Giants to give Lawrence Tynes five-year, $7 million contract
BY RALPH VACCHIANO
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Tuesday, February 12th 2008, 12:37 AM
Kicking the Giants into Super Bowl XLII turned out to be very lucrative for Lawrence Tynes.
The hero of the NFC Championship Game, who booted the game-winning 47-yarder in overtime after missing two previous attempts to win it, Tynes was close to agreeing to terms Monday on a five-year, $7 million contract, an NFL source confirmed. Tynes was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent on Feb.29.
The 29-year-old, Scotland-born kicker, whom the Giants acquired from the Kansas City Chiefs last May, got off to a rough start this season, missing three kicks under 35 yards in the first eight games. But he finished with respectable numbers, nailing 85.2% of his kicks (23 for 27) including 11 of his last 12.
In the playoffs, his only two misses were nearly deadly to the Giants' championship run. In the frigid, minus-24 wind-chill conditions in Green Bay, Tynes missed a 43-yarder with 6:49 remaining and a 36-yarder as time expired in the fourth quarter.
But he redeemed himself just 2-1/2 minutes into overtime when, on fourth-and-5 from the Packers' 29, he convinced Tom Coughlin to let him try again by running straight out onto the field without a word from his coach. He then nailed the 47-yarder - one yard short of what Coughlin thought was his limit - and turned and ran into the tunnel with his fist in the air.
Had Tynes missed a third time, it's a safe bet he wouldn't have been re-signed.
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Giants to give Lawrence Tynes five-year, $7 million contract
Giants to give Lawrence Tynes five-year, $7 million contract
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