The old adages that "time marches on" and "time waits for no one" certainly apply to sports. In particular, football. The New York Giants are a lot like time these days. They're not waiting for anyone. They have reportedly cut ties with several veterans that have been a major part of the franchise for a number of years.

First, they announced that they will cut Shaun O'Hara and Rich Seubert. Then, they could not come to terms with Shawn Andrews to restructure his contract. Finally, they never made an attempt to resign Barry Cofield. Cofield responded by signing with the division rival Washington Redskins.

The Giants are trying to wait for younger players, however. They have made all these moves in order to free salary cap space to resign Ahmad Bradshaw, Kevin Boss and eventually, perhaps, a not so young (but arguably rested) Plaxico Burress. They also will be in the market for another linebacker, despite signing the inspirational Mark Herzlich as my colleague Jim Mancari wrote earlier this week.

Cutting ties with these players also causes a need at the o-line. While there is a slight chance that Andrews signs a new, much lower valued contract to play in New York next year, all ties to Seubert and O'Hara seemed to have been broken yesterday when the team signed former San Francisco 49er center David Baas. The team also resigned Kevin Boothe for the reserves.

With all this said, the Giants are wasting no time filling their needs. They can't afford to wait. If they wait, the chance to obtain impact players for next season will pass them by very quickly in this whirlwind of an off season that has just begun. Giants GM Jerry Reese knows that "time waits for no one". Not even the Giants.


The sources for this article were ESPN NY, NY Daily News and NY Post, among others.