Giants Making Roster Moves

The New York Giants wasted little time to make their first roster moves of the off-season. Re-signing backup QB and former first overall pick (Houston Texans, 2002 draft) David Carr, who played sparringly last season going 9-12 for 155 yards and 2 TD's

"I think that going beyond a one-year opportunity allows the relationship between Eli and Dave to continue to grow," coach Tom Coughlin said. "A lot of really good positive things come out of the meeting room with regard to two veteran quarterbacks ... I think it is also beneficial to David Carr's career that he spend a minimum of another year with the New York Giants."

Carr's body is releshing the back-up roll right now, as his first 5 season in Houston resulted in a weekly beating, he set a record for taking 76 sacks his rookie season.

"Last year was just such a positive experience for me I wanted to try to do it again," Carr said. "Just try and kind of get another one of those years under my belt just learning and continuing to better myself. Honestly, there are spots out there and starting positions and there could have been some things where it would have just been my Houston situation all over again and it wasn't really something I was looking forward to, to tell you the truth."

The Giants have also released three veterans who finished the 2008 season on injured reserve, defensive backs Sam Madison and Sammy Knight and Running Back Reuben Droughns.

Droughns, Madison and Knight had a combined 33 years of NFL experience but were backups until they were hurt.