Rich Seubert to be released by Giants
Guard Rich Seubert is waiting to learn whether he'll be allowed to continue his rehab with Giants doctors. (Jan. 2, 2011) Credit: John Munson / Newark Star-Ledger
He was considered one of the team's MVPs of the 2010 season, played multiple positions, and spent the last few months rehabbing from a devastating knee injury suffered in the season finale. He is one of the most popular and longest tenured of all the Giants.
And on Tuesday, Rich Seubert was informed by the Giants that he will be released at the end of the week. Partly a move to alleviate some salary from the looming cap crunch under the new collective bargaining agreement and partly because of the pace of his recovery from the injury, Seubert will be officially cut on Thursday evening when teams are allowed to do so.
Seubert was the first player to arrive at the Timex Performance Center this morning, coming through the gate at 9:53. About an hour and a half later he left the complex and did not look happy, but he did not stop to talk with reporters.
An undrafted free agent who made the team as a rookie in 2001, Seubert overcame a gruesome broken leg in 2005 to become a starting guard on the Super Bowl XLII-winning team in 2008. He played the position until last year, when he split time between there and center after injuries claimed Shaun O'Hara and Adam Koets. General manager Jerry Reese, when wrapping up the season with reporters, called Seubert the team's MVP.
He was due $2.2 million this season, a salary the Giants can now take away from their cap number, which was reported to be about $6 million over the $120 million limit. It is unclear if the Giants would welcome him back at a reduced salary, or even if he would be willing to come back.
Seubert declined to comment until after his release becomes official later this week, but the players all know that even though the lockout is over, football is still a business.
"It's sad to lose some of the guys, but with the new cap it's going to come," Terrell Thomas said. "There are going to be some guys who thought they were coming back who are going to be cut and some guys who thought they were going to be signed who are not."
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