Just as the Giants were announcing that the man who was instrumental in the development of Eli Manning, quarterbacks coach Chris Palmer, was retiring, word came out yesterday that Palmer wasn't retiring at all. He's leaving the Giants, but is set to become the head coach of the New York Sentinels -- who are moving to Hartford, Conn. -- in the 1-year-old United Football League.
Palmer, 60, spent the past three years with the Giants and 20 years as an NFL assistant -- including two years as head coach of the expansion Cleveland Browns. Palmer has been a coach for 38 years and twice worked as an assistant under coach Tom Coughlin. Continue
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