According to The Giants Insider, the Giants have turned down a proposed trade from the Cleveland Browns that would have brought Braylon Edwards to New York in exchange for Steve Smith and the 2nd and 5th round draft picks acquired in the Jeremy Shockey trade.
The Giants sent a counter proposal offering Mario Manningham or Domenik Hixon instead of Steve Smith in the deal, but the Browns apparently weren’t interested.
As much as I like Edwards, I think it was a good move to turn down the trade involving Steve Smith. It wouldn’t solve our receiver problem at all; it would just change it. Smith is a great route runner with great hands, while Edwards has had problems with dropped passes.
The thought of possibly having Plaxico Burress and Braylon Edwards would be great to watch, but of course we won’t know if Mr. Burress will be with us next season. Burress will be in court on March 31st, so things will be much clearer then. I wouldn’t anticipate Reese signing or trading for a receiver until we know if Plaxico will be back, so we just have to sit back and wait things out…
