1. If Michael Crabtree is sitting there at #5 on Saturday aftenoon, then Edwards may be Eli Manning’s newest target in New York:
Tuck, a Pro Bowl defensive end, became the second prominent Giants player to openly endorse Edwards, following Eli Manning’s unusually-candid remarks last week. Without Burress and Amani Toomer, Tuck says he likes that there’s now more pressure on the defense to dominate. But he sure sounded excited about adding Edwards to the mix.
“I think he definitely can lock down one side of the field when he’s playing his best football,” Tuck said of the 6-3, 215-pound Edwards. “He has the same kind of effect that Plaxico had, a big, tall receiver who can get down field in a hurry and stretch a defense.” Tuck said he and Edwards are “pretty good friends” and that he is the type of player and person who would fit into the Giants locker room. “I know Braylon is not the type of guy, a look-at-me-type player,” Tuck said.
No. I guess not. Course he IS a holy-crap-why-does-he-drop-so-many-passes type player, which may not be especially welcome to Giant fans and media…