--Veteran OG-C Grey Ruegamer remains off the roster, in a sort of free-agent limbo, because he has not yet been signed nor has he accepted an offer of a new contract, assuming one has been offered.
--Speaking about the flood of rumors indicating a trade for a wide receiver, general manager Jerry Reese got just a tad testy. "Every year at this time where is chatter and then there is false chatter," he said. "I think a lot of the stories involving us trading for other players have been false chatter."
--The Giants will open and close the 2009 season exactly the same way they did last year, with a season-opener at home against Washington and the season finale on the road against Minnesota.
