NFL NEWS AND NOTES

The New York Daily News reports that the Giants could be interested in WR Keyshawn Johnson, who was released by the Panthers. The Giants went after Johnson last offseason and failed to get him. "Well, let's put it this way," Coughlin said on Sirius NFL Radio. "We study every player that's available and we'll do that again in light of the fact that Keyshawn is available. We weren't necessarily thinking that he would be. Of course we made a move in the draft to help solidify that position as well, so we'll take a look at that like we do everything else."....


Mike Williams heard all the disparaging comments about his work ethic, his weight and his ability as he wallowed on the bench with the Detroit Lions. Williams takes some blame for being late to meetings and clashing with coaches. But whatever the other reasons for his failure in Detroit (he was labeled as out of shape), he knows that the draft-day trade to Oakland gives him what could be a final chance to prove himself as an NFL receiver. The deal reunites Williams with Raiders coach Lane Kiffin, who persuaded Williams to leave Florida to attend Southern California and then coached him for two years with the Trojans. "This is Mike's chance," Kiffin said. "However you want to phrase it, he's blown a chance. I think that he would tell you the same thing. Whether he feels it was his fault or not, it was an opportunity that didn't work out the way it could. There are a lot of doubters."....

Seahawks franchise player Josh Brown has signed his tender offer worth $2,078,000 - the average of the top five paid kickers in the NFL - after the team could not reach a long-term deal with him. The Seahawks designated Brown as their franchise player in February, to keep from losing one of the NFL's best clutch kickers as a free agent. Another team would have had to surrender two first-round draft choices to Seattle had it signed him. Brown won four games last season in the final seconds. Some of his teammates called him their team's MVP in 2006.