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POSTED 3:47 p.m. EST; UPDATED 4:02 p.m. EST, February 12, 2007
GIANTS CHOP THREE
A league source tells us that the New York Giants have cut linebacker LaVar Arrington, offensive tackle Luke Petitgout, and running back Chad Morton.
Arrington gave up $4.4 million in earned but unpaid bonus money from the Commanders last year at this time for the ability to hit the free-agent market early. But his agents, the Postons, overpriced him, and he missed out on the early cash rush.
Arrington eventually signed a trumped-up seven-year, $49 million deal with the Giants, which was low on guarantees and high on incentives. A chronic knee problem marred the early stages of the season, and then he popped an Achilles' tendon and was lost for the year.
Petitgout, the team's starting left tackle at the start of 2006, fractured his leg on November 5 against the Bears and didn't return for the season. The Giants' first-round pick (19th overall) in 1999, Petitgout was under contract for the next two seasons, at salaries of $5 million per year.
Morton tore an ACL late in the season, the second such injury he has suffered in three years. He was signed through 2009, and was scheduled to earn a salary of $720,000 in 2007.
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GIANTS DUMP EMMONS, NOT MORTON
Well, two out of three ain't bad.
We reported a little while ago that the Giants had cut linebacker LaVar Arrington, left tackle Luke Petitgout, and running back/kick returner Chad Morton. As it turns out, the trio of now-former Giants is Arrington, Petitgout, and linebacker Carlos Emmons.
"These are difficult decisions," Giants head coach Tom Coughlin said, according to the team's official web site. "But as [G.M.] Jerry [Reese] and I looked at the roster, they are decisions we felt we had to make as we start to compose our team for the upcoming season. Luke has been a tough competitor here, and he was really playing well before his injury last season. Carlos gave us everything he had, but his injuries the last couple years kept him from being the kind of player we know he is. LaVar was only here a short time, but as a coach, I couldn't have asked for more from a veteran player in terms of his desire and his enthusiasm."
So Chad Morton's career in New York is still alive. We apologize for the error.
GIANTS CHOP THREE
A league source tells us that the New York Giants have cut linebacker LaVar Arrington, offensive tackle Luke Petitgout, and running back Chad Morton.
Arrington gave up $4.4 million in earned but unpaid bonus money from the Commanders last year at this time for the ability to hit the free-agent market early. But his agents, the Postons, overpriced him, and he missed out on the early cash rush.
Arrington eventually signed a trumped-up seven-year, $49 million deal with the Giants, which was low on guarantees and high on incentives. A chronic knee problem marred the early stages of the season, and then he popped an Achilles' tendon and was lost for the year.
Petitgout, the team's starting left tackle at the start of 2006, fractured his leg on November 5 against the Bears and didn't return for the season. The Giants' first-round pick (19th overall) in 1999, Petitgout was under contract for the next two seasons, at salaries of $5 million per year.
Morton tore an ACL late in the season, the second such injury he has suffered in three years. He was signed through 2009, and was scheduled to earn a salary of $720,000 in 2007.
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GIANTS DUMP EMMONS, NOT MORTON
Well, two out of three ain't bad.
We reported a little while ago that the Giants had cut linebacker LaVar Arrington, left tackle Luke Petitgout, and running back/kick returner Chad Morton. As it turns out, the trio of now-former Giants is Arrington, Petitgout, and linebacker Carlos Emmons.
"These are difficult decisions," Giants head coach Tom Coughlin said, according to the team's official web site. "But as [G.M.] Jerry [Reese] and I looked at the roster, they are decisions we felt we had to make as we start to compose our team for the upcoming season. Luke has been a tough competitor here, and he was really playing well before his injury last season. Carlos gave us everything he had, but his injuries the last couple years kept him from being the kind of player we know he is. LaVar was only here a short time, but as a coach, I couldn't have asked for more from a veteran player in terms of his desire and his enthusiasm."
So Chad Morton's career in New York is still alive. We apologize for the error.
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