Osi Umenyiora retired from the NFL on Wednesday after signing a one-day contract with the Giants. But while speaking with reporters in East Rutherford, the defensive end claimed he garnered legitimate last-minute interest about playing for a different organization. And that team was the Jets, according to a source close to Umenyiora.
“I actually got an offer on Tuesday to go play, which I thought was pretty ironic,” Umenyiora said Wednesday, refusing to publically admit which team contacted him. “They wait to the day before I’m supposed to retire, like ‘Hey, what’s going on?’ Like no, ‘I’m okay.