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New York Giants’ Saquon Barkley ‘wouldn’t be against’ joining Chargers

New York Giants star running back Saquon Barkley is likely to be a top target should he hit free agency next month.

One of the teams that will potentially be interested in his services is the Los Angeles Chargers, who will be aggressive going forward now that Jim Harbaugh is the head coach.

During a recent appearance on Up & Adams with Kay Adams, Barkley admitted he “wouldn’t be against” joining the Chargers.

“I’ve got nothing but respect for Coach Harbaugh,” Barkley said. “I’m a big fan of Justin Herbert. I think he’s one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. But, hey, if the opportunity was able to present itself, I definitely wouldn’t be against it.”

The Giants have had a chaotic offseason, but that has not deterred Barkley from stating he wants to stay with the team.

But many experts expect the Chargers to rise quickly under Harbaugh, who is known as a ‘turnaround’ specialist. Barkley is seen as more of a fit for Harbaugh’s offensive style than their current star back, Austin Ekeler, who will likely not be re-signed in free agency.

The Chargers have suddenly become a favorable free agent destination, a mixture of location and winning culture, who hold the fifth overall pick in this year’s draft (one spot ahead of the Giants) and are not in need of a franchise quarterback.

Harbaugh will most certainly add focus and upgrade the performances of the special teams and the defense while bolstering the personnel around quarterback Justin Herbert.

Adding Barkley would be a nice start.

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Passed over for Chargers GM job, Brandon Brown will remain with Giants

New York Giants assistant general manager Brandon Brown is a rising executive and will someday hold the post of GM but that won’t come in 2024.

After two interviews with the Los Angeles Chargers for their vacant general manager role, Brown was passed over in favor of Baltimore Ravens’ director of player personnel Joe Hortiz.

Los Angeles’ decision comes less than a week after the Carolina Panthers also passed on Brown, instead hiring former NFL linebacker Dan Morgan as their president of football operations/general manager.

The other two GM vacancies during this cycle — Washington Commanders and Las Vegas Raiders — have also been filled. Brown did not receive any public interest from those two teams.

With all GM jobs now accounted for, Brown will return to the Giants in 2024 alongside general manager Joe Schoen.

Before joining the Giants, the 35-year-old Brown worked in the Eagles’ front office since 2017 in various roles.



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Giants’ Brandon Brown will have second GM interview with Chargers

New York Giants assistant general manager Brandon Brown will reportedly have a follow-up meeting with the Los Angeles Chargers, to discuss their vacant general manager position.

NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports the second interview will take place on Wednesday.

The 35-year-old Brown has served as the Giants’ assistant general manager under GM Joe Schoen since the beginning of the 2022 season.

Before that, Brown spent five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles under general manager Howie Roseman.

Brown oversaw the Eagles’ pro scouting department and did crossover work on the college scouting side and was promoted to the team’s director of player personnel in 2021.

Brown has had several interviews of late. He recently met with the Carolina Panthers (twice).

The Chargers are trying to lure in a coach — specifically Jim Harbaugh — without the input of a general manager, which is not the normal process in today’s NFL.

The Chargers fired both head coach Brandon Staley and GM Tom Telesco in December. Telesco is now the general manager of the Las Vegas Raiders, who recently named former Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce head coach.



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Eli Manning explains why he wanted to play for New York Giants in 2004

When Eli Manning retired in January of 2020, he did so as the greatest New York Giants quarterback of all time.

Manning was a two-time Super Bowl champion, a two-time Super Bowl MVP and held nearly 30 franchise records in addition to multiple NFL postseason records.

In the not-so-distant future, Manning is likely to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

But as impressive a resume as he compiled, Manning’s NFL career did not get off to the most glorious start. He caused controversy out of the gate, refusing to play for the then-San Diego Chargers, who selected him with the first overall pick in the 2004 NFL draft.

Ultimately, the Chargers swung a deal with the Giants and traded him off to New York in exchange for quarterback Philip Rivers and multiple picks.

The reasons why Manning refused to play in San Diego remained unclear until after his retirement when the quarterback finally revealed his motivations.

But what about the Giants? What attracted Manning to Big Blue as opposed to other NFL teams?

“I think just the history of the Giants and their commitment to football and trying to put a great football team together,” Manning told Giants Wire this week. “There’s no hoopla, there are no cheerleaders, there are no crazy halftime shows. It’s about going out there and being 100 percent committed to the team and that’s the Mara family and the Tisch family.

“It doesn’t always mean you’re going to have success but you know they are 100 percent committed to putting a great product out there and providing everything for the players, so it just seemed like an organization that would match the commitment that I have to football.”

The Giants aren’t a flashy team, that much is true. And contrary to the current narrative, both John Mara and Steve Tisch are committed to putting a good product on the field and taking care of their fans — or “customers” as the late Wellington Mara often referred to them.

Manning certainly embodied all of that during his career, helping to revitalize a fledgling franchise and return them back to glory.

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Los Angeles signs LB Tae Crowder

The Chargers signed linebacker Tae Crowder on Tuesday,

In correspondence, Los Angeles waived offensive tackle Andrew Trainer with an injury designation.

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Crowder was the No. 255 overall pick by the Giants in 2020, making him “Mr. Irrelevant.” He appeared in 41 games, 31 being starts, before being waived in December of 2022. Crowder then joined the Steelers’ practice squad but did not appear in any games.

Through three seasons, Crowder has 232 tackles, nine for loss, eight passes defended, two sacks, two forced fumbles and a pair of interceptions.

Before joining the NFL ranks, Crowder was a key player for the Georgia Bulldogs, finishing 122 career tackles, five pass breakups and two interceptions.

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Giants’ Brian Daboll named in ridiculous trade proposal by FS1 analyst

It took the New York Giants five tries to find Tom Coughlin’s replacement at head coach in Brian Daboll, so why are talking heads suggesting the Giants would part ways with him?

In a recent conversation between host Colin Cowherd and his sidekick Jason McIntyre on Fox Sports 1’s “The Herd”, the subject was broached.

McIntyre was simply connecting dots when he proposed that the Los Angeles Chargers could move on from head coach Brandon Staley if they fail to qualify for the postseason this year.

He then suggested Los Angeles could make a run at Daboll via a trade with the Giants. Cowherd pooh-poohed the idea, stating that coaches rarely get traded in the NFL — and he’s right.

Usually when a coach gets traded, he’s currently not coaching,  just like Sean Payton this offseason before the Denver Broncos sent the New Orleans Saints a 2023 first-round pick and a 2024 second rounder for the right to sign him. The Broncos also received a 2024 third-round pick in the compensation agreement.

One would have to imagine a deal for Daboll would be much more costly and may not even make sense for either side to consider.

There’s a few hurdles the Chargers would have to face if they were to land Daboll.

First, he’d have to be available. It is believed that Daboll signed a five-year deal with the Giants last winter, meaning he would be under contract with the Giants until 2027.

Second, what would the offer be? Daboll has already won one NFL Coach of the Year Award with the Giants, and if they return to the playoffs this season, he’d basically be untouchable.

Los Angeles would have to send the Giants at least two first-round picks and God knows whatever else to pry Daboll away from East Rutherford.

Lastly, it took the Giants years to find a head coach worth his salt. After parting ways with Coughlin, it’s been a revolving door of coaches who didn’t catch on: Steve Spagnuolo, Ben McAdoo, Pat Shurmur and Joe Judge.

In short, this simply is not going to happen.



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