RoanokeFan
02-29-2012, 12:55 PM
GIANTS' MANNINGHAM DISPUTES REPORT HE'S HEADED TO BUCS (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d82749da0/article/giants-manningham-disputes-report-hes-headed-to-bucs)
"Wide receiver Mario Manningham (/players/mariomanningham/profile?id=MAN547041) denied
Tuesday that he said there's a "75 percent" chance he won't be back with the New York Giants (/teams/newyorkgiants/profile?team=NYG) next
season.
Manningham, speaking to WFAN-AM, instead classified the odds of him teaming
up with Eli Manning (/players/elimanning/profile?id=MAN473170), Victor Cruz (/players/victorcruz/profile?id=CRU827288) and Hakeem Nicks (/players/hakeemnicks/profile?id=NIC726593) again as
"50-50."</p>
</p><div id="yui_3_4_1_1_1330537997484_132" class="articleText"><p id="yui_3_4_1_1_1330537997484_4370">"We are not sure what is going on right
now" Manningham said, <a id="yui_3_4_1_1_1330537997484_353" href="http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/7624960/mario-manningham-50-percent-whether-leaving-new-york-giants">via
ESPN New York</a>. "We are going to take it slow and see what is going on and
let the smoke clear a little bit, you know the combine and free agency and
everything coming up. Just never know where I am going to end up at."</p>
The Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator reported last week that Manningham said he's
<a id="yui_3_4_1_1_1330537997484_354" href="http://www.nfl.com/goto?id=09000d5d8273eb24">"75 percent" certain he won't
be back in New York</a>, and sources recently told CBSSports.com that Manningham
could be following former Giants assistant Mike Sullivan to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (/teams/tampabaybuccaneers/profile?team=TB), where
he was hired as offensive coordinator.</p>
"That is just (rumor)," said Manningham, who's scheduled to become an
unrestricted free agent March 13. "I haven't said anything like that or I
haven't heard anything like that until the other day. I think everybody is
saying that because our quarterback coach is going to be the offensive
coordinator. People don't really know what is going on, they don't know where I
really want to go."</p>
The Giants have 21 unrestricted free agents on their roster, and general
manager Jerry Reese <a id="yui_3_4_1_1_1330537997484_356" href="http://www.nfl.com/goto?id=09000d5d8273b84e" target="_blank">told the New
York Daily News</a> during the NFL Scouting Combine that he faces some "hard
decisions."</p></div>
"Wide receiver Mario Manningham (/players/mariomanningham/profile?id=MAN547041) denied
Tuesday that he said there's a "75 percent" chance he won't be back with the New York Giants (/teams/newyorkgiants/profile?team=NYG) next
season.
Manningham, speaking to WFAN-AM, instead classified the odds of him teaming
up with Eli Manning (/players/elimanning/profile?id=MAN473170), Victor Cruz (/players/victorcruz/profile?id=CRU827288) and Hakeem Nicks (/players/hakeemnicks/profile?id=NIC726593) again as
"50-50."</p>
</p><div id="yui_3_4_1_1_1330537997484_132" class="articleText"><p id="yui_3_4_1_1_1330537997484_4370">"We are not sure what is going on right
now" Manningham said, <a id="yui_3_4_1_1_1330537997484_353" href="http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/7624960/mario-manningham-50-percent-whether-leaving-new-york-giants">via
ESPN New York</a>. "We are going to take it slow and see what is going on and
let the smoke clear a little bit, you know the combine and free agency and
everything coming up. Just never know where I am going to end up at."</p>
The Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator reported last week that Manningham said he's
<a id="yui_3_4_1_1_1330537997484_354" href="http://www.nfl.com/goto?id=09000d5d8273eb24">"75 percent" certain he won't
be back in New York</a>, and sources recently told CBSSports.com that Manningham
could be following former Giants assistant Mike Sullivan to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (/teams/tampabaybuccaneers/profile?team=TB), where
he was hired as offensive coordinator.</p>
"That is just (rumor)," said Manningham, who's scheduled to become an
unrestricted free agent March 13. "I haven't said anything like that or I
haven't heard anything like that until the other day. I think everybody is
saying that because our quarterback coach is going to be the offensive
coordinator. People don't really know what is going on, they don't know where I
really want to go."</p>
The Giants have 21 unrestricted free agents on their roster, and general
manager Jerry Reese <a id="yui_3_4_1_1_1330537997484_356" href="http://www.nfl.com/goto?id=09000d5d8273b84e" target="_blank">told the New
York Daily News</a> during the NFL Scouting Combine that he faces some "hard
decisions."</p></div>