Umenyiora explains affidavit, talks Giants return
By Zaket on June 18, 2011
Despite his comments about how Jerry Reese broke a promise made to him in an affidavit as part of the NFL players’ antitrust case against the NFL, Osi Umenyiora says he would “absolutely” welcome a return to the New York Giants.
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