New York Giants relatively quiet in free agency

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After starting out the 2009 season 5-0 the New York Giants finished the season a highly disappointing 8-8 and missed the opportunity to extend their playoff streak to five straight seasons. Two years removed from the franchise’s most recent Super Bowl victory, the New York Giants have lost their best receiver to prison and their defensive coordinator to the head coaching position in St. Louis.

Outside of the signing of free agent S Antre Rolle to a 5 year, $37 million contract the Giants have otherwise been quiet during the free agent period. They have lost DT Fred Robbins, CB Kevin Dockery and TE Darcy Johnson to the Rams and back up quarterback David Carr to the 49ers who was replaced by Colt’s castoff QB Jim Sorgi.

2009 Team Record: 8-8
First Round Pick: 15th Overall

Roster Analysis

2009 Active Roster Batting Average (NFL Average): 47.17% (44.69%)
2009 Draft Pick Retention: 66.67%*
Undrafted Players on 2009 Active Roster (NFL Average): 18.87% (27.89%)

2010 Free Agents

Unrestricted: 4
Restricted: 11
Notable: Fred Robbins, DT (UFA); David Carr, QB (UFA); Domenik Hixon, WR (RFA)

Last Five First Rounds

2009 – Hakim Nicks, WR, North Carolina (29th Overall)
2008 – Kenny Phillips, FS, Miami (31st Overall)
2007 – Aaron Ross, CB, Texas (20th Overall)
2006 – Mathias Kiwanuka, DE, Boston College (32nd Overall)
2005 – No pick, selection dealt to San Diego as part of Eli Manning trade

DNQBR

For the 2009 season, Eli Manning had a Draft Nuggets quarterback rating of 13.8, good for 12th in our rankings.^

Notes & Observations

• Six of the New York Giants nine 2009 draft picks made the team’s active roster
• RB Andre Brown (4th round) finished the season on injured reserve
• The Giants also picked up three 2009 draft picks from other teams, specifically RB Gartrell Johnson (San Diego, 4th round), FS Michael Johnson (Cincinnati, 3rd round) and TE Bear Pascoe (San Francisco, 6th round)

* we have not performed a complete analysis of teams’ 2009 draft selections versus their 2009 active rosters in order to calculate an NFL league average.

^ we will detail the breakdown of the DNQBR in a future post, however, the figure represents the approximate number of points per game that the team’s quarterback contributes. As a point of reference Saints QB Drew Brees lead the league with a DNQBR of 26.3, while Jets QB Mark Sanchez possessed the lowest at .7

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