How ironic, Osi Umenyiora thought, that for six months he had not heard anything, and then on Tuesday an NFL team calls and asks if he wants to play for them.
“Once I made the decision, I said to myself I already know what it’s like playing for another franchise — Atlanta was great, no doubt about that — but for me it was either I was gonna play for the Giants or I wasn’t gonna play football at all,’’ Umenyiora said Wednesday.
“And once I became truly aware that the Giants have some young players who they need to develop who play the same position that I would be playing, I would do nothing but stunt their growth.