T-Rock's Take on the Giants

That'd be Chief Osi Umenyiora, who read this hand-written statement aloud to the group of reporters who assembled in the Giants locker room today:

"I, Chief Osi Umenyiora, have officially declared myself to be the best defensive end in the NFL. To prove that fact, I will have one of the best seasons ever by a defensive end. If not, I will jump off the George Washington Bridge. I do not want to jump off the George Washington Bridge because it would be detrimental to my health. Thanks for listening."

After we dispensed with that bit of hilarity, it was on to some other tidbits:

-- No Burress and no Shockey, still.

-- Barry Cofield is among the many on defense looking forward to a new approach. He was strictly a nose tackle last season, but said he's been working on being a right tackle in Steve Spagnuolo's more interchangeable system, where the tackles will be more fluid in their roles.

-- Mathias Kiwanuka is on board with the move to SLB, mostly because he wants to play... Not a surprise, really. He's been working on the move for two months and had no trouble keeping it a secret from us.

-- Kawika Mitchell said WLB suits him a bit better than SLB, primarily due to his size. Can't argue with having the 6-5, 255-pound Kiwanuka cover TEs.

We'll head back in shortly to get Eli's 5,000th comment on Burress and Shockey...