A Short Retirement for Michael Strahan?

As I mentioned earlier, the Giants have far more questions than answers to the season-ending injury to Osi Umenyiora. One of those questions is whether or not the Giants will call Michael Strahan and lure him out of retirement.

If Strahan wants to come back, and I think he would for the right money seeing as how he would have taken $8 million to return this season, he'll probably be asking for something similar to the $12 million Brett Favre is getting from the Jets. Luckily, the Giants have enough cap room to afford that type of hit. But then there's the question of how quickly Strahan could be ready to play with meaningful games coming up quickly.

But that's assuming he wants to play. And that's assuming the Giants want him to play. Though it seems like a no-brainer, since Strahan will eventually get into shape and provide the talent and experience of an All Pro, there has been no contact between the two sides. Yet.

"I haven't heard from anybody on 92. As far as I'm concerned, he's working for Fox," said Agnone, who also represents Umenyiora. "If something comes into play, we'll talk about it. Until that point, anything else is speculation."

Tom Coughlin concurs on the matter. That being said, I have a hard time believing the Giants' decision makers wake up tomorrow morning, pinch themselves to make sure it wasn't just a bad dream, look at what their options are and decide calling Strahan and offering him whatever he wants isn't the only viable move to make. And I'd be surprised if Strahan doesn't take the offer. Whether Strahan could match Umenyiora's production is unknown, but bringing back the legend would certainly be better from a personnel and marketing standpoint than going into the season with what they have now.