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New York expected to release Collins
The 31-year-old led the
Giants to the Super Bowl
three seasons ago
By Ralph Vacchiano
New York Daily News (KRT)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Kerry
Collins' visit to Giants Stadium Mon
day morning will not be his last one.
But when he returns in the near fu
ture, it will only be to say goodbye.
The 31-year-old quarterback, who
led the Giants to the Super Bowl
three seasons ago, said Monday he
expects to be released in the next
few days. He met with GM Ernie Ac
corsi at Giants Stadium Monday
morning and told him he "wouldn't
be interested" in renegotiating his
contract. And the Giants aren't in
terested in keeping Collins as a
backup to Eli Manning at a cost of
$7 million this year.
"He basically asked me how I felt
about the situation and I told him
that 1 wouldn't be interested in doing
any restructuring or taking any sort of
pay cut," Collins said. "I also think it
would've made things very awkward
for Eli and 1.1 think in fairness to my
self and my history here, (backing up
Manning) is just something I wasn't
interested in doing."
That stance was not unexpected,
even though Accorsi insisted he want
ed to find a way to keep Collins even
after he engineered the blockbuster
deal for Manning. Accorsi hoped
Collins would agree to a restructuring
that would reduce his $8.95 million
salary cap number this year.
Collins said that Accorsi, who will
scour a very limited trade market be
fore releasing Collins, had laid out
several options, including a contract
extension with "voidable years" that
would allow him to become a free
agent after this season. And Accorsi in
sisted any renegotiation would've al
lowed Collins to earn his full $7 mil
lion salary in a combination of
bonuses and salary in 2004.
But the conversation between
Collins and Accorsi apparently wasn't
specific. One source close to Collins
insisted the quarterback would have
strongly considered an offer to stay if
it meant he'd get his $7 million and
2005 free agency, but an actual offer
was never made.
"We didn't talk about numbers or
anything like that," Collins said." But
(restructuring) wasn't something I
was interested in doing."
Besides, Collins said, he knows his
future lies elsewhere since the Giants
are committed to Manning.
"They feel Eli is going to be a special,
special player," Collins said. "Ernie this
morning even said to me he felt he's
one of the three or four best college
prospects that he's seen come out in the
last 20 years. He mentioned guys like
(John) Elway and (Dan) Marino. Hey,
if they feel that strongly about him I
don't blame them.
(c) 2004, New York Daily News.
Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
Information Services.
KELLEY
continued from page 10
Tillman was motivated by a person
al challenge. He believed in a call to
duty. He believed he hadn't done
enough for his country.
Apparendy all you believed was the
Chargers hadn't done enough for you.
So now you're going to New York,
where Friday night the fans booed Yan
kees shortstop Derek Jeter. You're going
to New York, where a newspaper head
lined a story on the struggling Alex Ro
driguez, "Alex in Blunderland."
Remember the boos you heard Sat
urday? They were a mere harbinger of
your life to come as a Giant. You're
going to play in Boo York, where the
fans will jeer your every incomple
don. You're going to a city that expects
the Giants to be in the Super Bowl
every year.
When that doesn't happen you will
be the focus of everything that goes
wrong. Every talk show will be ques
tioning the three draft picks the Gi
ants gave up for you. You will be in
the center of a quarterback controver
sy that won't disappear.
Kerry Collins? Eli Manning?
You'd better hope you're the next
John Elway, who refused to go the
Baltimore Colts in the 1982 draft. My
guess is you won't be.
David Purdy Biloxi Sun Herald
Eli Manning (10), seen here at this season’s Cotton Bowl, was selected No. 1 by San Diego but later traded to New York.
The league is littered with first
round QB flops — Akili Smith, Tim
Couch, Ryan Leaf, Cade McNown.
You could have made it easy on
yourself. After the announcement of
Tillman's death you could have called
a news conference and said you had
rethought your decision.
You could have said that you wanted
to stand on the same kind of principles
as Tillman. That you would accept your
fate, go to San Diego and help turn
around a franchise.
"I will tell you this," Holmgren said
Saturday. "The Manning family —
and I know Archie and I know (Indi
anapolis quarterback) Peyton —
that's as classy a group of people as
you'll ever meet."
But this week, the Manning family's
timing stunk.
Steve Kelley is a columnist for The
Seattle Times. His opinions do not
necessarily represent those of the
Emerald, (c) 2004, The Seattle Times.
Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
Information Services.
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