Giants punter Feagles to retire Friday

Given recent events, it comes as no great surprise that the Giants on Friday will announce the retirement of Jeff Feagles, who owns NFL punting and longevity records.

Feagles, 44, planned to come back but after putting his body though physical tests to determine his readiness determined he could not continue and punt in for a 23rd season.

Feagles after this past season worked out hard, was satisfied with the way his body responded, told the Giants he wanted to return and recently signed a $900,000 contract. Just last week, though, he alerted Tom Coughlin that he was experiencing physical issues. The Giants took punter Matt Dodge out of East Carolina in the seventh round of last weekend's NFL Draft, a precursor to Feagles' decision to step away from the game.

Dodge will compete with Jy Bond, a former Australian Rules football player, for the Giants punting job. Feagles entered the NFL in 1988 with the Patriots and came to the Giants in 2003. He never missed a game in his career, playing in an NFL-record 352 consecutive games. He holds the NFL record with 1,713 punts.

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(nypost.com)