Tiki Barber filed his retirement papers with the NFL on Monday. This combined with the retirement of Bob Whitfield and the three players released on Monday puts the Giants about $20 million under the cap. Most estimate the Giants were about $12 million under prior to this. The Giants are extremely thin at LB. Chase Blackburn (unrestricted), Reggie Torbor (restricted), and Brandon Short (unrestricted) are free agents. Emmons and Arrington are gone. That leaves only Pierce and Gerris Wilkinson as legit linebackers. There’s little question this position must be targeted in the draft, and, if a player is available, in free agency. I’d like to see Torbor and Blackburn resigned. And I wouldn’t mind see Pierce moved to the weak side if the best option out there proved to be a middle linebacker.
