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Rosenfels, Reynaud pass physicals, become Giants

Published Sep. 4, 2010 9:15 p.m. ET

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Quarterback Sage Rosenfels and running back Darius Reynaud are officially members of the New York Giants.

The former Minnesota Vikings were examined by Giants doctors Saturday, passing their physicals less than 24 hours after New York acquired the duo for future considerations.

Rosenfels gives the Giants a proven backup for Eli Manning. Reynaud will provide a proven punt returner that the team has lacked since Domenik Hixon suffered a major knee injury in minicamp.

''We were fortunate enough to consummate a trade for two very important needs coming out of our last preseason game,'' general manager Jerry Reese said.

Rosenfels has played in 32 regular-season games with 12 starts in his first nine seasons. The well-traveled 32-year-old is 351 of 562 for 4,156 yards, 30 touchdowns and 29 interceptions.

''Sage for a long time has had an outstanding reputation as a veteran quarterback who knows his role and is a true student of the game,'' coach Tom Coughlin said.

Rosenfels was traded from Houston to the Vikings in February 2009 with the hope of competing for the starting job. He never got the chance after Brett Favre came to Minnesota.

''As an athlete you want to play and you want to compete,'' said Rosenfels, who will have a week to learn the offense before the Giants open the season.

''I found helping Brett and the offensive coaches rewarding and we had a great season,'' he added. ''You can still find rewarding things in situations you weren't expecting. I'm hoping to play when the team needs me, and when the team doesn't need me, I'll help out the players and coaches and Eli as much as I can.''

The Giants lost their backup when Jim Sorgi injured his shoulder in the preseason opener.

Reynaud was fourth among NFC qualifiers last season with a 10.3-yard punt return average. Reynaud also returned four kickoffs.

Coughlin said Reynaud would return both punts and kickoffs.

''Darius is a young man that we've had our eye on for a while,'' Coughlin said. ''He is a guy who has versatility punt returner, kickoff returner, gunner, covers kicks he can play on all those teams. He's also been a wide receiver and he's been a running back. He'll learn to be a receiver so he can help you out in an emergency situation.''

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