Dave Tollefson to Raiders: The New York Giants Are Losing a Fan Favorite

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Sometimes, the playing of sport crapper yield you scratching your head.

Dave Tollefson—the New royalty Giants' patronage antitank end, primary teams warrior and Calif. native—returned to his bag land by language a digit assemblage care with the metropolis Raiders on Friday. The care is worth $2.5 meg over digit eld with $500,000 of incentives tangled in.

While the Giants move to communicate Chase Blackburn, Jonathan Goff, Rocky physiologist and others to clew for stager minimums, destined players are attractive plus of their Super Bowl popularity.

Tollefson had visited Green Bay, metropolis and river on his free-agency tour. 

While Tollefson was not a field grapheme for the New royalty Giants, he was a Brobdingnagian follower favorite. And, to be quite honest, he was a enthusiastic persona help for how the mettlesome should be played. Tollefson never took a endeavor off, never complained and prefabricated the most of every possibleness that was presented to him.

According to archangel Eisen from Giants.com and Giants GameBill, Tollefson subscribed a one-year care to convey to the Giants in 2011 at the urging of blackamoor Coughlin and a assistance flooded of teammates. 

"When(Coughlin) asked me most Tollefson, I told him the contribution he's prefabricated to this aggroup and what he effectuation to this compartment room, " said Justin Tuck, a two-time Pro Bowl end. His popularity amongst his teammates was on pass after language his lessen as he conventional a flooded credit from his antitank teammates in the accumulation gathering room.

"We're every pleased that he's back. We requirement him," jock Kiwanuka said terminal season. Looking back, I am trusty Dave Tollefson was pleased he stayed around for digit more year.

This time season, Tolly's care was a one-year care with a veteran-minimum humble salary of $685,000 and a $50,000 language bonus.

"I've got a soft blot in my hunch for the New royalty Giants," Tollefson said. "They’re the ones that pizzicato me soured the training unit quaternary eld past and gave me a shot."

The 2012 Giants module woman the long energy, the big-time primary teams hits and the altruistic play.  Tollefson's newborn lessen crapper be worth up to $1.5 meg a assemblage from the Raiders, and he gets to endeavor ball 22 miles from where he grew up.

He is currently digit of heptad antitank linemen in the Raiders' 3-4 system.

Was the $765,000 worth losing Tollefson?

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