Luke Petitgout Bitter? He Barely Even Knew Her!

Seriously, though, Luke Petitgout is not happy about how he was handled by the Giants. Even though he offered to restructure his contract to make it more friendly, the Giants released him without much fanfare. Remind you of anyone else? *cough*John Lynch*cough*

"Yeah, I'm still a little bit upset with the way I was basically kicked out of the club," Petitgout told Newsday yesterday from Tampa, where he's working out with his new teammates after signing a three-year contract that guarantees $6 million this season if he makes the team.

Yeah, "if". The Bucs roster is just overflowing with left tackles, isn't it. If they had any more, they'd have... two.

"In a perfect world, I'd have been the first-round pick who played 10 years at left tackle for the Giants and that'd be it. In the end, you're just a number."

He can't possibly just be figuring that out now. It's the price of free agency. Every team seems to have one or two franchise-type guys that they will keep around for the sake of PR no matter what. He wasn't their's. Amani Toomer is their guy, and possibly Michael Strahan (although his personal stuff isn't helping his cause.) The Packers have Brett Favre. The Bucs have Mike Alstott. All these guys are virtually untouchable. Everyone else can be axed given the right set of circumstances. So New York's loss is Tampa's gain. The Bucs needed a left tackle in a bad way and got a good one in Petitgout.

The worst part for Luke? Look who is replacing him.

[Jerry] Reese was in charge of the 2006 draft, when the Giants selected Guy Whimper in the fourth round. Whimper has had some reps with the first offensive-line unit in workouts and yesterday at minicamp... "Guy's going to get every opportunity to win the job, because [Reese] picked Guy last year," Petitgout said.

Left tackles aren't named Guy Whimper. They're named Buck Skullcrusher or Mack Hugeballs or Ox Grizzly. Those are left tackle names. Guy Whimper should be playing tennis. Or at best riding shotgun with Dick Trickle. When I have to eventually go into exile, I'm changing my name to Rick Blade. Can you think of a cooler name than Rick Blade? Didn't think so.