According to ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio, the Giants are now considering the Braylon Edwards trade talks with the Browns dead. The Giants’ final offer was a 2nd and 5th round pick this year, but the Browns are insisting on aquiring Mathias Kiwanuka, and the Giants are calling him the deal-breaker.

Good for the Giants in my opinion. I’m really glad Jerry Reese is making a stand to keep Kiwanuka. Not only does it make me happy that he’s not ready to weaken one position to strengthen another, because the strategy has always boggled my mind, but this really should instill a lot of confidence in Kiwanuka, because clearly the Giants love what he brings to the table.

Now here’s the interesting part. Paolantonio continues to say the following:
“The Giants are now…focusing on taking a wide receiver with the 29th pick, perhaps Hakeem Nicks of North Carolina, or jumping ahead of the Jets at No. 17 to take Darrius Heyward-Bey of Maryland.”

There is no mention of a) where he got that information, or b) Anquan Boldin. Who knows where that situation is right now, but knowing Jerry Reese, in the past he’s often publicly said one thing to keep everyone derailed, and then whatever he’s actually working on he doesn’t say anything about until it happens. So probably with him no news is good news.

Bottom line: I can’t wait for this weekend. The suspense is killing me.