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Getty Images The late Jared Lorenzen made only a limited on-field contribution to the 2007 Giants, throwing eight passes in a pair of ugly season-opening losses. He didn’t take a snap in the 14 regular-season games that followed, or in any of the four playoffs games the Giants won. Lorenzen had...

Getty Images The man suspected of shooting former NFL quarterback Anthony Wright has been arrested. According to WCNC in Charlotte, William Hooker Jr. has been charged with attempted first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. Police claim that Hooker and Wright, who is dating...

Getty Images When the Bears host the Packers to commence the 100th season in team and league history, the Bears will be wearing their usual uniforms. For four of the remaining seven home games, they won’t be. The Bears have announced the uniform configurations for their 2019 home games, and in...

Getty Images Former NFL quarterback Jared Lorenzen continues to fight multiple health issues. As of Tuesday, the news was somewhat positive. Lorenzen’s family issued the following statement to Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio: “Jared’s overnight was uneventful and that is a good thing. He...

Getty Images Former NFL quarterback Jared Lorenzen has died at the age of 38. “The family of Jared Lorenzen would like to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation for all of your support and prayers over the past six days,” Lorenzen’s family said in a statement to Matt Jones of Kentucky...

Plenty of Giants fans don’t think much of the team’s decision to make quarterback Daniel Jones the sixth overall pick in the draft. The designers of the popular Madden video game agree. Via ESPN, Jones has received an initial rating of 63 in the latest edition of the series. That puts him well...

Getty Images Jared Lorenzen arrived in the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2004, the same year Eli Manning got to the Giants via a trade. The two previously were SEC rivals, with Lorenzen playing at Kentucky and Manning at Ole Miss. Lorenzen appeared in two games for the Giants in 2006...

Getty Images Jason Pierre-Paul posted a video to Instagram on Tuesday, showing him still wearing a neck brace. He will have his neck re-evaluated in two months, Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com reports. The earliest Pierre-Paul will return to the field is October, Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians...

Giants rookie cornerback Corey Ballentine has recovered enough to resume practicing. But officials in Kansas are still investigating the shooting that injured him and killed one of his teammates, and a reward has been offered for more information in the case. According to Ryan Dunleavy of...

It has been a long time since Eli Manning has had to compete for his job. Manning, 38, has started 230 of a possible 240 games in 15 seasons. But the Giants didn’t draft Daniel Jones with the sixth overall choice to sit for long. As the Giants left the offseason program a couple of weeks ago...

Getty Images Don’t tell Eli Manning the Giants’ offense is going to decline without Odell Beckham. Manning said on NFL Network that the Giants have the potential to have a better offense in 2019 than they had in 2018. “I think we can be productive and score more points and be a better offense...

Getty Images The Giants drafted left guard Will Hernandez in the second round of last year’s draft and he turned out to be an immediate starter up front. Hernandez was one of the stronger players on a line that was playing much better at the end of the year than the start and the Giants made...

Getty Images Former NFL quarterback Anthony Wright was shot multiple times Monday, and is in the hospital. According to the Concord (N.C.) Independent Tribune, Wright was shot following an argument with his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend. Wright was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, and...

Getty Images As NFL teams make their preparations for training camps, we’re keeping tabs on which teams have the most practices open to the public — and which teams are restricting access. Here’s a look at how many open practices are being held by each of the teams that have announced their...

Getty Images Emory University Goizueta School of Business professor Mike Lewis sought to use statistical analysis to determine the NFL’s “best” fans. The study used the hard-core, religiously devoted fan as well as the casual fan, so those at the top of the list have more of the latter and...

Getty Images The Giants changed the face of their receiving corps this offseason when they traded Odell Beckham to the Browns, signed Golden Tate as a free agent and signed Sterling Shepard to a contract extension. Shepard has been talked about as the lead receiver in the offense in the wake...

Getty Images The Giants signed Mike Remmers in May with expectations he would win the starting right tackle job. The Giants surely still believe that happens — and certainly hope that happens — but the team has yet to see him to know for sure. Remmers did not take a snap in the spring...

Getty Images Giants left tackle Nate Solder said early this month that he wasn’t sure if he’d be ready for the start of training camp after having ankle surgery, but he sounds a bit more optimistic now. Solder said his ankle is “progressing really nicely” and that he’s moved from doing mostly...

Baker Mayfield isn’t a welsher. The Browns quarterback made good on his friendly (but expensive) wager with Giants running back Saquon Barkley regarding the 2018 offensive rookie of the year prize. Barkley won the award, so Mayfield commissioned a gold-and-diamond chain that says “QUADS.”...

Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has gone silent on social media in order to step up his training for the coming season, but he took a trip to London to help kick off tryouts for the new NFL Academy in the United Kingdom before going dark. During that trip, Beckham did an interview with...