dabuffbills Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AvZA...p&type=lgns Oldest Super Bowl player Jeff Feagles signs 2-year contract to keep punting for the Giants By TOM CANAVAN, AP Sports Writer February 12, 2008 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Punter Jeff Feagles signed a two-year contract with the NFL champion New York Giants on Tuesday, a little more than a week after becoming the oldest player to play in a Super Bowl. Feagles, who turns 42 next month, represented himself in negotiations with assistant general manager Kevin Abrams. Feagles declined to say how much money he would earn, but he made $1 million last year in the final year of a five-year deal. "I'm just very, very happy to have a chance to come back and play for the defending world champions," Feagles said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "It feels great." Feagles spent 20 years in the NFL before making it to the Super Bowl this season, and he acknowledged he considered retirement briefly after the Giants 17-14 victory over the New England Patriots. "Going through the season I proved to myself that I could continue to do this at a high level," Feagles said. "Certainly I considered riding off into the sunset after winning the Super Bowl. But I still have a fire to play football. Making my decision to stay easier was having my family living here. The wild card in the whole decision was the Giants, and they wanted me to come back. I can't say enough about the organization." One of the best directional punters in the NFL, Feagles had a net average of 36 yards on 71 punts during the regular season. He landed 25 inside the opponents 20-yard line. In the Super Bowl, he averaged 39 yards on four punts, with only one being returned for 15 yards. Feagles said the past nine days have been a blur, with celebrations, parades and a stream of telephone calls and messages from friends and relatives. "Each day it is starting to sink in a little more, with the reception of the people we see, all the things on TV and every time you hear 'world champions,"' Feagles said. "Every time you hear that we are the best in football, that is an incredible feeling, one that I had never felt. Every year 32 teams start the year looking for that. It was this year for us." Feagles will be inducted into the University of Miami Hall of Fame on Wednesday. He was a member of the Hurricanes' undefeated national champions in 1987. The Giants also are close to reaching a five-year, $7 million contract with kicker Lawrence Tynes, who kicked the game-winning field goal in overtime in the NFC title game against the Green Bay Packers. "It probably will be in another day or two," said Gil Scott, Tynes' agent, said. Tynes converted 23 of 27 field goal attempts this season and 40 of 42 extra points. He was 5 of 7 in the postseason, with the misses coming on game-winning attempts from 43 and 36 yards in the fourth quarter against the Packers on a frigid day in Green Bay when the temperatures reached minus 24. He converted from 47 yards in overtime to send the Giants to the Super Bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 That dude knows how to nail the coffin corner punt like its nobodies business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturphy Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 That dude knows how to nail the coffin corner punt like its nobodies business No doubt. Take yer Viagra and keep kickin Jeff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I don't have a problem with this at all. Just goes to prove that accuracy is more important than distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I don't have a problem with this at all. Just goes to prove that accuracy is more important than distance. Its like my wife always says..Distance doesnt matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Row Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Great news for our punt team, Whomp nailed it. Feagles is the best at the corner kick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fballfreak Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 well deserved ring and contract for Feagles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 That dude knows how to nail the coffin corner punt like its nobodies business I can attest that i did same for Bier's huddler team on a seriousness note , i believe Feagles was one of the captains of Giants and he trotted out there for coin toss for SB against Pats My friend said sending a punter out there for coin toss is nuts ...but they won , and he can still kick and he is a member of the SB winning team so it works for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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