Giants won't give Strahan new deal

Giants moving forward as if DE Strahan is retiring

kcudah posted 7/31/2007 from sports.espn.go.com

On the fourth day of his holdout, seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan made contact with the New York Giants and was told he would be welcomed back although the team is proceeding as if he is retiring.

Strahan isn't owed anything

suckatsports posted 8/1/2007 from nyjerplease.blogharbor.com

Michael Strahan has been sitting out of NY Giants training camp. As he is one of their best defensive players, and because he alerted them of this one day before camp was going to start, the organization is in a bit of angst. One side (the organization) feels that this is a ploy for a restructuring of his contract, an offer that was shot down earlier in the year, while he was on the sidelines.

And Jeremy Shockey Said ... Well, He Didn't Say Anything for a Change

kcudah posted 8/1/2007 from sports.aol.com

New York If there was one New York Giant in the locker room assured of having a comment on the Michael Strahan situation, it would certainly be tight end Jeremy Shockey , right? Wrong. Although the media pressed him to comment, Shockey refused to give them what they were looking for. Instead, he did exactly what Tom Coughlin as advised the team to do

Time for Strahan to decide

Valentine's Views found this 8/2/2007 on www.bigblueview.com

So, Michael Strahan feels "betrayed" by the Giants. I think Strahan has this backwards. To me, the holdout defensive end is the one betraying his team. By waiting until the eve of training camp to announce that he is contemplating retirement and ...

SHOCKEY'S TIME | By PAUL SCHWARTZ | New York Giants

Giant Football Blog found this 8/2/2007 on www.nypost.com

August 2, 2007 -- ALBANY - The obsession about who is not here at Giants training camp was supposed to revolve around Tiki Barber. That storyline was interrupted by a summer held hostage by Michael Strahan. Strahan ' s absence and holdout greatly ...