Giants sign former Chargers G Olivea

By Neal Coolong  |   Friday, July 11, 2008  |  Comments( 8 )

 New York Giants
The Giants came to terms with free-agent offensive tackle Shane Olivea on a one-year contract, pending a physical, NFL.com reported Thursday. Olivea served a four-game suspension at the end of last season when he was with the Chargers. He appealed the suspension, saying he was in a drug rehab facility at the time of the test. Commentary: It...
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Neoplatonist23		 05:34 PM
07/12/2008
Olivea was a pretty good player, until he got a comfy $9M deal, and then he lost his oomph. He was a steal in the 7th round, or so it seemed, but he only really had one year of top-notch play.
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RedskinFan21ST		 05:52 PM
07/12/2008
Low risk high reward for the G-men. Nice pickup.
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Jeff Williams		 12:48 PM
07/13/2008
Chargers fan here- Olivea never did impress me much, although you could say he over-achieved for a 7th rounder. Since losing his desire last season, I'm surprised the drug tests didn't catch on to him sooner
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