Giants rookie safety Chad Jones needs more surgeries

The New York Giants rookie safety Chad Jones has to stay in hospital longer than previously expected as doctors said that he needs several more surgeries to repair the damages on his left leg. The news caused more people to doubt that whether the rookie would be able to play football gain.

At the moment, the only good news is that Jones has been out of intensive care and his father, Al Jones said that everything was going on well. At the moment, the family is not willing to mention the young man’s football career at all, and their only wish is that he could be healthy again.

"Nobody has said whether Chad will play again or not," said Al Jones, "We're not even asking that question right now. Things are going well. They have shown that they are taking good care of Chad while they're doing what they need to do to make sure their investment is protected."

While facing reporters, Al Jones sound optimistic about his son’s sports career, saying that Jones would be able to play baseball if he has to quit football, and even if he will never be able to become a professional athlete again and can only watch games on sideline in his favorite Brett Favre jersey, it’s still fine with the family as long as he is living well.

Returning WR Davis failed to keep his job with Giants

While the New York Giants were looking for a qualified replacement for return specialist Domenik Hixon, former Tennessee Titans wide receiver Chris Davis was also looking for job after recovering from his hamstring surgery. Davis managed to win a spot with the Giants a few days ago but he had to leave now because he was physically unqualified for the job.

A serious hamstring issue prevented Davis from playing for the Titans in 2009 regular season, so he remained jobless since suffering the injury during the preseason. He claimed that he was ready for a new season when announcing his return to NFL earlier this offseason, and the Giants also seemed glad to add a veteran like Davis. However, immediately after Davis failed the physical, the team announced to waive him. It will take another long time for the Giants to find another replacement for Hixson, who is anyway unlikely to return for 2010 season because of his torn ACL.

Even if the Giants are not going to get their favorite replacement, they will still have cornerback Aaron Ross to play at the position temporarily, but for Davis, it is harder for him to find a new job now. He used to say that he wanted to put on Saints jersey to defend championship for the Super Bowl XLIV winner, but failing a physic with Saints’ NFC opponent team will surely also prevent him from getting a job from the Saints.

Saints have no interest in Merriman but in Cofield

According to some recent reports, the New Orleans Saints along with another two unnamed NFL teams had been talking with the San Diego Chargers on a possible trade for linebacker Shawne Merriman, but later reports from other sources said the Saints had no plan to acquire Merriman at all, but they do have a plan to add a defensive tackle.

The clearing reports said that they had official sources confirm what they reported. According to sources, the trade for Merriman is impossible because the Saints at the moment do not want to spend big money on a superstar player. They need to save the money for positions with more urgent needs. Even if Merriman is available and a good fill in the linebacker, adding him would just cost too much for team to carry out their whole team-improving plan as they scheduled.

But we may expect defensive tackle Barry Cofield to leave the New York Giants and put on New Orleans Saints jersey, as the same reports said the same sources confirmed a deal was close to an end between the two teams. However, they also added that the contract was still on a shaky ground as the Saints are unwilling to offer a lucrative long-term contract as Cofield demands. Things are just still in progress.