The Hall of Famer will join Eli Manning, who will have his No. 10 retired By Scott Thompson | 10:49AM

During an appearance onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Hall of Fame defensive endMichael Strahandropped some news.

The Giants will be retiring his No. 92.

"Yeah, they are," Strahan said when Fallon said he heard the rumor.

This news shouldn't really come as a shock, with Strahan being one of the best players to ever wear a Giants jersey. Still, he admits it's going to be an emotional day.

And he has already handed out one thank you, as he addressed Fallon's band The Roots, who are from Philadelphia...

"It's going to be really emotional and I want to thank The Roots 'cause I know you Eagles fans wrote in and asked them to retire my jersey 'cause you didn't want to see it terrorizing your team no more!" he said jokingly

Strahan's number isn't the only one to be retired, as Giants co-ownerJohn MaraannouncedEli Manning'sNo. 10 will also never be worn again during the quarterback's retirement ceremony last Friday. Strahan spoke on Manning as well, saying he believes all of his accomplishments should see a gold jacket come his way, too.

"He's a great guy and I think he deserves everything that's coming his way: his jersey being retired, hopefully induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, two Super Bowls, two Super Bowl MVPs," Strahan said. "The guy is a great friend, man, and I'm happy for Eli to retire the way he wanted to."

Strahan was selected in the second round (40th overall) by the Giants in the 1993 NFL Draft, and that's where would stay over his 15 years in the league. One of the most feared linemen in the history of the game, Strahan was consistently a brutal force to deal with despite teams knowing exactly where he was coming from off the edge.

In 216 career games, Strahan racked up 141.5 sacks, 854 combined tackles, 24 forced fumbles and 131 tackles for loss. His best season came in 2001 where he was named the AP Defensive Player of the Year following a 22.5-sack season with six forced fumbles and 24 tackles for loss. And, of course, he would close his legendary career with a Super Bowl XLII victory over the Patriots.

Strahan and Manning will be the 12th and 13th different numbers to be retired by the Giants. Ward Cuff and Y.A. Tittle share No. 14, whileRay Flaherty(1),Tuffy Leemans(4), Mel Hein(7),Phil Simms(11),Frank Gifford(16),Al Blozis(32),Joe Morrison(40),Charlie Conerly(42),Ken Strong(50), andLawrence Taylor(56) make out the rest of the list.

When both of these numbers will be retired is still unknown, but it is about time the Giants honored one of the best to ever do it in New York.

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The Giants were not happy with Pat Shurmur's coaching staff, especially as the losses mounted in his second season. They had issues with how they struggled to develop young players, according to multiple sources, and they questioned if that staff put the team in the best position to win.

So far, though, there are no such complaints or worries about the coaching staff new head coach Joe Judge has assembled. The early returns are positive from both inside and outside of the organization, both with the quality of his choices and the willingness of the 38-year-old first-time head coach to add experienced voices to his staff.

His full staff hasn't been revealed yet, and only the coordinators have been announced, but multiple sources have confirmed most of the names (The only mystery appears to be the identity of the defensive line coach, which was supposed to be Freddie Roach until he got a promotion to remain at Ole Miss). Judge has dipped deep into his past, bringing coaches he's known from his days in New England, and from as far back as from when he was a graduate assistant at Mississippi State. He also has quite a few who came from the Nick Saban coaching tree.

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As former Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett gets ready for his first season as the Giants offensive coordinator, Hall of Fame quarterback and Fox broadcaster Troy Aikman thinks he will thrive in his new environment.

Aikman, of course, spent his entire 11-year NFL career with the Cowboys, leading them to three Super Bowl titles in the 90s. He talked about the former Cowboys coach during Super Bowl LIV media availability on Tuesday.

"Jason has proved to be a good coach and he keeps in perspective what it was like for him as a player, what he liked and didn't like," Aikman said. "And he's got great personal skills. ...I'd be surprised if he and Daniel Jones don't hit it off right away and develop a real chemistry."

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Michael Strahan, who revealed onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonthat his No. 92 was to be retired by the Giants, knows what his former team needs if they want to get back to the playoffs.

"Can't have a bunch of nice guys and win. It doesn't work. We need to find some dogs," Strahan told The New York Times' David Marchese in a Q&A.

Being a dog on the field was a great way to describe Strahan's nature, being someone who was feared by the entire league on the defensive line. The gold jacket he received in 2014 as a Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee is a pretty good indication of that.

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The Giants started to lay a foundation for the next phase of their franchise in 2019.

The team is now inDaniel Jones' hands, but fellow rookies from last season in wide receiver Darius Slayton and defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence also had strong starts to their respective careers.

Moving into 2020, the Giants will want to put together another strong rookie class to assist those guys, but there's free agency, too. Pro Football Focus said the Giants should swing big and go after Patriots safety Devin McCourty this offseason.

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A familiar face from recent Giants history is joining another with the Denver Broncos, according to a weekend report.

Per 9News in Denver, former Giants offensive coordinator Mike Shula is working out a deal to become the Broncos' quarterbacks coach.

The Broncos already added the Giants' last head coachPat Shurmur to their coaching staff this offseason. Shurmur is now the Broncos' offensive coordinator.

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The Giants have promising quarterback Daniel Jones entering his second season in 2020.

Big Blue hit on at least one of their later picks with wideout Darius Slayton at last year's draft, potentially landing a long-term play-maker for their potential franchise QB.

Is it now time to protect their leader in the pocket?

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While the wins didn't follow, the Giants set a good foundation for the future in 2019.

Highlighted by quarterback Daniel Jones, plenty of rookies were impact players for the G-men last season.

For their efforts, Pro Football Focus tabbed the group the fourth-best rookie class in the NFL.

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With the Eli Manning era officially over for the Giants, everything is now in the hands of quarterback Daniel Jones.

Moving forward, Jones will have at least one go-to option in the coming years in a fellow rookie from 2019 in WRDarius Slayton.

Speaking on the latest happenings with the Giants' quarterback room, the wideout expressed loads of confidence in his QB heading into the offseason.

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It was reported earlier last week that Giants new head coach Joe Judge was bringing on former Browns head coachFreddie Kitchens, but his role was not yet determined. Until now.

Sources confirmed to SNY's Ralph Vacchiano that Kitchens will be coming to New York to be the Giants' new tight ends coach. This is the same position Kitchens held at Mississippi State when Judge was playing out his senior year. When Judge came on as a graduate assistant during the 2005 season, Kitchens transitioned to running backs coach.

For Kitchens, it's a step backward. He worked his way on to the Browns staff two seasons ago as their offensive coordinator, and his group did enough for now-former GMJohn Dorseyto make him the team's head coach last season. But, with a very talented roster, Cleveland failed to make the playoffs after a 6-10 record fell upon Kitchens.

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Joe Judge has reportedly added another piece to his coaching staff, as he is expected to bring Tennessee inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator Kevin Sherrer to the Giants, according to Patrick Brown of GoVols247.

Brown is reporting that Sherrer will become the new inside linebackers coach in New York.

Judge and Sherrer have been together on a coaching staff in the past, having spent two years together at Alabama under Nick Sabanin 2010 and 2011. Judge served as a special teams assistant for Saban, while Sherrer was the director of player personnel.

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On the same day that Eli Manning retired from the game of football after a 16-year career with the Giants, another star New York quarterback sang some high praises for the two-time Super Bowl champion.

Joe Namath, who played 12 seasons in New York with the Jets and brought the city it's first Super Bowl back in 1969, believes that Manning might just be the best quarterback to ever play here.

"I was pretty good and did some things. Eli, I marveled at. He was remarkable," Namath told The Post Friday morning. "I wouldn't compare myself to Eli. He's done far more than I ever did on the field."

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Former NFL quarterback Archie Manning spoke to SNY's Ralph Vacchiano on Friday after watching his son Eli Manning officially retire from the NFL.

Manning played his entire 16-year career with the Giants, and his father explained why it important for him to retire with the team.

"Well I was proud of Eli, I'm proud of his decision, we think he made the right decision, and I think most people do," Archie Manning said. "I think it's very evident today to see how Eli sincerely means what he says, that it was important to him to retire a New York Giant. So I thought his comments were appropriate and good, and as always, we're very proud of Eli."

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From 1998-2006, Ernie Accorsi oversaw a Giants team that reached Super Bowl XXXV, while also laying the framework for the Giants' Super Bowl XLII and XLVI titles.

And while Accorsi acquired key players like Osi Umenyiora, Justin Tuck, Antonio Pierce, and Plaxico Burress, the biggest move of his tenure as general manager is unquestionably his trade for Eli Manning during the 2004 NFL Draft.

As Manning officially retired from the NFL on Friday, Accorsi was there to celebrate the quarterback's illustrious career.

"First of all, I'm happy he's retiring a Giant. I'm happy he's going out the way he's going out," Accorsi told SNY's Ralph Vacchiano. "He expressed it better than I can. I feel great for him. I always said that I took a lot of heat for that trade and so did he, and it wasn't his fault. I put him in that situation and he had no control over it. I'm glad it worked out."

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The first impression of Eli Manning was that he wasn't very good at first impressions.

That wasn't just back in 2004, either, when he introduced himself to the NFL by seemingly offending everyone outside of New York because he refused to play for the San Diego Chargers. It wasn't even from his terrible first practices, or his bland first press conferences and what seemed like endless mountains of clichs.

The first time I thought I had a chance to really get to know Eli Manning was in the spring of 2006, at a posh house in North Caldwell, N.J., right across the street from the house The Sopranos used for the mobster, Johnny Sack. Eli and Peyton were there to film a Reebok commercial, the first commercial that would feature the two of them and their father, Archie, together. I somehow got one of the first exclusive interviews with Peyton and Eli together.

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Eli Manning officially announced his retirement on Friday in typical Eli Fashion. He choked up a bit but didn't shed a tear, was matter-of-fact about the end of his career, and thanked everyone who helped him along the way.

"I'll miss hearing the first roar of the crowd, triggering the knowledge that we have been given one more opportunity to go win a football game," Manning said. It's impossible to explain the satisfaction -- actually the joy -- I've experienced being a Giant. From the very first moment, I did it my way. I couldn't be someone other than who I am."

After a retirement speech that was about six minutes long, and finished strong -- "Wellington Mara always said, 'Once a Giant, always a Giant.' But for me, it's only a Giant." -- Manning took questions from reporters on hand. Here are the takeaways...

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The Eli Manning/Hall of Fame debate will rage until he either makes it or doesn't when he hits his first year of eligibility, but one of Manning's former teammates tried to end the debate on Friday.

Speaking after Manning's retirement press conference, Plaxico Burress -- who caught the game-winning touchdown from Manning in the waning moments of Super Bowl XLII when Big Blue took down the undefeated Patriots -- had some thoughts.

Asked about anyone who thought Manning only "might" be a Hall of Famer, Burress was blunt.

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As his retirement ceremony commenced, Eli Manning held a Q&A with the media for the final time, and addressed his possible future with the Giants in a new role.

As John Mara had previously said, the Giants would welcome Manning into the organization in some capacity, and it seems that Manning is interested in the idea of coming back.

"Yeah, it would definitely be something that I'd be interested in," Manning said. "So I'd just have to discuss that and talk to Mr. Mara and see in what way -- and I've got to see in what way."

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Patriots legend Tom Brady joined the ranks of stars to congratulate Eli Manning on his career as he retired from the game after 16 seasons, and the connection between the two is like no other.

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Watch his entire speech from the Giants facility, where he was among family, teammates and friends.

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Before introducing Eli Manning on Friday as the legendary Giants quarterback called it a career, co-owner John Mara took what was assumed and made it official.

"No Giant will ever wear number 10 again," Mara said, adding that Manning will also be inducted into the team's Ring of Honor during the 2020 season.

Mara had earlier choked back tears while recounting the final game his father, Wellington, watched before passing away in 2005, when the elder Mara told his son that it looked like the Giants had found their guy with Manning.

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As Eli Manning announces his retirement from the game of football Friday morning, the debate on whether the two-time Super Bowl Champion and Super Bowl MVP deserves to make the Hall of Fame has been a topic of discussion all week.

His brother and fellow quarterback Peyton Manning begs to differ on his odds to make it to Canton.

"To me, it's the time to look back and reflect. Everybody else wants to look ahead and have this debate. And I understand, that's just the world we live in. I know Eli doesn't think like that, and I don't think like that either. But I certainly have my strong feelings and opinions on it," Peyton said. "When you're the Super Bowl MVP twice against the greatest dynasty of all-time, the New England Patriots, Tom Brady/Bill Belichick, and you join a list that includes Terry Bradshaw, Bart Starr, Tom Brady and Joe Montana, Eli Manning as the only (multiple) Super Bowl MVPs.

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It would be easy to say Eli Manning is one of the greatest players in Giants history, simply because he is. But it's also been a long and storied history for the franchise that includes 21 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 42 members of their own Ring of Honor, and four players named to the NFL's 100th anniversary all-time team.

That makes choosing a Top 5 anything but simple. And Manning's position is debatable, to say the least.

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