Giants coach Tom Coughlin says he wants to see Brandon Jacobs carry the football more. New York has told Ahmad Bradshaw that they want to re-sign him, but he may have to agree to a lesser role. Coughlin told reporters that Jacobs should have received more work in 2010 when he carried the ball only 147 times, his smallest workload since 2006. ?You look at the end of the year numbers, you'd want him to have a few more carries," Coughlin said. "Brandon was fresher than he's ever been, healthier than he's ever been and probably needs to carry the ball a little bit more." He averaged 5.6 yards per carry.

Mathias Kiwanuka has been medically cleared to resume his football career, according to Giants general manager Jerry Reese. In a statement released by the team Saturday afternoon, Reese says the team received "final written evaluation" Friday evening that gave Kiwanuka clearance to return. Reese said he spoke with the defensive end, who plans on resuming his career after suffering a herniated disk in his neck that kept him out of all but the first three games last season. "We did receive the final written evaluation that gives Mathias medical clearance to return to the field," Reese says in the statement. "The consensus of all of the spine physicians and Dr. [Russ] Warren is that it is safe for Mathias to return to play. I have talked to Mathias and he is fully committed to returning to football."

Giants coach Tom Coughlin says that Plaxico Burress is not on the team's radar. Burress is scheduled to be released from jail this summer and New York was his last employer. "You know, I haven't spent a lot of time thinking or talking about that," Coughlin said Friday when asked if the Giants might be interested in signing the wide receiver. "I don't know that there would be interest on the part of the Giants. I don't know that there won't be but I don't know if there will be." Burress currently is serving a two-year prison sentence on weapons charges after shooting himself in the leg at a New York nightclub in November 2008.

Plaxico Burress appears unlikely to return to New York as he eyes a return to the NFL. A source familiar with the wide receiver says that his preference is to live near his offseason home in Miami. The person also says Burress knows he'd be better off far from the clutches of the New York media.

Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw underwent surgery on his left ankle over the weekend. The procedure was done to clean out Bradshaw's ankle. On Sunday, he tweeted, "everything went great thanks for the well wishes!" The running back said his left ankle bothered him during the season. He underwent the same surgery to his right ankle in addition to surgeries on both of his feet last year. "It was something that bothered me," Bradshaw told reporters in Dallas during Super Bowl week of his left ankle. "It wasn't a big factor unless someone really got a hold of it. It was really no problem because I could fight through it and I'd been fighting through it for years. I'm just ready to get it fixed." His contract is up, but he wants to return to the Giants.

Agent Drew Rosenhaus says that wide receiver Plaxico Burress is in "terrific shape." Burress hasn't been released from prison yet, but he has been working out. "[Burress] is doing great! He is running & lifting weights 5 days a week," Rosenhaus tweeted Saturday after visiting Burress in jail. "He looks in terrific shape." Burress, who will be released from prison June 6, also has caught the attention of former Giants and Steelers teammates.

Ahmad Bradshaw wants to remain in New York and the Giants want to retain the running back. "I talked to the Giants on exit day and they said I was a big priority for them to come back," Bradshaw said. "I'm just letting them handle it. All I can do really is be ready for next year and be fully prepared." New York general manager Jerry Reese has said that he will not proceed with free agents until a new collective bargaining agreement is reached.