"The Giants have been really disappointed in (TE Travis) Beckum. He is so soft. He's a non-blocker."

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• The Giants are using a new jersey fabric and a new tailoring template, which has resulted in some small changes that Uni Watch doesn't like. Let's start with the NFL Equipment logo, which used to be positioned on a red triangle of fabric at the base of the collar. That red triangle has now been eliminated, and the logo has been lowered down beneath the collar. As you can see, that means the NFL logo and the team's "ny" logo are now stacked too close together and are also too close to the uni numbers. There's a similar problem on the back of the jersey, where there's a horizontal seam right where the players' names used to be. So they've had to lower the names (which are now sewn directly onto the jersey -- no more nameplates) and now they're too close to the uni numbers. Pfeh.

Meanwhile, equipment manager Joe Skiba has announced a change in pants protocol: When the Giants are forced to wear blue jerseys on the road -- like when they play in Dallas, say -- they'll wear these gray pants (which had previously been worn only with the white jersey) instead of these gray pants (which had previously been worn with the blue jersey, whether at home or on the road). You might ask, as Uni Watch has, why they need two different sets of gray pants to begin with, but that's another issue for another day.

Toomer cut

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Corey Webster, CB, Giants

Webster's paid like a great player now, but he deserved to go to the Pro Bowl last season. Webster broke up 35 percent of the passes thrown at him a year ago, a freakishly high total and the league's best. He was in the top 10 in virtually every pass defense metric we can come up with, and had teams staying away from him by the end of the year. His transformation from healthy scratch in 2007 to shutdown corner in 2008 is remarkable.

Giants vs. Eagles: The Best Rivalry in Sports | Bleacher Report