Giants now paying Diehl like premier left tackle
Published 5/7/2008 at Newsday.com - Giants
After a career spent shuttling between positions on the
offensive line, David Diehl seems to have found a home at left tackle. And now the Giants are going to pay him as a premier player at that position.
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