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03-08-2007, 10:13 AM
Feely, Dolphins reach 3-year deal
BY ARTHUR STAPLE
[email protected]; TOM ROCK
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March 8, 2007
Jay Feely wanted to stay with the Giants, but the Giants decided kicker wasn't a position on which they needed to spend extra money. So they chose not to make a competitive offer and Feely agreed to a three-year, $6-million deal with the Dolphins last night, with roughly $2.5 million guaranteed, according to a person with knowledge of the contract details.
Feely, 30, declined comment when reached at his home in Michigan last night. He wrapped a visit with the Dolphins on Tuesday and said the Giants had called his agent to say they would be making a new offer above the one they made two weeks ago, which was not strong enough to keep Feely from testing the free-agent market.
But yesterday, according to the person, the Giants didn't up their offer, as Feely had anticipated a day earlier. That leaves the Giants seemingly prepared to go into 2007 with undrafted rookie Josh Huston and a veteran kicker who would be unsigned as training camp approaches. The Dolphins will cut veteran Olindo Mare to make room for Feely, so Mare will be the most attractive kicker on the market.
Feely made 84 percent (58 of 69) of his field-goal attempts in two seasons with the Giants, though two of his most memorable games for Giants fans were unpleasant for him: The three missed kicks in Seattle in 2005 and the 52-yard attempt last season against the Bears that Devin Hester returned for a touchdown.
Feely didn't miss another field goal after that, going 12-for-12 in the final seven games and the playoff loss to the Eagles.
BY ARTHUR STAPLE
[email protected]; TOM ROCK
Email this story
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March 8, 2007
Jay Feely wanted to stay with the Giants, but the Giants decided kicker wasn't a position on which they needed to spend extra money. So they chose not to make a competitive offer and Feely agreed to a three-year, $6-million deal with the Dolphins last night, with roughly $2.5 million guaranteed, according to a person with knowledge of the contract details.
Feely, 30, declined comment when reached at his home in Michigan last night. He wrapped a visit with the Dolphins on Tuesday and said the Giants had called his agent to say they would be making a new offer above the one they made two weeks ago, which was not strong enough to keep Feely from testing the free-agent market.
But yesterday, according to the person, the Giants didn't up their offer, as Feely had anticipated a day earlier. That leaves the Giants seemingly prepared to go into 2007 with undrafted rookie Josh Huston and a veteran kicker who would be unsigned as training camp approaches. The Dolphins will cut veteran Olindo Mare to make room for Feely, so Mare will be the most attractive kicker on the market.
Feely made 84 percent (58 of 69) of his field-goal attempts in two seasons with the Giants, though two of his most memorable games for Giants fans were unpleasant for him: The three missed kicks in Seattle in 2005 and the 52-yard attempt last season against the Bears that Devin Hester returned for a touchdown.
Feely didn't miss another field goal after that, going 12-for-12 in the final seven games and the playoff loss to the Eagles.