APRIL 23, 2008
Giants WR David Tyree had knee surgery.

APRIL 18, 2008
JERRY REESE DRAFT PREVIEW. Check out the highlights from Giants GM Jerry Reese's draft preview press conference.

APRIL 17, 2008
PRESEASON SCHEDULE CHANGE. The Giants first preseason game against Carolina has been changed. Instead of hitting the road to face Carolina, they will now head to Detroit to meet the Lions on Thursday, August 7. Carolina, meanwhile, will make up the lost home game that was supposed to be against the Giants with a contest against Indianapolis on August 9. The Giants' game against Detroit will start at 7PM ET.

JERRY REESE DRAFT PREVIEW. Check out some highlights from Giants GM Jerry Reese's draft preview press conference.

APRIL 15, 2008
NFL SCHEDULE RELEASED. The Giants 2008 preseason and regular season schedules have been released.

THE APRIL ISSUE READY. Our draft preview issue is available in the subscribers area.

THE FULL DRAFT PREVIEW GUIDE IS READY. The Bahrs offer their take on more than 300 NFL college prospects in this downloadable PDF. Login is required.

APRIL 14, 2008
NFL SCHEDULE COMING TUESDAY. It was announced today that the 2008 NFL regular season schedule will be released tomorrow at 2:00 PM ET. Very, very early buzz is that the Giants could have several prime time games, which, in addition to the Thursday night opener against Washington at home, could include a Thanksgiving match-up against Dallas in Dallas, plus prime time games against Minnesota and Pittsburgh.

APRIL 10, 2008
GIANTS WAIVE DT MANNY WRIGHT. The Giants have waived DT Manny Wright, who was signed last summer on August 15.Wright played in six regular season games and was credited with four tackles (three solo). He was inactive for all four post season games.

SCHEDULE UPDATE. According to the NFL Network's programming lineup, the 2008 schedule appears to be slated fro release on April 17.

APRIL 8, 2008
NEW RULES. The Ref from "Ask the Official" explains the approved rule changes that will go into effect for the 2008 season.

GIANTS DRAFT ORDER. Here is the Giants' draft order, as per the NFL.

* Pick acquired from Green Bay for RB Ryan Grant
** Compensatory Selection
Note: The Giants seventh round pick (239 overall) was traded to Kansas City for PK Lawrence Tynes

APRIL 3, 2008
GIANTS ANNOUNCE PRSEASON OPPONENTS. The Giants have announced their four preseason opponents. They will face Carolina on the road in week one. Then they will return home to host the Cleveland Browns in a nationally televised game on Monday, August 18. The following week, they will be the visiting team against the Jets, and then they will wrap up the preseason with a game against New England at Giants Stadium.

The 2008 NFL schedule will be announced within two weeks as the networks continue to fine-tune the schedule.

APRIL 1, 2008
GIANTS UNVEIL SUPER BOWL RING DESIGN. The Giants unveiled the design of their Super Bowl ring, which will be made by Tiffany & Co. and will feature white gold, diamonds and three Super Bowl trophies, one for each of the Giants’ victories in the title game.

The design was created after several meetings that included team president John Mara, chairman Steve Tisch, general manager Jerry Reese, head coach Tom Coughlin and a four-player committee of Eli Manning, Michael Strahan, Amani Toomer and Shaun O’Hara and representatives from Tiffany. The players had great participation in the design process.

“I think as players we went and thought that we were there as a token invitation, but they really wanted our input,” O’Hara said.

The ring’s top is covered in diamonds and features three Super Bowl trophies accented with marquise diamonds signifying the team’s Super Bowl XXI, XXV and XLII victories, along with the team’s “NY” logo in bead set round diamonds. “World Champions” is emblazoned in raised letters on the top and bottom bezel, with channel set diamonds on left and right bezel. 

 The ring’s shanks celebrate the Giants’ storybook season leading up to Super Bowl Sunday. “Eleven Straight on the Road,” an NFL record; the NFL shield; player name, along with player number in raised letters appear on one shank; and the final score (NYG 17 NE 14), “Super Bowl XLII,” date (02.03.08) and ‘AZ’ appear on the other shank.

Tiffany & Co. previously created Super Bowl championship rings for the Washington Redskins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tiffany annually creates the NFL Vince Lombardi Super Bowl Trophy at its hollowware workshop in nearby Parsippany, N. J. 

“The important thing for me was the three Lombardi Trophies signifying the three Super Bowl championships of the Giants,” O’Hara said. “Obviously, I like the fact that the 'NY' logo is right front and center, and that and the Lombardi Trophies are the first thing you see.  The other thing that I like is that on the side of the ring it says, '11 Straight on the Road.'  That is something that we were able to accomplish, and I don’t think we really realized until the season was over how big of a deal that was.  That was something that was very crucial to our season. That really did become our battle cry. People had dubbed us the road warriors and all sorts of other things, but it is something that we are really proud of and I think we are going to be happy to have that on the ring.”

Soon after the Giants’ Super Bowl victory, Strahan said he wanted a “10-table ring.” When he walked into a restaurant, he wanted a ring that could be seen 10 tables away. O’Hara concurred that the ring should be sizeable.

 “There was some discussion about maybe one of the rings was too big,” O’Hara said. “I threw out the fact that it was a big win, it was a huge win, so the ring should be designed accordingly. Michael said it best when he said he wanted a 10-table ring. I think everybody is going to be very pleased with the design. It is very clean, very classy, but at the same time it is very strong.”

The Super Bowl XLII Championship ring will be presented to the Giants players and coaches at a ceremony later in the spring.

GIANTS TO HOST SIXTH ANNUAL DRAFT DAY PARTY. The Giants will hold their 6th annual Draft Day party on Saturday, April 26. Details of the entire day are still being finalized, but one element already in place is that the Lombardi Trophy, which was presented to the Giants following their Super Bowl XLII victory over New England, will be on display for fans to see and have their photos taken with.

GIANTS AWARDED AN EXTRA PICK. The Giants have been awarded an extra 6th (199th overall) round draft pick as compensatory for their 2007 free agency losses (Jay Feely, Visanthe Shiancoe and Frank Walker) which outweighed their gains of Kawika Mitchell and Anthony Wright. They will have three sixth rounders (their own, the pick acquired from Green Bay for Ryan Grant and the compensatory pick awarded today), but will reportedly not have a seventh, which will go to Kansas City to complete the terms of the Lawrence Tynes trade.

LORENZEN SIGNS HIS TENDER. According to a report in The Daily News, RFA QB Jared Lorenzen has signed his one year "low" tender of $927K. However, the team's other RFA, safety James Butler, who was tendered $1.47M ( a second round offer), has not signed his deal as of this writing.

GIANTS TO VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE APRIL 30. The Giants will be honored by President George W. Bush at the White house at a private ceremony tentatively scheduled for April 30.