Giants Prepare to Replace Michael Strahan; Agent of Simeon Rice Contacted

Published: July 28, 2007, 5:27 am

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Filed under: NY Giants, NFC East, New YorkGiants General Manager Jerry Reese is not biting on this Michael Strahan retirement talk. If it's a negotiation tactic on the part of Strahan and his agent Tony Agnone, it's not going to work. Reese made it abundantly clear yesterday on WFAN that if Strahan wants to retire, he's not going to try to stop him."I thought it was a little bit of a late notice, but that's the way the National Football League works sometimes," Reese said. "I just told (Agnone) if (Strahan is) ready to retire we wish him God speed and we'll see what happens. Tony said, 'Jerry, he might wake up in the morning and say, "I want to play."' We're still trying to connect with him and get more details."The bottom line here: Strahan isn't getting a raise and if he wants to play, he better show up now.If this is really is a ploy to get more money, it's turning out like a game of Russian Roulette with his career because the Giants aren't budging. In fact, Reese has already

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