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The New York Giants acquired quarterback Sage
Rosenfels and running back Darius Reynaud from the Minnesota
Vikings on Friday for undisclosed draft picks.
      


The Vikings announced the deal on their website. They will
receive a pick in next year's draft and a conditional selection in
the 2012 draft.


      Rosenfels will back up Eli Manning. The Giants lost backup Jim
Sorgi with a shoulder injury and he was placed on injured reserve,
leaving untested Rhett Bomar as the only other quarterback.


      Rosenfels was third string behind Brett Favre and Tarvaris
Jackson in Minnesota. He is entering his 10th NFL season as a
backup quarterback.


      The Vikings acquired Rosenfels from Houston in a trade before
last season and signed him to a two-year deal worth $9 million to
compete with Tarvaris Jackson for the starting job.


      At the time, Rosenfels was thrilled to be coming to a team
giving him a legitimate shot at winning the job for the first time.
After an offseason of working out and learning the system, however,
Rosenfels' big shot was dashed when Favre waltzed in to take over.


      Rosenfels spent all of last season as the No. 3 quarterback
behind Favre and Jackson.


      "If it's true sad to c you go sage good qb great teammate,"
Vikings receiver Greg Lewis tweeted on Friday night. "Good luck in
new York."


      There was a brief glimmer of hope for Rosenfels this summer when
Favre was considering retirement. Once again, that ended after the
first preseason game, when the Vikings flew three high-profile
teammates to Mississippi to persuade Favre to return for one more
year.


      Time was running out for the 32-year-old Rosenfels, who clearly
grew more frustrated with his position on the team.


      He had an impressive preseason opener at St. Louis, completing
23 of 34 passes for 310 yards and three touchdowns. But he was just
8 for 17 for 92 yards with one TD in the next three games combined,
and coach Brad Childress said after the preseason finale that
Jackson would be Favre's backup again this season.


      The move means that the Vikings likely will keep rookie Joe Webb
as the third quarterback.


      Sorgi signed with New York as a free agent after six seasons as
Peyton Manning's backup in Indianapolis.


      Reynaud is a converted receiver who was trying to make the
Vikings as a running back and return man. He was the team's primary
punt returner during the preseason.

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