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What does Terry McLaurin’s trade request mean for the Giants?

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Could McLaurin be on his way out of Washington?

Washington Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin has reportedly requested a trade, per Jordan Schultz.

McLaurin and the Commanders have been in a heated contract dispute this summer, with Washington so far refusing to come up to McLaurin’s number. The sticking point is McLaurin’s age, per a report from Dianna Russini of The Athletic, as the receiver will turn 30 on September 15th.

The news doesn’t directly impact the New York Giants, other than perhaps some schadenfreude.

That said, the Giants are set to play the Commanders in week 1, just 38 days away as of this writing, and as we’re well-aware, the Commanders finished second in the NFC last year. Terry McLaurin has been one of the best and most consistent receivers in the NFL since being drafted in 2019.

He’s finished with at least 77 receptions in each of the last five years, and has topped 1,000 yards in each of those years as well. Over that period, Alex Smith was the only consistently competent fielded by Washington before landing Jayden Daniels.

Otherwise, McLaurin had the likes of Case Keenum, Dwayne Haskins (R.I.P.), Kyle Allen, Taylor Heinicke, Carson Wentz, and Sam Howell throwing him the ball.

Washington is hoping that Daniels is able to build on his incandescent 2024 season and avoid a sophomore slump. Doing so would be significantly easier with McLaurin than without, particularly considering the rest of their receiver depth is lackluster.

It’s widely assumed that the Giants can’t afford to get off to a slow start this year. Their schedule at least looks formidable on paper, and there don’t look to be many likely wins.

The feeling here is that the Giants should want to beat opponents at their best. However, the practical reality is that a 2-0 start is far more likely if McLaurin is elsewhere. At the same time the Dallas Cowboys have their own contract woes with Micah Parsons and OL Tyler Guyton suffered a fractured bone and his status for Week 2 could be in question.

McLaurin’s trade request is likely calculated to put pressure on the franchise for a new deal. But it’s better for the Giants if Scary Terry is elsewhere.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/7/...y-mclaurins-trade-request-mean-for-the-giants

 

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Giants’ RB Tyrone Tracy not threatened by Cam Skattebo hype

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After successful rookie year, Tracy is secure that he is “a good running back”

Tyrone Tracy had an exciting rookie season for the New York Giants. Tracy ran for 839, second-most of any rookie running back, and compiled 1,123 yards from scrimmage.

A fifth-round pick, he looked like he could be an exciting play-maker for the Giants for the next several seasons.

Fast forward to the summer of 2025, and Tracy is RB1 for the Giants. Yet, he seems like a player flying under the radar.

No. 3 overall pick Abdul Carter is wowing teammates. There is a first-round rookie quarterback to keep fans’ attention in Jaxson Dart. There is a new starting quarterback in Russell Wilson. There is a new rookie running back in Cam Skattebo who is becoming a fan favorite and gaining praise from the head coach.

Tracy is just plugging along, getting his reps and showing play-making ability as both a runner and receiver.

The presence of Skattebo, a good player and a big personality, doesn’t threaten him.

“Cam here is nothing but adding to what we got. I think that it’s a great addition to the room,” tracy said. “If you look around our room, there’s really nothing anyone can’t do. We didn’t add Cam just to do one thing. We added him because he’s a good running back. You know what I’m saying? They didn’t bring me here just to do one thing. They added me because I’m a good running back.

“So, at the end of the day, whoever’s in there on third down, second down, first down, it doesn’t matter what it is. You’re going to produce, and that’s the standard that we have in a running back room. When we go on the field and we get them opportunities, whether it’s pass or run or even pass protection, man, make the play. There is no third down back. There is no, you’re passing down back, whatever. There’s not that in our room. It’s more so can you play, and then when you do get the opportunities, take care of it. You know what I’m saying? And make the most of it.”

In case you forgot amidst the hype surrounding Skattebo, this is the kind of running Tracy is capable of:

Follow Tyrone Tracy Jr step for step on all six of his 20 yard runs from 2024 pic.twitter.com/z1jrYyzK9C

— Talkin’ Giants (@TalkinGiants) June 30, 2025​

Head coach Brian Daboll says there are ‘all different shapes, sizes of running backs, different speed, different quickness, tall, short.”

Tracy and Skattebo are examples. Tracy, 5-foot-11, 209 pounds, is more of a slasher with 4.48 speed. Skattebo, at 5-9, 215, is a power runner.

“I mean, shoot, look at him [Skattebo]. You know what I’m saying? The man’s strong and powerful. I’m more slippery and elusive,” tracy said. “But at the same time, we both can catch out the backfield, we both can pass protect. So, it’s not like when Cam comes in, ‘Oh we’re running the ball downhill.’ No, he can do really anything, just like I can do really anything.

“So, it’s a really good addition to our running back room because when you add a player like that, that can give that power element, not necessarily saying we didn’t have it last year, but when you watch his film, you can obviously see it on film what he’s bringing to the table.”

Tracy compiled his numbers last season despite getting just 16 touches in the season’s first four games. Tracy has said 1,600 or 1,700 total yards is possible.

“I wouldn’t put nothing out there that isn’t reasonable for me to shoot for. If I say it, that means I’m trying to go for it. But, yeah, that’s definitely reasonable for m,” Tracy said. “Like I said, if you look at it from the points of last year, a healthy O-line, I didn’t play until game five. I had, like, 500 yards, you know, by week nine, something like that, or our bye week. Obviously, everybody started getting hurt, so we playing a mixed match with the O-line, so it makes it a little harder.

“But at the same time, I do believe in my skill set, I believe that in our O-line, I believe in our coaching staff, that we can get the job done. And then if I go out there and just do what I do, you know, God willing, all my goals will be checked off.”

After grinding through a 3-14 season in 2024, though, Tracy just wants to win.

“I think the first thing we need to do is win. I think winning will bring everything else. It’s cool to sit up here and talk about all your personal accolades and all your personal goals and all this and that. But at the end of the day, you got to win.,” Tracy said. “If you don’t win, none of that stuff really matters. I could have 2,000 yards, but you’re losing. If you look at some of the best running backs, they’re on winning teams. You know what I’m saying? So, if you just have a good team, period, point blank, your personal stats will come along.”

If the Giants are a winning team in 2025, odds are Tracy’s play will have something to do with it.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/8/...one-tracy-not-threatened-by-cam-skattebo-hype

 

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Giants have league’s worst coach/coordinator combo — ESPN

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This one is hard to go along with

Brian Daboll nearly lost his job as head coach of the New York Giants after a 3-14 2024 season. Apparently, ESPN’s Ben Solak thinks that would have been a good idea.

In a ranking of all 32 NFL head coach/offensive and defensive coordinator combinations, Solak has the Daboll, Mike Kafka, Shane Bowen troika ranked last in the league. Yup. Last. Behind every team in the league that has a rookie head coach.

Ouch!

Solak insulted the Giants’ braintrust with this zinger:

I don’t really think any team has the 31st-best coaching staff in football (32nd I feel pretty good about). I just can’t submit several consecutive “tied for 20th” rankings.

Here are Solak’s full remarks about the Giants:

While the offensive brain trust of Daboll and Kafka has yet to string together multiple seasons of above-average offense, there are pockets of innovation. It’s not much to hang a hat on, but if and when we see Jaxson Dart this season at quarterback, I expect the team to have some smart, easy ways to get him into a rhythm and involved in the running game. I can at least see the visions in New York, even if the plane often struggles to get off the ground.

I have a warmer appreciation for Bowen, who is always willing to get creative with alignment and coverages to solve personnel problems on the back end. The 2024 Giants’ defense was definitely poor, but they have overhauled the secondary and added to the pass rush this offseason, so I’m happy reserving a stronger judgment for Year 2.

As it is, the best defensive season for Bowen was with the 2022 Titans, which was just above a league-average unit. Of course, Daboll’s best seasons came with the much-improved Josh Allen at the helm in Buffalo — otherwise, his best work was the 2022 season with Daniel Jones, which was also a league-average unit. And again, critically, was not sustained, developed or iterated on. It’s tough to believe in a high ceiling with the Giants’ current staff.

Valentine’s View​

First of all, I hate any ranking like this that lists rookie coaches or staff that have never been in their jobs before above those who have done. There is zero proof of concept, good or bad, so how can you say a coach or staff that has never run an NFL game is better than one that has?

Secondly, I know the Giants are easy to pick on after going 9-25 the last two seasons, and I know the offense was atrocious in both of those two seasons.

Still, Daboll did win Coach of the Year in 2022 when he and his staff were widely lauded for getting a team to the playoffs and winning a game when most figured the year would be something akin to, oh, 3-14.

I have my disagreements with Daboll, but I can’t agree that he tops the worst staff in the league.

Kafka has been a hot name on the head-coaching circuit for three years, and has coached at both the East-West Shrine and Senior Bowls. Granted, he has not gotten a head-coaching job, but if he wasn’t highly thought of he wouldn’t be getting annual interviews.

Solak was also complementary toward Bowen, something that I am guessing surprised some Giants fans.

With all of that to consider, it’s hard for me to believe Solak can “feel pretty good” about putting the Giants at the bottom of this list.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/8/...ve-leagues-worst-coach-coordinator-combo-espn

 

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Giants training camp 2025: Live updates from Day 9

Your training camp practice open thread

The New York Giants will be on the field for their ninth practice of training camp on Saturday. There will only be two open practices after Saturday — Monday, Aug. 4 and then an Aug. 13 joint practice with the New York Jets.

Follow this post for live updates during practice, and come back after practice for all the news and analysis.

Injury updates​

• Cam Skattebo suffered a setback in Friday's practice and is "day to day" per Brian Daboll.

RB Cam Skattebo is "day to day," per Brian Daboll. Had a setback in Friday's practice.

— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) August 2, 2025​

Cam Skattebo and Cor'Dale Flott won't practice today for the #NYGiants due to injury. Greg Van Roten is still out for family reasons. Beaux Collins will work on the side.

— Ed Valentine (@edvalentine.bsky.social) 2025-08-02T13:42:25.010Z

Other players not spotted: WR Darius Slayton, DL Elijah Chatman, DL Jordon Riley, DL DJ Davidson, OLB Chauncey Golston, ILB Ty Summers and CB Korie Black https://t.co/TjaGYwzQfa

— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) August 2, 2025​

Live updates​

Updates to come.

More coverage​

• Giants training camp: What we learned on Day 8
• Giants training camp 2025: Live updates from Day 8
• Giants’ RB Tyrone Tracy not threatened by Cam Skattebo hype
• Dru Phillips: Giants were ‘the only team that cared’ about his vision
• Giants training camp: What we learned on Day 7
• Exclusive Jalin Hyatt interview: Giants’ WR was ‘strictly football’ this offseason
• Giants training camp 2025: Live updates from Day 7

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Remaining open practices​

Gates will open at 8:30 a.m. ET
All practices will begin at approx. 10 a.m. ET*

Monday, Aug. 4
Wednesday, Aug. 13 (Jets Joint Practice)

*Scheduled times subject to change. In the event of inclement weather, practice will be moved indoors and there will be no public viewing. For the most up-to-date information on training camp, visit Giants.com, @Giants on Twitter, the Giants App, or call the Training Camp Hotline at 201.935.8111 ext. 1070.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/8/...ts-training-camp-2025-live-updates-from-day-9

 

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Giants training camp: What we learned on Day 9

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Cam Skattebo injury, Andrew Thomas, Jaxson Dart, more highlights

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants held a spirited practice in front of a large, enthusiastic crowd at Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Saturday. There are only two open practices remaining in Giants training camp.

Let’s get to some of the things we learned.

Injury updates​

The main concern right now, other than when left tackle Andrew Thomas will come off the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list, appears to be with rookie running back Cam Skattebo.

After leaving the last couple of practices early, Skattebo missed practice completely on Saturday. Head coach Brian Daboll would not specify Skattebo’s injury, but said he “had a little bit of [a] setback” on Friday and was considered “day-to-day.”

Of course, in Daboll-speak “day-to-day” could mean he will be back to practice this week and will play in the preseason opener next Saturday against the Buffalo Bills. Or, it could mean Skattebo doesn’t practice for the next couple of weeks. We’ll see.

Cornerback Cor’Dale Flott did not practice, and guard Greg Van Roten was absent for a third straight day as he awaits the birth of a child.

Also missing from practice were wide receiver Darius Slayton, edge defender Chauncey Golston, and defensive tackles D.J. Davidson and Jordon Riley.

Undrafted rookie wide receiver Beaux Collins worked on the side.

Thomas timetable​

Speaking of Andrew Thomas, Daboll did not offer a target date for when the left tackle will come off the PUP list.

“Making progress, so he’s had some good days here,” Daboll said. “He’ll keep building them and when he’s ready to go, he’ll be out there, but I think he steadily improved. He feels a lot better, which is a good thing.

“As soon as he can be out there, he’ll be out there. You guys will see him out there. I’d say from week-to-week, he’s made continuous strides.”

Daily Dart​

Mu unofficial charting had rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart 7 of 12 with a pair of touchdown passes. In his final 11-on-11 session, Dart went 5 of 6 with the incompletion being a drop by Devin Singletary. He tossed red zone touchdown passes to Zach Pascal and Jordan Bly. Bly made a sliding catch of a low throw for the score.

Jaxson Dart TD to Jordan Bly.#Giants pic.twitter.com/Z0W4S9rvGw

— Ryan Novozinsky (@ryannovoNFL) August 2, 2025​

Dart threw this beautiful touchdown pass to Montrell Washington during 1-on-1 drills:

Jaxson Dart threw a nice ball to Montrell Williams in one on ones #Giants pic.twitter.com/AVHQXbeaBV

— Madelyn Burke (@MadelynBurke) August 2, 2025​

Pre-snap penalties​

Pre-snap penalties — false start, offsides, delay of game — have been a feature of training camp for the Giants thus far. By my count, there were three on Saturday and Daboll resorted for a second straight day to pulling offenders off the field.

“We address them every day,” Daboll said. “Part of it is hearing the snap counts and staying onsides, part of it is the rhythm with the snap count, and part of it is staying onsides – the defensive linemen, particularly in situations where they think you’re throwing the ball and giving them a different cadence. We do it in walk-throughs, turn the music down and make sure we’re very vocal in it and just continue to practice it.”

Pre-snap penalties were an issue for the Giants last year, as evidenced here:

The Giants have the 12th most total penalties in the NFL. Here are their ranks in penalties that seem relatively easy to fix with coaching:

• Delay of Game: 2nd (10 penalties)
• Illegal Shift: 1st (7)
• Ineligible Downfield Pass: 5th (4)
• Offside: 5th most (7) pic.twitter.com/aWt3JncF0H

— Doug Analytics (@Doug_Analytics) December 23, 2024​

However Daboll addresses the issue, the Giants need to get the message.

Play of the day​

This, in fact, might be the play of camp thus far.

I still can’t get over how this ball fell right into Wan’Dale’s arms after all that pic.twitter.com/LSBAqk02Qm

— Madelyn Burke (@MadelynBurke) August 2, 2025​

That is a rather fortunate, unorthodox touchdown for Wan’Dale Robinson. That was Dru Phillips batting the ball up in the air.

1-on-1 drills​

The wide receiver/cornerback one-on-one drills were held in front of assembled media on Saturday. Here are just a couple of quick notes:

• Lil’Jordan Humphrey used his 6-foot-4, 225-pound frame for this spectacular catch against Tre Hawkins:

#Giants end 1 on 1s on a @DangeRussWilson to Lil’Jordan Humphrey jump ball! @Giants pic.twitter.com/x1NJ7CZCXP

— Brandon London (@BrandonLondonTV) August 2, 2025​

• Deonte Banks had a couple of rough reps. He committed a defensive holding penalty that could clearly be seen from across the field. He also got beaten deep by Malik Nabers.

Quote of the day​

Giants’ right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor would not be unhappy to see Micah Parsons leave the Dallas Cowboys.

Hell yeah bro go get your money in the AFC! https://t.co/k9oaPaxKTb

— Jermaine Eluemunor (@JEluemunor) August 1, 2025​

Field goal!​

We saw placekickers Graham Gano and Jude McAtmney do some live kicking during practice. Both made all of the handful of kicks they attempted, out to what looked to be a maximum distance of about 50 yards.

“Schematic mastermind”​

Inside linebacker Bobby Okereke seemed to struggle last season to find his place in the defense under new defensive coordinator Shane Bowen. It was interesting on Saturday to hear Okereke call Bowen a “schematic mastermind.”

“As we’re going through these practices and we’re understanding his philosophical mind of how he wants guys to play defense and execute the techniques and fundamentals of each position we’re only getting better,” Okereke said.

Fun and games​

The Giants ended practice with a spirited game of “Hit the Crossbar.” Each quarterback took turns trying to hit the crossbar from the 15-yard line. Jameis Winston was the only one of the four to accomplish the feat, earning his team the right to skip walk-thru’s later in the day. Rookie Jaxson Dart went last. He missed, disappointing teammates who were hoping to be able to skip meetings and take the rest of Saturday off. Tommy DeVito had the worst effort, barely even reaching the end line under the crossbar.

“I couldn’t believe it. I had faith — dude’s last name is Dart,” said cornerback Nic Jones. “I just knew he was gonna nail one. I had my faith in him.”

Jameis Winston, a Giants hero. No walk-throughs later today! pic.twitter.com/EOBXJp2qFe

— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) August 2, 2025​

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Remaining open practices​

Gates will open at 8:30 a.m. ET
All practices will begin at approx. 10 a.m. ET*

Monday, Aug. 4
Wednesday, Aug. 13 (Jets Joint Practice)

*Scheduled times subject to change. In the event of inclement weather, practice will be moved indoors and there will be no public viewing. For the most up-to-date information on training camp, visit Giants.com, @Giants on Twitter, the Giants App, or call the Training Camp Hotline at 201.935.8111 ext. 1070.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/8/2/24479477/new-york-giants-training-camp-what-we-learned-on-day-9

 

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James Hudson bringing a welcome attitude to New York Giants’ offensive line

James Hudson (55) celebrates a play with Malik Nabers. | Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

“I’m not taking nothing from nobody.”

Nine practices into New York Giants training camp, there has yet to be a fight. Saturday, with WWE SummerSlam being held across the parking lot at MetLife Stadium in the evening, seemed like the perfect time to expect some extra-curricular activities. Yet, a two-hour practice passed peacefully.

It has become common for some of us who watch practices regularly to speculate not only on when there will be a camp fight, but who will be involved in it.

If you have been following the Giants throughout the offseason workout program and into training camp, you should be able to guess that the odds-on favorite to be in the middle of the first melee of camp is offensive tackle James Hudson.

When I told Hudson that after Saturday’s practice, the big man laughed heartily.

“It wouldn’t surprise me at all,” Hudson said. “I haven’t had a fight in camp yet this year. I mean, in OTAs, we [Hudson and Brian Burns] had the little, you know, the little back and forth, but it was very hot that day. Heat got to us. Things happened. But, you know, man, like I said, we’re just out there competing. That’s all it is.”

Hudson, a 26-year-old who spent the first four seasons of his career with the Cleveland Browns plays with a palpable energy that endears him to his offensive teammates and can aggravate defenders.

Head coach Brian Daboll likes Hudson’s style.

“I love it, for an offensive lineman. You’re always looking for offensive linemen that bring an edge,” Daboll said. “Again, we got to be smart so what’s it going to be in the fourth quarter when things get tough and somebody shoves you and pushes you? Are you able to have the emotional maturity to go ahead and focus on the next play and not get involved in that? That’s some of the stuff we evaluate out here as well. Can these guys – we’ve all done training camp for a long time, so emotions are going to happen. Competitive juices are – there’s going to be stuff that happens. There is every year. There hasn’t been a year since I’ve done it where there hasn’t been, usually multiple times. That’s stuff you coach off of, you teach off of, but you want offensive linemen that have edges, that like to finish, that like contact, that enjoy the physical nature of what that position requires, but you also have to be smart in how you practice.

“His edge and his personality has been a welcomed addition to the room.”

Former Giants great Carl Banks is also a fan of the personality the 6-foot-5, 313-pound Hudson brings to the Giants.

On a recent episode of the Bleav in Giants podcast with Bob Papa, Banks called Hudson “the right kind of a—- to have on your offensive line ... he’s the right kind of jerk. You need that type of energy on your offensive line ... he’s going to make everybody upset that plays against him. It’s just the right attitude. Every offensive line needs one of those guys.”

Hudson had another good laugh when I asked him for his reaction to Banks’ comments.

“I think it’s a great compliment,” Hudson said. “I feel like every offensive line does need that one guy, that one or two guys that, they’re going to bring that energy whenever they’re on the field. And they’re not going to take, excuse my language, they’re not going to take s—- from anybody. And that’s who I am. I’m not taking nothing from nobody.

“I’m not going to let our group take anything from anybody. That’s just how I approach it.”

After two years of dithering around without a real backup plan at offensive tackle, and paying dearly for it as they went 3-15 in 18 games missed over those two seasons by star left tackle Andrew Thomas, the Giants signed the Browns’ 2021 fourth-round pick in free agency to be their swing tackle.

Thomas remains on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list after surgery for the Lisfranc injury that ended his 2024 season after six games. In his stead, Hudson is clearly the first-team left tackle.

The Giants, and Giants fans, hope that if he has to play Hudson will give them functional play that the Giants have not gotten without Thomas on the field. Whatever Hudson can give the Giants, everyone would still rather see Thomas play.

Hudson doesn’t think about that.

“That’s not my job to worry about,” Hudson said. “I ignore the outside noise. All I can do is just come into work every day and get better.

“That’s all I can worry about. I don’t worry about the outside noise. Who’s going to be playing, any of that. Like I said, I prepare as if I’m going to be the one that’s on the field regardless of the situation.”

Hudson played 49 games with 17 starts for Cleveland.

“Going to a new place, I feel like you always have to restart, prove yourself all over again,” Hudson said. “But the player that I am, I feel like I have to prove myself every time I step on the field.”

Hudson said energy and emotion have always defined his game.

“If I can think back to a play in my career that anybody could define the type of player that I am, it would be our [Cleveland’s] second game against Baltimore in 2023,” Hudson said. “We had a play at the end of that game where it just represented, represents the guy that I am. Our running back, Jerome Ford, got in the middle of a pile. And all I can remember is just pushing and just pushing and us turning a four-yard gain into an 11-yard gain.

“And after that play, all my emotions just came out. And I would say that that’s the, that’s who I am. You know, the moment that I stop, that you don’t see me out there bouncing around celebrating after a good play, celebrating with my guys, I’ll be done.

“That’s just the player that I am. That’s what makes the game fun for me.”

After the last couple of years, the Giants could certainly benefit from having a little fun.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/8/...me-attitude-to-new-york-giants-offensive-line

 

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Can you guess this Giants QB in today’s in-5 trivia game?

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Fantasy Football ‘25: New York Giants Fantasy Preview

The Giants #1 fantasy asset is no surprise | Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

A look at what Big Blue offers fantasy football managers this season

August is here at last, and the NFL preseason has kicked off! If you haven’t started prepping for your drafts in season-long redraft fantasy leagues, it’s time to get going. You can check out all of my preliminary preseason rankings and tiers, and other draft prep articles, at this link. I’ll have a lot more content for you as the month rolls along.

Big Blue View covers all things NY Giants. So today I’m going to focus on one team and one team only. That’s right, it’s time for my annual New York Football Giants fantasy preview!

Let’s start with a little game. See if you can guess what these numbers represent: 31, 31, 15, 30, 31. Give up? That’s the Giants’ ranking in points scored since 2020. Their ranking in total offense are similar for those five seasons, and last season the Giants were one of only four teams to average less than 300 yards of offense per game. Ugh.

Big Blue has featured one of the NFL’s most anemic offenses for half a decade, and while that prolonged malaise hasn’t completely doomed the Giants’ players from a fantasy perspective, it hasn’t helped. The Giants have been an offense to (mostly) avoid for fantasy for most of the 2020s. They head into this season with the same Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator as last year, and are projected to have as many as 10 returning starters on offense. The one notable change is at quarterback, plus some offensive line re-shuffling. Will it make a difference? Let’s take a look.

The big bright spot last season was sensational rookie receiver Malik Nabers, who quickly established himself as a high-end option at his position, and gives the team a true playmaker to build around. But he and the rest of the offense were plagued by inconsistent play from the offensive line and more importantly, sub-par performance from several different starters at the quarterback position. The QB room has been overhauled almost entirely and now features veterans Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston, and rookie Jaxson Dart. It’s an upgrade overall, but will it be enough to tip the scales for the entire offense? We’ll see soon enough.

I’ll go position-by-position for today’s exercise. All rankings shown are for Half-Point PPR, are on a Fantasy Points Per Game (FPPG) basis, and exclude the final week of the season. Preseason draft rankings represent Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) as of August 3.

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Danger-Russ is on his fourth team in five seasons

Quarterback

Wilson is expected to open the season as the starter, but at some point he’s likely to give way to the rookie Dart. Wilson has been a steady mid-range fantasy QB2 for the last few seasons and his veteran presence should provide some professionalism and stability, but not a ton of upside. Winston would bring more upside, but with it more volatility. A full season of him under center could mean 130 catches, 1,700 yards, and double-digit TDs for Nabers. Just saying…

In one-QB leagues none of the Giants quarterbacks is worth drafting, even as a backup. That’s partly because the position is so deep with strong options, but also, the uncertainty surrounding how many games each Giants’ QB will start pushes the value down. In Superflex/2QB leagues, Wilson is at best a lower-end QB2 but more likely a third quarterback. Wilson’s current ECR is QB30. Dart and Winston can live on the Waiver Wire as they await their potential turns. Winston is always a fun roller-coaster ride when he does get in. It’s hard to know what to expect if/when Dart gets his chance.

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Tyrone Tracy earned the starting role with fine play as a rookie

Running Back

The Giants’ backfield is one of the harder ones to handicap, as there are multiple backs in the mix with no clear alpha, as of now. 2024 fifth-round pick Tyrone Tracy was a very pleasant surprise as a rookie. He outplayed Devin Singletary and ran for almost 900 yards as a rookie, which was second only to Bucky Irving. Tracy was fantasy-relevant for a good chunk of the season and with a (hopefully) better O-line and quarterback room in 2025, the Giants’ running game should have some value this season and especially if the team can stay competitive and have balanced game scripts in the second halves of more games.

The complicating factor for Tracy is the addition of Cam Skattebo, who the Giants took in the fourth round of the 2025 draft. Camp reports on Skattebo have been promising (but do keep an eye on the hamstring injury he recently suffered), and he showed a three-down skillset at Arizona State where he had more than 1,700 rushing yards to go along with 45 catches for 605 receiving yards in 2024. With Singletary also in the mix, it’s hard to project how the opportunities will be divvied up, and how that might change as the season goes on. Right now Tracy has an ECR of RB31 while Skattebo is at RB36, and when you see teammates with draft rankings that close together it usually reflects uncertainty from the rankers. The good news is that both backs are ranked outside the Top-85 players, meaning you should be able to get them somewhere in the Round 8-9 range. Either or both could be good values at that price.

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Nabers and Robinson combined for 310 targets in 2025

Wide Receiver

For better or worse, the Giants haven’t had many true studs for fantasy in the last 25 years. I’m not talking about very good fantasy assets – I’m talking about first round picks, and/or players who are in the very top tier at their position. Odell Beckham, Jr. got there for a few years in the mid-2010s, as did Saquon Barkley a half-dozen or so years later. But that’s it.

Enter Nabers. The former L.S.U. star is coming off the kind of standout rookie campaign that immediately propelled Beckham and Barkley to fantasy stardom. He was targeted 170 times in 2024, which was second only to Ja’Marr Chase’s 175. But Nabers missed two games with a concussion and his 11.3 targets per game led the NFL. More stats to turn your head: He also led the NFL with a 34.9% team target share, and was third in the NFL with a 36.6% team target share in the red zone. You just don’t see rookies do that, but it became clear by Week 2 that he’s a special player who gets open all over the field, can make contested catches, and demands that kind of usage. Nabers turned that insane target volume into a 109-1,204-7 stat line and finished his rookie year tied with Mike Evans as the WR7. Right now his ECR is WR5, and overall player 8, meaning he’s a middle-to-back-of-the-first round pick for 2025. I have him ranked as the WR4.

The Giants should have steadier quarterback play in 2025 (at least to start the season), and hopefully that will translate to more sustained drives and scoring chances, which should benefit Nabers. The team also has the hardest schedule in the NFL, and that could also benefit Nabers if they’re chasing points week after week. His efficiency wasn’t all that great last season, but some of that can be blamed on the carousel of shaky QBs that Big Blue rolled out. There’s more meat on the bone to be had, and the arrow on Nabers is pointing up in year two.

Nabers wasn’t the only receiver on the Giants who was busy. After two injury-plagues seasons to start his career, shifty Wan’Dale Robinson caught 93 balls on 140 targets in 2024, tied with D.J. Moore for 10th among wide receivers in total targets. He’s more attractive in Full point PPR than in Half, but either way, he should continue to win from the slot and is a useful piece for depth. You’ll be able to get him with a pick late in drafts (current ECR = WR67, player 167 overall).

Deep threats Darius Slayton and Jalin Hyatt will mostly go undrafted in standard-sized leagues, which makes them Waiver Wire players to start the season. Barring something unexpected or injuries to the receivers ahead of them, they likely won’t have much value in 2025.

Tight End

Like Tracy and Nabers, presumptive starter Theo Johnson is part of the Giants’ excellent 2024 draft class. He was taken in the fourth round and like most players at his position, he wasn’t a big part of the passing offense as a rookie. Part of that was due to injury, as he only suited up for 12 games. He should improve on his meager pass-catching totals from 2024 (29-331-1 on 43 targets), but it’s hard to know how big his role will be. The Giants haven’t had a fantasy-relevant tight end since Evan Engram left the team. Could Johnson step up in a big way? It’s not probable, but it’s certainly possible, and the 6-foot-6, 250-pounder did score seven TDs in his final season at Penn State. He’s one of a large number of “deep sleeper” tight ends for 2025. His current ECR is TE35 (and he’s barely inside the Top-300 overall), meaning he’s going undrafted. Keep him on your Waiver Wire watch list.

Kicker

Graham Gano is a solid veteran kicker, but he’s not on a team with a potent offense and he kicks outdoors. There are at least 15 better choices with more weekly upside. He’s also a Waiver Wire guy.

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Memo to NFL QBs: The Giants are coming for you

Defense/Special Teams

While the Giants only won three games last season, their D/ST ranked 21st in fantasy points. Not great, and it wasn’t a unit that got started much in fantasy. But that’s not terrible either. The Giants’ defense should be better this season, and more to the point, their pass rush should be among the league’s most ferocious with the addition of third overall pick Abdul Carter, who many experts considered the best player in the draft. The Giants leaned into a strength with the selection of Carter, as they recorded 45 sacks last season, tied for eighth most in the NFL. If they can stay close in more games, and put teams in obvious passing situations more frequently, their pass rush should get home more than that in 2025. Don’t be surprised if the Giants’ pass rush is able to generate a decent number of turnovers. I think the Giants’ D/ST has a legitimate shot to finish as a Top-12 unit this season. I’m not recommending that you draft them to be your starting unit, but definitely keep an eye on them.

That’s a wrap. The bottom line is that the team will probably be a bottom-third, lower-scoring offense once again, but it should show some improvement across the board, and be less of a fantasy wasteland this year.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/8/4/24480474/fantasy-football-25-new-york-giants-fantasy-preview

 

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Linebacker Darius Muasau feels like “the puzzle is complete” on defense

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Darius Muasau is looking to raise the bar in Year 2

Few expected much when the New York Giants selected linebacker Darius Muasau out of UCLA with the 183rd pick of the 2024 NFL Draft.

After all, he’s undersized and not terribly athletic. As a late round pick, the realistic expectations were for a core special teams player. And Muasau did indeed become a significant contributor on special teams, with 248 snaps played over the course of the season. But what was unexpected was him starting his rookie year by picking off Sam Darnold in Week 1, then stepping in to pick up the slack when starting linebacker Bobby Okereke went down with a back injury later in the year.

Muasau proved to be more than just a special teams player. He’s was a solid linebacker as a rookie, which he could owe in part to an uncommon route to the NFL. Muasau played for UCLA but he hails from Hawaii, where he started playing football at the age of six.

“It’s very physical,” he said, describing football growing up in Hawaii. “I would say that’s the one word to describe football in Hawaii. All we do is – a lot of us just run the rock so everyone just runs the ball. So, I went to Mililani High School and we were very pass oriented. My teammate was Dillon Gabriel, the quarterback for the Browns right now. I also played running back at the time so that was very unique in my journey, playing running back all the way up until like senior year. That’s when I made the transfer to linebacker. It was very hard mouth, just run-the-rock physical, contact every play.”

Though he has a tough, physical background, Muasau acknowledges that he doesn’t have the raw athleticism of his peers. He weighs in at 6-foot, 230 pounds, with 31 1⁄2 inch arms and a 4.7-second 40-yard dash. Despite lacking anything like prototypical measurables, Muasau filled in admirably in his seven starts as a rookie. To that end, he credits his instincts.

“I’m not the biggest, I’m not the fastest, I’m not the strongest, but when I get out there, I feel like that’s what makes me unique is just my instincts,” he said. “That’s why I’m able to play at this level and I feel like that’s what made me unique, that’s why I got to the NFL, I feel, is just my instincts.”

“It’s just from hours and hours of studying film, playing football since I was like six years old,” he added.

He also understands that his game has to be played between the ears to get the absolute most of the traits he does have, as well as studying other linebackers for every possible edge.

“I think it’s also just me acknowledging that I’m not the biggest, I’m not the fastest but just learning how to use my strengths and applying it out there on the field,” he said. “So yeah, just a lot of studying film, learning certain techniques that are used not only from my teammates but other guys, other linebackers in the league, so just being able to study that and taking the good things from their games, taking the bad things, learning from that, learning from their mistakes and just applying it to my game.”

Overall, Muasau believes that he’s competing for a starting job, but also understands that the defense is getting pretty crowded.

“I think that’s the way you got to attack it every day, is every day I’m competing for a starting job,” he said. “Although I might not be starting, I might be special teams – any way that I can contribute to the team. That’s really what I’m all about.”

“Year two, I just feel building off of what we had last year, as a team and defensively, this is year two going into Coach Shane’s [Bowen] defense and I feel like we added a lot of pieces this offseason and I feel like the puzzle is complete right now,” he said. “It’s just a matter of us putting it together, going out there and executing on Sundays.”

It’ll be up to Shane Bowen to figure out how to put all the pieces together, but he certainly has a full box of Legos with which to build his defense.

“I mean, now we got – I’d say we got the best D-line in the NFL right now,” Muasau said, “so just letting those guys go out and go out on third down, try to manage first and second down, get our opponent to third-and-long and let our front go out there and eat. Now we got three premier edge rushers going out there and we got Dexter [Lawrence], we got Roy [Robertson-Harris], Darius Alexander, just a bunch of guys that can go out there and just rush the passer so really looking forward to that. I honestly look forward to watching that every day. I go out there and I’m watching one-on-ones and I’m just amazed at some things that they do every time. It’s crazy, watching Abdul go out there and pull out some crazy spin move or something that you never expected, but yeah man, it’s awesome.”

Muasau was a sixth round pick a year ago, and it’s a mark of just how good that draft class was that they all contributed. From Malik Nabers at sixth overall to Muasau at 183rd overall, all of the Giants’ 2024 rookies flashed when they were on the field.

“I think last year, we really set the standard as far as what we can go out and contribute,” he said. “We have a bunch of dawgs in our draft class. We got Malik, we got Tyrone [Tracy Jr.], we got (safety Tyler Nubin) Nub, we got (cornerback) Dru Phillips. I think the camaraderie that we bring is unmatched. We always get together – our rookie class from last year. Every time we had away games, home games, we would always get together, go out to dinners, just chop it up on how the team is doing.”

The Giants hope this year’s draft class can exceed the standard set by their 2024 class. These young players are the future of the franchise, a fact that even the veteran leaders in the locker room acknowledge.

“A lot of the vets, you got (defensive lineman Dexter) Dex (Lawrence), you got (outside linebacker Brian) Burns, they’re always coming up to the rookies from last year,” Muasau said. “They’re like, ‘Aye, you guys are the future of this program. You guys are really the future of this whole organization. You got to put the team on your back at times because everything is coming down to what you guys put on tape, how you guys carry yourself around the building. The staff is always looking at you guys. Whenever your number is called, you got to be able to step up.’ So, I feel like that’s what a lot of the guys drafted last year in our draft class really did and they put out a good showing and we’re really just trying to build off of that coming into this year.”

“We got a good rookie class this year,” he added, “with Abdul, we got Darius Alexander, we got guys on defense – on both sides of the ball, even Jaxson Dart, so just really looking to build off of that and set a higher bar for our standard.”

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/8/...ing-camp-defense-abdul-carter-burns-lawarence

 

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Montrell Washington making plays in long-shot bid for spot on Giants’ 53-man roster

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This New York Giants training camp is not Montrell Washington’s first rodeo as a bubble player trying to prove he belongs on an NFL roster.

A fifth-round pick by the Denver Broncos in 2022, Washington caught four passes but the Broncos released him at the end of the 2023 preseason. He spent most of the last two seasons on and off the practice squad of the Kansas City Chiefs, appearing in six games without catching a pass.

The 26-year-old has learned one important lesson from his three previous training camps:

“A play a day will keep the coaches away.”

Meaning, of course, keep making plays and no one will come to your locker to tell you the coach wants to see you … oh, and bring your playbook.

Washington has been making plenty of plays in recent practices. So many noticeable ones, in fact, that the volume of media requests — including one from Big Blue View — to speak with him on Monday led the Giants’ public relations staff to put Washington on the podium in front of everyone.

Washington’s favorite play of camp? The one-handed grab he made Monday morning on a sideline throw by Jaxson Dart, which featured Washington leaping above a defensive back to make the catch.

“It was crazy, it just happened, I can’t lie to you,” Washington said. “It’s just like an instinct, glad I brought it in.

“I’m just trying to make a play just to get on the team, to be honest with you. That’s just really it, I’m just trying to make plays every day. A play a day, my motto, a play a day, keep the coaches away. So, I’m trying to make as many plays as I can.”

In a crowded wide receiver room, it isn’t clear that the 5-foot-10, 170-pound Washington can keep the coaches away forever. One thing that is clear, though, is that he has gotten their attention.

With Darius Slayton and rookie Beaux Collins sidelined for the last couple of practices, Washington has been receiving a modicum of first-team reps.

Those first-team opportunities are nice, but Washington is simply focused on taking advantage of his opportunity regardless of what group it is with.

“I’m just trying to make a play, kind of a next man up role. We don’t like when guys go down, but I’m just trying to be there to show the guys I’m available, I’m locked in,” Washington said. “I can be that guy to make a play for you guys when y’all need me to, not saying I’ll be able to be a starter or anything like that, but when y’all need me, I’m available and I’m ready.

“If I’m in with the third team, fourth team, first team, whatever team I’m in on, a play a day will keep the coaches away. Don’t matter what it is, and I just go by that, to be honest with you. I’m just trying to make plays with anybody I can, to be honest, just so coaches can see.”

Washington was also a prolific kickoff and punt returner as a college player at Samford. Perhaps that skill might help him stick around, even if it just as a member of the practice squad.

“That’s another way for me to kind of make the team,” Washington said. “We got good receivers, great receivers. Like I said, yeah, I’m making plays, but at the end of the day, you still got to do what you got to do, and I’m a returner as well. So hopefully I can make plays returning as well for my team.”

Washington played with Giants quarterback Russell Wilson during the 2022 season in Denver. Thinking back to their time with the Broncos made Washington think of an opportunity wasted.

“I’m just trying to make sure and show him that I’ve changed from my rookie year to now,” Washington said. “I’m locked in and I’m ready for whatever opportunity comes my way.

“To be honest with you, when I came into the league, I had a whole different mindset. It was just different, I can be honest with you. I came in kind of young-minded, I wasn’t studying enough, wasn’t really taking advantage of my opportunities, I feel like, personally. And now, going over the years, being with Denver, first year, leaving there, somebody took my job, I left, went somewhere different, was able to play a little bit there, didn’t get to what I wanted, but played enough. But now, I see what it takes now, I feel like, and I’m ready. I’m ready to attack each day like it’s my last. I want to be that starter, I want to be that guy to make the play, which I know I can, you know what I mean? So, I’m just trying to do whatever I can to be out there on Sundays with the 53.”

So far, what Washington has done has been pretty good.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/8/...bid-for-spot-new-york-on-giants-53-man-roster

 

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Giants training camp 2025: Live updates from Day 11

The New York Giants will be back to practice on Wednesday following an off day on Tuesday. It is still training camp, even though there will be no fans in attendance. The Giants, though, will practice with an eye toward Saturday’s preseason opener against the Buffalo Bills.

Live updates​

Updates to come.

More coverage​

• James Hudson bringing a welcome attitude to New York Giants’ offensive line
• Kudos & Wet Willies’: Who’s up, who’s down after another week of New York Giants training camp
• Giants training camp: What we learned on Day 9
• Takeaways from Giants’ first unofficial preseason depth chart
• Giants roster moves: New running back, linebacker signed

Big Blue View on social media​

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Remaining open practices​

Gates will open at 8:30 a.m. ET
All practices will begin at approx. 10 a.m. ET*

Wednesday, Aug. 13 (Jets Joint Practice)

*Scheduled times subject to change. In the event of inclement weather, practice will be moved indoors and there will be no public viewing. For the most up-to-date information on training camp, visit Giants.com, @Giants on Twitter, the Giants App, or call the Training Camp Hotline at 201.935.8111 ext. 1070.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/new-yor...s-training-camp-2025-live-updates-from-day-11

 

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Giants training camp 2025: Live updates from Day 11

The New York Giants will be back to practice on Wednesday following an off day on Tuesday. It is still training camp, even though there will be no fans in attendance. The Giants, though, will practice with an eye toward Saturday’s preseason opener against the Buffalo Bills.

Live updates​

It appears as though Nabers sitting out the end of practice was by design as the coaches and training staff look to manage his load heading into the season.

Malik Nabers says sitting out for a significant part of today’s practice was part of the Giants’ plan to manage him for the games and to have him ready. Acknowledged he is giving trainers feedback regularly on how he’s feeling #Giants https://t.co/RSNo6ZsKeJ pic.twitter.com/PJLP0aDbAr

— Pat Leonard (@PLeonardNYDN) August 6, 2025

Deonte Banks with his first INT of camp. Picks off Russell Wilson on a downfield throw intended for Wan’Dale Robinson

Nic Jones later stole Jaxson Dart INT out of the air low near the sideline from Montrell Washington #Giants

— Pat Leonard (@PLeonardNYDN) August 6, 2025

Malik Nabers has not participated in the #Giants’ last two extended 1st team 11-on-1 periods. Has stood and watched behind the defensive sideline, at times conversing with trainer/strength coaches, otherwise just observing

— Pat Leonard (@PLeonardNYDN) August 6, 2025

CB Nic Jones continues to torment Jaxson Dart — or perhaps prove that he’s great depth at the cornerback position.

Nic Jones picked off Jaxson Dart. Jones is someone to keep an eye on Saturday vs Bills.
He’s been having a good camp.

— Brandon London (@BrandonLondonTV) August 6, 2025

Nabers remained on the sideline for the Giants’ two-minute drill, meanwhile Tae Banks picked off a Russell Wilson throw intended for Wan’Dale Robinson.

Tae Banks picks off a Russell Wilson throw to Wandale Robinson.
Banks’ 1st pick of training camp.
Defense showed him love.@nypostsports #Giants

— Brandon London (@BrandonLondonTV) August 6, 2025

Malik Nabers walked off the field and may be getting attention from trainers. He had that hard landing which may have injured his shoulder, as well as the ongoing concern with his toe. This is another situation to monitor as we get ready for preseason games and the regular season.

WR Malik Nabers walked off last series to the sidelines and appeared to be get some attention.

He’s still on sidelines just watching. #giants

— Charlotte Carroll (@charlottecrrll) August 6, 2025

Long ball from Russell Wilson to Jalin Hyatt, working in place of Slayton. Good coverage from Banks & Nubin. Hyatt got his hands on it, but Nubin slapped it out. #Giants

— Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) August 6, 2025

Add newly-signed veteran RB Jonathan Ward to the list of potentially injured players to watch. He went inside as well.

New RB Jonathan Ward also just walked inside. Didn’t see what happened here though https://t.co/4gVLTlelgx

— Charlotte Carroll (@charlottecrrll) August 6, 2025

The Giants have an injury situation to watch as backup left tackle James Hudson III went inside with trainers. Brian Burns also reportedly appeared to limp, but continued to practice.

#Giants swing tackle James Hudson III, who has practiced as the first-team left tackle in Andrew Thomas’ absence, just left practice and went inside with trainers. Walked there on his own but something to watch … Edge rusher Brian Burns was limping around earlier after 1-on-1s…

— Pat Leonard (@PLeonardNYDN) August 6, 2025

#Giants OC Mike Kafka speaking on what he’s seen from Evan Neal so far in camp pic.twitter.com/09yeEuODV3

— Emory Hunt (@FBallGameplan) August 6, 2025

Just asked #Giants DC Shane Bowen about the creative versatility of Carter https://t.co/tDY1VWtO67 pic.twitter.com/hjbUGXWxK8

— Emory Hunt (@FBallGameplan) August 6, 2025

#Giants STC Michael Ghobrial speaking on the mindset of the ‘special teamer’ in today’s game and what he’s seen from rookies that come into the #NFL & how they attack playing in those roles pic.twitter.com/TgOwQfNaRe

— Emory Hunt (@FBallGameplan) August 6, 2025

More coverage​

• James Hudson bringing a welcome attitude to New York Giants’ offensive line
• Kudos & Wet Willies’: Who’s up, who’s down after another week of New York Giants training camp
• Giants training camp: What we learned on Day 9
• Takeaways from Giants’ first unofficial preseason depth chart
• Giants roster moves: New running back, linebacker signed

Big Blue View on social media​

BBV on X: Follow @BigBlueView | Ed Valentine: @Valentine_Ed | Threads: @ed.valentine | Bluesky: @edvalentine
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Remaining open practices​

Gates will open at 8:30 a.m. ET
All practices will begin at approx. 10 a.m. ET*

Wednesday, Aug. 13 (Jets Joint Practice)

*Scheduled times subject to change. In the event of inclement weather, practice will be moved indoors and there will be no public viewing. For the most up-to-date information on training camp, visit Giants.com, @Giants on Twitter, the Giants App, or call the Training Camp Hotline at 201.935.8111 ext. 1070.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/new-yor...s-training-camp-2025-live-updates-from-day-11

 

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Malik Nabers following Giants’ plan to make him ‘as healthy as I need to be’

There was a brief sense of alarm when New York Giants star wide receiver Malik Nabers went to the sideline during Wednesday’s practice and did not return.

After practice, though, Nabers said there was nothing to be worried about. His lightened workload was “part of the plan” of “making sure I’m as healthy as I need to be when it’s time to play ball.”

Nabers, of course, missed spring practices as he rehabbed a toe injury. He left a practice last week with a shoulder injury, but has shown no ill effects from that.

Nabers said he is “doing fine” despite being seen spending a lot of time talking with the Giants trainers.

“They’re really just asking me questions, asking me how I feel, telling me all of the things that are going to be ahead of the plan today – what I’m going to be doing at practice and how I’m going to be doing it,” Nabers said. “Just keeping those guys in the know of how I feel and what they want me to do, so it’s just a process that I just have to follow.”

Nabers’ importance to the Giants on the field was shown during his rookie season when he caught a franchise-record 109 passes.

New quarterback Russell Wilson has noticed the second-year wide receiver becoming willing to lead.

“Malik’s done a great job just his leadership, his voice in the film room too. He’s done a great job with that,” Wilson said. “I’ve been telling him that the more he communicates what he sees and feels, not just to us quarterbacks but really to the group as a receiver and we’re all want to be on the same page. I think he’s doing a great job of that. He’s really just stepped into that role, the leadership role.’

Nabers said he is learning to “sometimes get out of my mode” and use his voice.

“I talk to myself a lot. I talk to myself in my head, and I’m always quiet a lot, so sometimes I have to step outside of those boundaries and get guys riled up and get them going, get my receiver group going, and that’s just a part of just being a leader and just wanting to be better for my team,” he said.

What has Nabers found unique or exciting about working with Wilson?

“I would probably say his timing. His arm angles, where he can deliver the ball, whether they be sidearm through a defender,” Nabers said. “He’s put the ball in some crazy spots that I thought would never get to me, but it made it there. Or just, like you said, the moon ball is easy to catch. He drops it right in the bucket. He’s able to put the ball in a position that only his receiver can catch the ball.”

Nabers hopes to make more explosive plays in 2025.

“If I can get three passes for 160 yards, I’ll take that rather than 10,” Nabers said.

I think the Giants would agree.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/new-yor...s-plan-to-make-him-as-healthy-as-i-need-to-be

 

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Giants news, 8/8: Dart, Carter set for debuts, Brian Daboll, Deonte Banks, more headlines

Good morning, New York Giants fans!

From Big Blue View​

• New York Giants’ rookie Abdul Carter will ‘put it all on film’ vs. Bills
• Giants’ QB Jaxson Dart: ‘There’s no light that’s too bright to play in’
• Giants training camp 2025: Live updates from Day 12
• Giants at Bills: Veteran starters indicate willingness to play
• Giants release Ty Summers from IR with injury settlement
• NFC East Notebook: Micah Parsons drama in Dallas, Terry McLaurin still without contract
• Fantasy Football ‘25: 13 draft tips to help you dominate your league

Other Giant observations​

What We Learned: Rookies ready for NFL debut | Giants.com​

To try to combat any nervousness before their debuts, Daboll met with the rookie class where he had several of the team’s veterans talk to the first-year players on what to expect this Saturday.

“I had a meeting with those guys two days ago and had a number of vets talk to them about their first game that they played in,” Daboll said. “A variety of people – maybe a guy in the second year, a guy that’s played a long time, they gave them good messaging. Again, football is football. But I think it’s important for those guys to hear from the guys that have actually went out there and played and remember their first game. Usually you remember your first game, even though it’s a preseason game. And they all delivered good messages to the players that talked to them.”

Cam Skattebo worked on the sidelines on Thursday​

Cam Skattebo is working off to the side at Giants camp today pic.twitter.com/gHVtK99Yn5

— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) August 7, 2025

Giants preseason preview: What can they do to avoid another slow start to the season? | The Athletic​

Daboll said he’s researched different approaches to preseason playing time and concluded there’s not “one right formula.” But there is an undeniable benefit to getting players action in a live setting before the season starts.

“There’s no substitute for playing the game,” Daboll said. “You have to tackle. You don’t do a whole lot (in practice). There’s no substitute for a quarterback when he knows he can get hit. There’s no substitute for an offensive guard cleaning the pocket or being very physical in the run game in gang tackling.”

Giants’ Deonte Banks making push for starting cornerback spot | New York Post​

“He’s been able to get his hands on footballs more, I feel like, this early on in training camp,’’ Bowen said. “More so than what it was last year. He’s working. He’s working. He’s competing for the job. He’s trying to earn it, just like everybody else is trying to earn their play time. I thought Flott was doing a really good job. From the spring to now, he was probably one of the guys that had the most pass breakups. So just continue that competition.’’

1 Player Each NFL Team Should Put on the 2025 Trade Block This Preseason | Bleacher Report​

New York Giants: Edge Kayvon Thibodeaux. Trading the 2022 first-round pick could be a terrific move for the rebuilding Giants. After recording 17 sacks over the last two seasons, he should have decent trade value, and the Giants could use extra draft capital to put toward Dart’s future supporting cast—they traded a 2026 third-round pick as part of their move to get Dart.

Matthew Berry sees the fantasy potential in Theo Johnson​

Theo one my fave super late TE's this year. https://t.co/ZEo8QMtCKY

— Matthew Berry (@MatthewBerryTMR) August 5, 2025

Graham Gano Looking Like the Gano of Old, Says Coach | SI.com​

“Yeah, from what I’ve seen Graham has looked, I thought he played his best ball towards the back quarter of the season. And it looked like he was the Graham Gano that everybody knows. A very successful veteran kicker that has the clutch trait, that’s weather tested, that has good range, good accuracy, and good operation time,” said special teams coordinator Michael Ghobrial. “He kicked well in the offseason, and he’s kicked well in training camp. Health-wise, I’m excited to see what he can do. I know he takes care of his body, and that’s something he stays connected to. And he’s done a great job for us.”

A Giants’ giant: The Hall of Fame legacy of ‘Grandpa Frank’ Gifford lives on | The Record​

Cody Gifford is rooting hard for the day he gets to experience that again, this time with his own son who carries with him the name of a franchise legend; a second son, Ford; and a third child he and his wife Erika are expecting in September.

“We lived it, we breathed it, but my dad never forced the Giants on us,” Cody said. “Like Eli [Manning] said, ‘Once a Giant, only a Giant, always a Giant’ – that was my dad, too, and that goes for our entire family, too. That will never change. We take incredible pride in 16, and we’ll always share that with all our children, and Frankie especially. I’ll make sure he knows the legacy of the man he’s named after.”

Around the league​

Bills’ Josh Allen ‘desperately’ wants James Cook on field, but supportive of RB amid contract dispute | NFL.com

Matthew Stafford to work out Saturday, will practice Monday if all goes well | Pro Football Talk

Sources: Steelers’ Cameron Heyward wants new contract | ESPN.com

Chargers star LT Rashawn Slater carted off with apparent leg injury at practice | CBSSports.com

Baker Mayfield, George Kittle among NFL players against smelling salt ban | SBNation.com

Archie Manning says grandson Arch will remain at Texas next season, skip 2026 NFL Draft | The Athletic

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Can the Giants’ secondary give the pass rush enough time to be great?

The prospects for the 2025 New York Giants’ defense are a tale of two units. Up front, the Giants look like they could have a devastatingly effective pass rush: Dexter Lawrence, arguably the best pass-rushing interior lineman in the NFL; Brian Burns and Kayvon Thibodeaux on the edge, who together constituted one of the better pairs of edges in the league last season; and new supporting players Chauncey Gholston and Darius Alexander. Add to that the No. 3 draft pick, Abdul Carter, who has terrorized Giants’ offensive linemen thus far in training camp, and the possibility that the Giants’ pass rush could be the best in the NFL is not all that far-fetched.

It’s the back end of the defense that is the big question mark. Dru Phillips and Tyler Nubin had very good rookie seasons, but both of them did their best work in the box or the slot and neither was a ballhawk. On the outside, Deonte Banks was a disaster last season and hasn’t yet inspired confidence during training camp. Free agent signing Paulson Adebo is the new CB1, but he’s coming back from injury and tied for the league lead last season in frequency of being targeted (4.6 snaps per target). Jevon Holland, the new free safety, followed up his elite 2023 with a subpar 2024 in which he had a 111.3 passer rating against.

As we discussed a while back, defensive back performance is more variable and unpredictable from year to year than that of wide receivers, so it’s hard to say whether the 2025 Giants’ defensive backfield is going to be a strength or liability, even though there is talent on the roster.

The question I’d like to ask here is: How are a defense’s pass rush and coverage related in making a defense successful or not? First, let’s look at the quality of the pass rush of NFL teams to understand what makes for an effective pass rush. I’ll use the Pro Football Focus team pass rush grade for this purpose, but before I do, it’s worth understanding how PFF defines their pass rush grade:

To earn a positive grade, a rusher must win his block or affect the play beyond the base level of expectations on a given passing play. The quicker the win, the better the grade.

PFF’s grade is all about a pass rusher beating his blocker. Most of the attention for pass rushers comes from sacks, and indeed sacks are the most impactful pass rush outcomes in general. Sacks occur for various reasons, though, some of them having less to do with the rusher and more to do with the quarterback running into the sack, or holding the ball too long, etc. Not surprisingly, then, the correlation between team sacks and team pass rush grade (.41) is smaller than the correlation between pass rush grade and pressure percentage (.47). (Sacks and pressure rates were obtained from Pro Football Reference’s team defense rankings.) But just beating your man is enough to get a QB’s attention, even before the rusher gets close enough to record a pressure.

The figure below shows the individual team PFR pressure rates vs. PFF pass rush grades, with a few key teams identified. It’s easy to see that overall the relationship between the two is pretty good, but with two exceptions – the Philadephia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Those happen to be PFF’s highest graded pass rushes for the 2024 season. Neither team, though, had an impressive pressure rate. Pittsburgh’s was comparable to that of the Giants, while Philadelphia’s was actually considerably less, in fact one of the lowest in the NFL. The same is true for sacks – the Eagles’ 41 sacks and the Steelers’ 40 were middle of the pack and fewer than the Giants’ 45 last season…yet the Steelers’ and Eagles’ PFF pass rush grades were much higher than the Giants’ (though the Giants’ grade was still one of the highest).

The possible importance of this is that when defensive linemen are consistently beating their blockers, it creates an expectation of pressure – for the quarterback as well as the offensive coordinator, whose play calling may be affected if he thinks that slow-developing plays may be doomed.

I mention this because of the plot below which shows the team PFF coverage grade vs. the pass rush grade for each team. The plot divides roughly into two branches:

• a lower branch that contains teams whose PFF coverage grade was barely average or poor (roughly 63 or lower); for those teams there was no relationship between coverage grade and pass rush grade
• an upper branch in which there is a strong and statistically significant correlation (.72) between pass rush grade and coverage grade

This doesn’t prove anything, but here’s a hypothesis. There is no particular reason why teams’ defensive backfield quality should match their pass rush quality over a sample (the upper branch of the plot) as large as about half the teams in the league. Instead, perhaps there is a threshold of quality of pass coverage above which a team’s pass rush begins to have the desired effect: If defensive backs can stay with their receivers long enough for the pass rush to have an effect, then quarterbacks have to get rid of the ball before they see an open receiver.

Teams with poor pass coverage, on the other hand, do not benefit from a good pass rush because even when the quarterback sees a pass rusher bearing down, there is already an open receiver to get the ball to. In this scenario, the team coverage grade may only be partly due to the talent of the defensive backs – above some threshold, they are good enough to give the pass rush time to affect the quarterback. That in turn makes the defensive backs’ jobs easier, since they get to make plays before receivers get open more often, thus raising their coverage grade.

The Giants obviously did not have that last season. Their pass rush was plenty good enough, but the pass coverage was near the bottom of the league. The same was true for Dallas and Cleveland. All three finished with terrible records. Here are the Giants’ leading pass rushers compared to those of the Eagles and Steelers:

Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeaux, and Dexter Lawrence had pass rush win rates every bit as good as the Eagles’ and Steelers’ best, yet only the Eagles had a dominating defense because they had good enough pass coverage to exploit what the players up front were doing:

Was every single Eagles defensive back in their regular rotation better in coverage than anyone the Giants and Steelers put out there other than Dru Phillips? Maybe so, according to the ranked PFF coverage grades above. Or maybe the Eagles’ DBs were just good enough to hang with their receivers long enough for the opposing QB to get happy feet anticipating the Eagles’ pass rush. The quarterback sees that the rusher has beat his man and knows he’ll have to get the pass off quickly, but the defensive backs are still in position to make plays, leading to a good coverage grade.

Maybe I’m selling the Eagles’ DBs short. Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean were top 40 draft picks, after all, and everyone thought they would be good NFL players. Reed Blankenship on the other hand was an undrafted free agent, and C.J. Gardner-Johnson’s 2024 coverage grade of 81.3 was significantly higher than anything he posted in New Orleans or Detroit.

So while we’re focusing a lot of attention on Abdul Carter and Jaxson Dart during training camp, the bigger question for the Giants this season may be whether the group of Paulson Adebo and Jevon Holland, along with Dru Phillips, Tyler Nubin and someone, whether Deonte Banks or Cor’Dale Flott, can just stay with their men long enough to allow the pass rushers to win against their blockers and force quarterbacks into hurried, ill-advised throws, with or without lots of sacks or even actual pressures. If they can, the Giants’ pass rush may well be devastating, even if its sack totals are not impressive. If not, things may not look much different from last season.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/new-yor...ry-give-the-pass-rush-enough-time-to-be-great

 

[New York Giants]

Giants-Bills, preseason Week 1: Live updates

Second half live updates​

Ah, Jameis Winston. Throws a pick, gets it wiped away by an offside on the Bills. #NYGiants

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Intentional grounding on Jameis Winston, but that's a tough call. The receiver turned the opposite way after Winston released the throw.

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 9, 2025

Dante Miller just keeps making plays as a receiver in this game. So much sneaky value to keeping him in the mix at RB

— Joe DeLeone (@joedeleone) August 9, 2025

Well!! While I have been writing other stuff, the Bills just took the lead on a 39-yard touchdown pass from ex-Jet Mike White to K.J. Hamler. 17-16, Bills with 7:11 left in Q3. #NYGiants

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Giants rookie Marcus Mbow is back to right tackle with Josh Ezeudu back in at left tackle.

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 9, 2025

#Giants GM Joe Schoen on the broadcast on his first-round picks: “Yeah, it definitely didn’t seem too big for them. And that’s what it seemed like this spring and even in training camp. Each day they continue to get better. It never felt like it was too big for either of those…

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) August 9, 2025

Davidson gets at him

: NBC4/NFL Network pic.twitter.com/KA0EHYKnvh

— New York Giants (@Giants) August 9, 2025

Jameis Winston is in at QB. Jaxson Dart's debut is complete.

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 9, 2025

The Giants are down three CBs of note today: Cor'Dale Flott, Art Green and Tre Hawkins III.

All considered second or third team guys.

I think that's the biggest reason for Tae Banks playing the entire first half. Took one for the team.

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 9, 2025

First half live updates​

Abdul Carter played 6 snaps in his preseason debut.

3 snaps were rushing the passer.

All 3 pass rushes resulted in a pressure and hurry, per PFF and NextGenStats

— Doug Analytics (@Doug_Analytics) August 9, 2025

STATS: Nice showing by the Giants' quarterbacks in the first half. Russell Wilson went 6-of-7 for 28 yards. Jaxson Dart went 12-of-19 for 154 yards and one touchdown.

Want another positive stat? Zero sacks allowed by the first and second team offensive lines.

— Patricia Traina (@Patricia_Traina) August 9, 2025

Trubisky goes deep and connects with 2023 UDFA Tyrell Shavers for a 58-yard DOT

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— NFL+ (@NFLPlus) August 9, 2025

Very impressive debut for Jaxson Dart. He finishes the first half 12-for-19 for 154 yards, a TD and two FG drives. Should’ve had a few more completions, too. #Giants have to be pleased. pic.twitter.com/XYfa3x0YjQ

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) August 9, 2025

O'Donnell Fortune victimized for 58-yard pass that sets up a Bill's FG w/:04 left in the half. That's not a good way to bid for a roster spot. 23-yard FG good, #NYGiants lead at the half, 16-10.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Have to feel really good about what you've seen from Jaxson Dart in his debut. Decisive, made some great throws, used his athleticism. Threw a TD pass. Got points in 2-minute situation.

Dart: 12 of 19 for 154 yards with a TD + 3 rushes for 24 yards

— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) August 9, 2025

Jaxson Dart's two-minute drill against the Bills. pic.twitter.com/Wh0bCWAQD0

— Nick Falato (@nickfalato) August 9, 2025

Jaxson Dart went 3 for 4 for 37 yards on the Giants' FG drive in the two-minute drill.

Overall on his four first-half possessions he went 12 of 19 for 154 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs, and ran 3 times for 24 yards. He led one TD drive and two FG drives.

All good. pic.twitter.com/rYRSV21kz8

— Ralph Vacchiano (@RalphVacchiano) August 9, 2025

Graham Gano 51-yarder makes it 16-7 w/:29 left in the half. He's 3-3 from 50 yards and beyond. Smooth 7-play, 31-yard 2:00 drive run by Jaxson Dart.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Sliding in the pocket. Jaxson Dart changes arm angle. Hits Montrell Washington.

Another completion to Washington and Dart is cooking. Giants on the move running no-huddle.

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 9, 2025

Rookie Marcus Mbow has flipped sides for this 2-minute drill. He's now at left tackle and Stone Forsythe is at right tackle. Think Mbow has held up well so far.

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 9, 2025

Good return from Ihmir Smith-Marsette sets up Jaxson Dart and the offense for a 2-minute drill.

Three timeouts + 2-minute warning, 2:26 left and starts at the 36.

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 9, 2025

Two-minute drive for Dart upcoming. Daboll couldn't have drawn up this scenario any better for the rookie.

— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) August 9, 2025

It's incomplete, and Banks did well to force him off the red line…But damn, Banks struggles to locate the ball.

— Nick Falato (@nickfalato) August 9, 2025

That was a 12-play, 51-yard, 4:31 drive engineered by Jaxson Dart. He was 3 of 7 with a 19-yard run on the drive.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Have to feel good about the way Jaxson Dart has operated. Looks smooth. Showed the wheels on the scramble (slide!). Made an NFL throw to Montrell Washington on third-and-seven that has to be caught.

— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) August 9, 2025

Graham Gano with a 50-yard FG to make it 13-7, #NYGiants. That's two from at least 50 for Gano today. So, he might be shutting me up when it comes to the "can he still be trusted from deep" discussion.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Catchable ball for Montrell Washington from Jaxson Dart on third down, little low, but Washington could've had it. Difficulty high, though.

Dart right over to Washington as the offense made its way off the field and dapped him up.

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 9, 2025

Turbo Miller having a nice half for the #NYGiants. Three catches for 36 yards and three carries for 13. Could he force the Giants to keep him?

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Dante Miller is living up to the nickname Turbo.

— Ryan Dunleavy (@rydunleavy) August 9, 2025

All that matters is Jaxson Dart already looks better than Daniel Jones

— Joe DeLeone (@joedeleone) August 9, 2025

Another third-down conversion on a short screen to Turbo Miller.

13 yard gain on 3rd & 12. pic.twitter.com/HMAxLlU9Dy

— Nick Falato (@nickfalato) August 9, 2025

DART ON THE RUN

: NBC4/NFL Network pic.twitter.com/SWxKROlLgO

— New York Giants (@Giants) August 9, 2025

Jaxson Dart has made 2 very nice plays on his third series. Beautiful touch over rushers on a third-and-11 screen to Turbo Miller that ended up in a 13-yard gain. Then, a 19-yard scramble. Though, he didn't slide and took contact he should have avoided. #NYGiants

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Jaxson Dart's pocket awareness and calm is top notch so far.

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 9, 2025

19 yard scramble by Jaxson Dart. Big part of his game. #Giants

— Ryan Dunleavy (@rydunleavy) August 9, 2025

Sweet touch by Dart getting the ball over the oncoming rush to Turbo Miller on a screen for a first down on third and 12.

Then Dart breaks off a 19-yard scramble run.

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 9, 2025

Buffalo goes right down the field for a touchdown against the #NYGiants defensive backups. Mitchell Trtubisky hits Dawson Knox for 1-yard TD to cap six-play, 68-yard, 3:22 drive. 10-7 w/8:37 left in Q2.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Most backups now in on defense for #NYGiants. Good quarter of work for the starters. Tae Banks still in at cornerback.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

JAXSON DART goes 29 yards to Lil'Jordan Humphrey for a touchdown.

3rd & 5, took a massive hit…
Great to see a QB lead a receiver for a score. pic.twitter.com/FQLsvoiJ4l

— Nick Falato (@nickfalato) August 9, 2025

Dart 3 of 4 for 75 yards on that drive. Had a tipped pass nearly picked off, but ruled to have hit the ground before Joe Andreesen caught it. Dart's first TD in the books!

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

One play after barely avoiding his first INT on a pass that was tipped at the line, Jaxson Dart throws a … well, a dart (yeah, I said it) for a 29-yard TD pass to Lil'Jordan Humphrey.

Dart took a hit on the throw and still put it on Humphrey's hands at the goal line.

— Ralph Vacchiano (@RalphVacchiano) August 9, 2025

WHOA! Big-time throw by Jaxson Dart. Perfect placement on TD to Lil'Jordan Humphrey.

Welcome to #NyGiants

— Ryan Dunleavy (@rydunleavy) August 9, 2025

Jaxson Dart throws beautiful 28-yard TD pass to Lil'Jordan Humphrey on a go route. Giants lead 10-0 with 11:59 left in the half. Nice 7-play, 80-yard drive.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Montrell Washington continues a nice summer for the #NYGiants by turning a 3-yard quick out into a 28-yard catch-and-run.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

The #NYGiants first-team defense gave up 26 yards on 8 plays in the first quarter. Granted, Mitchell trubisky was at QB but that is still good work.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Defense is getting a 2nd series for the #NYGiants. Offense was one and done.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Abdul Carter's pretty good.

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 9, 2025

Super quick inside move by Abdul Carter and Robertson-Harris hits Mitch again, but was called for "roughing" idk pic.twitter.com/5OUb5z0MX4

— Billy M (@BillyM_91) August 9, 2025

The #Giants starting defense remains out there for the second series.

— Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) August 9, 2025

Jaxson Dart goes 3 of 4 for 16 yards with really nice presence on a short completion to Greg Dulcich to avoid presssure and get a pass off for a 7-yard gain. Six-play, 19-yard drive ending in a punt.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

That's something you don't see every day: Dulcich was open on an in route. Nice pass from Dart, too. Would have been a first down.

Dulcich … ducked. Ball went over his head incomplete.

— Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) August 9, 2025

Jaxson Dart’s first NFL (preseason) completion.
pic.twitter.com/0UGNnTSa8r

— Ralph Vacchiano (@RalphVacchiano) August 9, 2025

#Giants offensive line protecting Jaxson Dart:
LT Josh Ezeudu
LG Aaron Stinnie
C Austin Schlottman
RG Jake Kubas
RT Marcus Mbow

— Ryan Dunleavy (@rydunleavy) August 9, 2025

Jaxson Dart's first play is a 9-yard pass to Zach Pascal. And so it begins. #NYGiants

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

And, it is Jaxson Dart time for the #NYGiants. Backup OL also in. Starters on offense done for the day. Maybe on defense, too. We'll see.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Nice 1st drive for the Giants killed by back-to-back false start and holding penalties on James Hudson. Graham Gano easily good from 53 yards, which is a good sign. Giants 3, Bills 0. Russell Wilson 6-of-7, 28 yards on 12-play, 30-yard, 7:40 drive.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

We saw play action, moving the pocket, Wan'Dale Robinson working outside to atch an 11-yard pass, and a nice mix of run game on that drive.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Pre-game updates​

Starting OL is no surprise.

The #NYG starting OL during warmups:
LT James Hudson, LG Jon Runyan Jr., C John Michael Schmitz, RG Greg Van Roten, RT Jermaine Eluemunor.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

No Malik Nabers, Dexter Lawrence, Evan Neal, or Jalin Hyatt.

Have not seen CBs Cor'Dale Flott, Tre Hawkins and Art Green. Of course, I may have missed them in the mass of humanity on the field.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

Malik Nabers, Darius Slayton, Jalin Hyatt not warming up. Three of #NYGiants top four WRs. No Dexter Lawrence or Evan Neal either, it looks like.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

I'm not sure it translates to a game, but #NYG placekicker Graham Gano was just good — easily — from 55 yards off the tee during warmups. His ability to hit the long kicks is a question mark at 38 and coming off back-to-back injury-shortened seasons.

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

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A few pre-game thoughts​

• Playing Russell Wilson and whatever starters are healthy enough at least a bit is the right decision. The Giants have looked unprepared in their last two season openers, they are not an established team, and that simply cannot happen again.
• I highly doubt that we will see wide receiver Malik Nabers or defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence. The Giants have managed the reps of their best offensive and defensive players carefully this summer.
• Really curious to see who steps at wide receiver, cornerback and defensive line. Lots of competition for depth spots at those positions.
• It will be a bummer if Evan Neal doesn’t play. He needs as many live reps as he can get as he transitions to guard, and he was apparently banged in practice on Thursday.
• I will not conclude that Jaxson Dart is a Hall of Famer or a bust based on today. I will not conclude that Jaxson Dart is a Hall of Famer or a bust based on today. I will not …

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The new Highmark Stadium is taking shape.

Construction of the Bills' new stadium is going on directly across the street from Highmark Stadium. Here is what it looks like. pic.twitter.com/nGH9ldiUho

— Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 9, 2025

It’s time to get ready for some football!

Settled in at Highmark Stadium for Giants-Bills. Follow Bigblueview.com for all your coverage. #NYG

— Ed Valentine (@edvalentine.bsky.social) 2025-08-09T14:12:08.372Z

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Preview​

First-round picks Abdul Carter and Jaxson Dart will see their first NFL action on Saturday when the New York Giants face the Buffalo Bills in preseason action. Kickoff at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. will be at 1 p.m. ET, with the game televised on NFL Network and WNBC.

“It’s important. It’s important for all the young guys to get out there and experience live action in NFL games,” said Giants head coach Brian Daboll. “It’s their first one. It’s something they’ll always remember, too, these young players. We’ll give them as many reps as we can give them.”

In terms of who else would or would not play, Daboll would only say during the week that the Giants would “do what we think is best for the team.”

Apparently, that will include starters playing. Quarterback Russell Wilson is expected to start, meaning that other healthy first-team players should also see at least some action.

This is a homecoming of sorts for Daboll and GM Joe Schoen. Daboll, of course, grew up in the area and was Bills’ offensive coordinator before becoming head coach of the Giants. Schoen was assistant general manager for Buffalo before getting his current job.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/new-yor...n-week-1-live-updates-russell-wilson-to-start

 

[New York Giants]

2025 Rookie report – How did the newest Giants fare against the Bills?

The New York Giants 34-25 win over the Buffalo Bills in the preseason opener was about as good a start to the year as we could have asked.

From Russell Wilson smoothly operating the offense against the Bills’ starters while missing several of the Giants’ best players to what I can only describe as a “Victory Tush Push” after a goal line stand, there was a lot of good on Saturday night.

Sprinkled throughout the night were performances from the Giants’ 2025 rookie class. The Giants are depending on a lot going right if they want a quick turnaround from the mess that was 2023 and 2024. But if they want to build a consistent winner that can be competitive for years to come, they’ll need their rookies to form the foundation.

This was our first look at this year’s rookies in live game action, so how did they do against real NFL competition?

Abdul Carter (EDGE – 3rd overall)​

Six snaps.

That’s all the work Carter got spread over two defensive series ( which totaled eight plays), and that’s all the third overall pick needed to put the NFL on notice.

Three of Carter’s snaps were rushing the passer, and he generated three pressures. One was against guard O’Cyrus Torrence and the other two were against four-time Pro Bowl left tackle Dion Dawkins, and Carter simply didn’t look like a rookie as he blew past the Pro Bowler. The rookie’s ankle flexion, in particular, is otherworldly.

I won’t belabor the point: Good player is good. But I will let Brian Baldinger tell you just how good.

.@Giants @1NCRDB1 these are 3 of his 6 plays on Saturday afternoon. He can line up anywhere; and will. Going to be a blast watching this talent develop. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/7nTP31qW0Z

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) August 10, 2025

Jaxson Dart (QB – 25th overall)​

This is another one where I won’t belabor the point: Dart had an excellent first showing, and did so against many of the Bills’ starters.

It wasn’t perfect and there were a couple throws that seemed to get away from him toward the end of the half. That said, I was extremely impressed by how smoothly Dart operated.

He naturally flowed within the pocket was efficient working through his progressions. There multiple times when he visibly got to his fourth read, and also understood not only when to find his check-down, but also where his answers were. His touch and ball placement were generally very good, as was his decision making. He never really made a poor decision with the ball or was slow in reaching his decisions.

Darius Alexander (iDL – 65th overall)​

Alexander’s debut wasn’t nearly as spectacular as those of Carter and Dart.

The defensive tackle had to wait until the Giants’ put in their backups to see the field, and he didn’t have much of an impact once out there. Part of that was by design, as he was pretty frequently asked to hold double teams and create one-on-one matchups for his teammates. The other part is a hint at what the rookie needs to work on as practices and the preseason progress.

Alexander did show off the explosiveness we saw on tape from him at Toledo when he got to attack individual gaps. He has a powerful first step and played with good leverage when penetrating into the backfield. However, he also seems to have a bit of a habit of getting tied up hand-fighting with blockers. It should eventually be a good thing that he’s concerned with being a technician early in his career. After all, Dexter Lawerence himself had a frustrating habit of disappearing in games because he didn’t have the technique to unlock his athletic tools early in his career.

For now, Alexander might want to focus on streamlining his approach to one primary and one counter move, instead of throwing a whole toolbox at blockers. He has the traits to be a disruptive interior rusher, and hopefully things will click sooner rather than later. As far as baselines go, this wasn’t stellar, but it wasn’t terrible either and now the important thing is building on what he did well and improving on what he didn’t.

Cam Skattebo (RB – 105th overall)​

Skattebo didn’t play as he works his way back from a hamstring injury suffered earlier in camp.

It’s too bad, because I was really looking forward to unveiling my nickname for him — “The Skattish Hammer”.

But on the bright side, Skattebo’s absence created an opportunity for Dante Miller to shine. With all due respect to Devin Singletary, my hope is that Skattebo, Tyrone Tracy, and Miller become the new “Earth, Wind, and Fire” rotation for the Giants.

Marcus Mbow (OT – 154th overall)​

The expectations change as you get into the third day of the draft. And from that perspective, Mbow had a solid outing against the Bills.

He came out with the rest of the second team offensive line and manned the right tackle position. He flipped sides to play left tackle in the two minute drill at the end of the first half, then finished his outing as the right tackle in the third quarter.

Mbow was notably quick out of his stance and moved well when mirroring pass rushers off the edge. He held up well enough in pass protection at both left and right tackle, which is likely why the Giants are starting him as a swing tackle. Even if he didn’t win right off the snap, Mbow’s athleticism allowed him to recover and escort rushers around the pocket.

It wasn’t a perfect debut from Mbow, and he definitely has things to work on. Most notably, he struggled against power from the Bills’ rushers, at times getting pushed back deep into the pocket.

Developing strength is a long process and will likely need a couple dedicated training blocks over the off-season, so we can’t expect Mbow to get noticeably stronger this year. Instead, he should probably spend his time polishing his technique to make sure he’s constantly maximizing his leverage. His worst reps featured his hands landing outside defenders’ framework as well as some slightly high pads. If he can win inside leverage as well as keep his pads down, it should help minimize any strength deficits, as well as make him more effective in the run game.

Thomas Fidone (TE – 219th overall)​

We’ll start with the negative: Fidone started his afternoon with a false start penalty on the first play of the Giants’ two-minute drill (technically at 2:26 on the clock). The Giants had a run for no gain on the 1st and 15, but Jaxson Dart was able to wipe out the penalty yardage with an 18-yard pass on second down. I won’t blame Fidone’s penalty for the team had to settle for a field goal that drive, but that’s still not a good first impression to make.

That said, he redeemed himself with two huge catches in the second half. The first was on a two-point conversion from Jameis Winston in which he snagged the ball in traffic to put the Giants up 24-17 at the end of the third quarter.

Two-point conversion: Jameis Winston to Thomas Fidone! pic.twitter.com/jAjJnjQLcx

— Nick Falato (@nickfalato) August 9, 2025

The second was on a Tommy DeVito pass for a fourth down conversion in the fourth quarter. Once again, Fidone did a fantastic job of locating the ball, adjusting, and extending to make a “hands” catch at the edge of his catch radius.

Using that LONG wingspan! Another catch for Thomas Fidone on 4th down pic.twitter.com/T9Y8nYqGG9

— Talkin’ Giants (@TalkinGiants) August 9, 2025

Fidone has an uphill battle to make the Final 53-man roster. The Giants will have some tough decisions to make at several position groups, and the numbers game could be brutal this year. But catches like the ones Fidone made absolutely will get coaches’ attention and should lead to him getting opportunities next week against the Jets. It will be fascinating to see whether he can do enough to force the team to move on from Chris Manhertz or Daniel Bellinger.

Korie Black (CB – 246th overall)​

The Giants’ final draft pick didn’t play this game. He was absent from multiple practices to start August and every missed rep is a missed opportunity. Players selected at the end of the draft have very few opportunities, and every one is precious.

Undrafted players​

Dalen Cambre (WR) – Cambre didn’t get any catches, though he got a pair of targets. What’s notable is that he was on the field very early in the game and started getting snaps with the starters on the first drive.

We should note that Wan’Dale Robinson was the only starting receiver active for the game. But even so, it still says something about how highly the coaches think of him that he was getting reps with the starters on the first drive of the game.

O’Donnell Fortune – It can’t all be rosy for the newest Giants. Fortune got burned badly at the end of the first half, very nearly giving up a long touchdown in the closing seconds. Credit to Fortune for not giving up on the play and hustling to keep Tyrell Shavers out of the endzone, but that was an ugly rep. The Giants’ secondary is better and deeper than it’s been in recent memory, but there are still depth spots to be had. Plays like that aren’t going to endear him to coaches or earn opportunities to climb the depth chart.

Run out the clock? Nah, Trubisky lets it rip to Tyrell Shavers. 58 yards!

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— NFL (@NFL) August 9, 2025

Trace Ford (EDGE) – It was a good news, bad news afternoon for Ford, who went from setting up a touchdown for the Giants to very nearly setting up a touchdown for the Bills.

He had three tackles (one solo, two assists), and his solo tackle was a run stop for just a yard. And with three minutes to go in the game he recovered a bad snap which led directly to Tommy DeVito’s touchdown pass to Jonathan Ward.

UDFA Trace Ford recovers the ball for the @Giants

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— NFL+ (@NFLPlus) August 9, 2025

But then on the Bills’ ensuing drive, Ward was penalized for roughing the passer, setting the Bills up with a first and goal from the 3-yard line. The Giants ultimately had a great goal line stand to keep Buffalo out of the endzone, but they might not have needed to risk the Victory Tush Push. Trace will likely continue to compete with Tomon Fox for a reserve EDGE role, and could find his way to the practice squad.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/new-yor...-did-the-newest-giants-fare-against-the-bills

 

[New York Giants]

The Athletic QB Tiers: Russell Wilson’s “magic is gone”

It’s pretty widely agreed upon that the New York Giants upgraded their quarterback position when they signed Russell Wilson.

While nobody is under any illusions that the 36-year old QB is the player he was even five years ago, he’s still considered better than what the Giants have fielded in recent years. Of course, it’s hard to be worse than the Giants’ quarterback situation was in January of 2025, when they didn’t have one under contract.

But does that mean he’s good?

Not according to this year’s edition of The Athletic’s Quarterback Tiers put out by Mike Sando.

This year, Wilson sits in the fourth tier of Sando’s rankings.

A Tier 4 quarterback could be an unproven player (not enough information for voters to classify) or a veteran who ideally would not start all 17 games.

Wilson is ranked 26th in the NFL according to the coaches and executives, which is at the top of the fourth tier, but still the fourth tier. He’s one spot behind Kirk Cousins (25th), and 10 spots behind 41-year old Aaron Rodgers (16th).

In fact, Wilson is ranked three spots behind Daniel Jones’ 2024 ranking of 23 (Jones is 30th this year). Ultimately, they just don’t believe Russ can cook anymore, that his time in the sun is over and he should be put out to pasture before the end of the season.

“What he had that was magical about him — the ability to create plays on the move — is gone,” a defensive coordinator said.

That’s probably true. Wilson’s baseball background made him one of the first “modern” quarterbacks as a young player. His ability to scramble and extend plays while keeping his eyes downfield, as well as the ability to make off-platform throws, made the Seahawks incredibly difficult to defend in his prime. Pete Carroll loves to run the ball, and run defense demands discipline, which made Wilson’s out-of-structure playmaking that much more vexing for defenses.

He’s not that guy anymore, though I’d argue that he looked pretty good on roll-outs against the Bills. But the coaches and executives surveyed were also critical of Russ’ ability to throw the deep ball.

“He can still do some things, but I think he is just declining. Some of the throws he was good at are not there for him anymore,” another defensive coordinator said. “I did not feel like he was ripping throws. Even his deep throws were like airball stuff, hoping George Pickens makes a play.”

And again, his velocity is likely declining some with age. Though writers in attendance at Giants’ camp are adamant that Wilson’s ball still has plenty of zip. But it’s also interesting that the coordinator in question is saying that the throws “aren’t there anymore” for Wilson. He was the best deep ball passer in the NFL by EPA last year, beating out both Josh Allen and Geno Smith in Pro Football Focus’ rankings.

Russell Wilson’s impeccable touch on deep throws has been a weapon throughout his career, and he showed it off again in 2024. Particularly when he was targeting George Pickens, Wilson repeatedly exploited single-coverage matchups and gave the Steelers’ passing game the explosiveness it desperately needed.

Wilson has also been the NFL’s most prolific deep ball passers over the last four years. Regardless of whether he was playing for the Seahawks, Broncos, or Steelers, Russ was never afraid to unleash the Moon Ball and attack defenses deep.

Russell Wilson is the only QB to rank inside the Top-10 in each of the last 4 seasons in % of Throws to travel 20+ Yards through the air(per @ftnfantasy.com StatsHub)Nabers has a massive 2025 ceiling withRuss as QB1 + Jamies Winston as QB2GREAT video of the moon ball

— Colin McTamany (@colinmctamany.bsky.social) 2025-07-25T16:43:39.080Z

That, of course, has been woefully missing from the Giants’ offense over the last several years. The Giants have consistently fielded one of the NFL’s least explosive passing offenses in recent years. If Wilson is able to stretch the field at approximately the same rate as he did the year before, it would still represent a huge philosophic shift for the Giants.

And finally there was this, which again, was curious in light of what we saw against the Bills on Saturday.

“If you are a quarterback who has to create time — instead of one who knows where everything is, hits his back foot and throws it — then this is what happens to you,” a defensive coach said.

I probably would have understood if Wilson was a bit slow operating the Giants’ offense against the Bills. After all, he’s new to Daboll, his scheme, and the offensive language. Instead, Wilson was very crisp in his play against Buffalo. He clearly knew where his answers were, what the goal of the offensive concepts were, and where to go with the ball. He didn’t get many reps, but he was on time, in rhythm, and his play helped out the offensive line a few times.

So is Russ at the end of the line and a low-end starter who is only an upgrade over the worst possible QB situations? Or were the coaches and execs surveyed reacting to a player who missed time with an injury (don’t forget, Wilson injured his calf in training camp), and has been repeatedly shoehorned into offenses that don’t really fit him?

The Giants are betting on the latter, that a healthy Wilson paired with an aggressive coach is going to surprise some people.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/new-yor...hletic-qb-tiers-russell-wilsons-magic-is-gone

 

[New York Giants]

What does Eagles guard Landon Dickerson’s injury mean for the Giants?

Philadelphia Eagles Pro Bowl guard Landon Dickerson may have suffered a significant knee injury.

The injury, which ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports is believed to be a meniscus injury, was suffered in practice on Sunday. Dickerson needed to be helped off the field before being carted inside.

Dickerson has been an important part of the Eagles’ offensive line since he was selected out of Alabama in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft. He became the starting left guard early in his rookie year following an injury to Isaac Seumalo. He was voted to the Pro Bowl in each of 2022, 2023, and 2024, and became the highest-paid guard in the NFL after signing a four-year, $84 million contract extension in March.

It could be a significant blow to the Eagles’ offense if they have to be without Dickerson for any amount of time.

This is, of course, also significant for the Giants. New York will face their division rivals twice in the first eight games of the season, playing them on Thursday Night Football in Week 6, and then again on Week 8. While it would take a lot more than one injury for the Giants to be favored in either of those games, a blow to the offensive line would be meaningful.

The Giants are still expected to have one of the, if not the, best defensive fronts in the NFL. Even without Dexter Lawrence, the Giants’ D-line impressed the Buffalo Bills announce team enough that they proclaimed that “this Giants’ defense is real.” A healthy Bobby Okereke and ascendent Micah McFadden behind that front could make life very difficult for a wounded offensive line.

The Giants’ schedule appears to be a brutal one to start the year, but attrition may already be impacting that stretch of games. Not only is it possible that the Eagles could be without one of their best linemen, there is still the drama surrounding Washington and Dallas with the Terry McLaurin and Micah Parsons’ situations (respectively).

We obviously don’t know (as of this writing) how long Dickerson will be sidelined, and the expectation is still that deals will get done between Dallas, Washington, and their respective stars. But given that those three division rivals represent half of the Giants’ opening schedule, even a hangover could be enough to make an actual “fast start” not that unreasonable a proposition.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/new-yor...d-landon-dickerson-injury-mean-for-the-giants

 

[New York Giants]

Giants’ defense has good day in first joint practice vs. Jets

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Giants could turn out to be the type of team that relies on dominant defense and hopes to get opportunistic, big-play offense in 2025.

While the offense endured an up-and-down day Tuesday against the Jets, the defense clearly won the day against the Jets’ offense. Particularly the Giants’ defensive front seven.

“I think we did well,” said star defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, who took a handful of team reps after sitting out Saturday’s preseason game against the Buffalo Bills. “Still learning, learning how to communicate through different things and learning who’s rushing beside you and just honing in on your technique more. We’ve got a few more weeks to get that down, but I think we just keep getting better and progressing every day.

“Every day I see improvement. Guys not making the same mistakes, so that’s the best thing to ask for right now.”

Safety Jevon Holland, one of the team’s key free-agent acquisitions, agreed with Lawrence that there has been improvement.

“I mean, I think so, I would hope so, otherwise we’re not going to win a lot of games if we don’t,” Holland said. “We are definitely taking steps together and growing, steadily improving.”

1-on-1 drills​

The teams matched up in 1-on-1 drills before the team periods began. Abdul Carter split the two reps I saw against Olu Fashanu, the Jets left tackle who was Carter’s Penn State teammate. Carter beat him inside on one rep, but Fashanu did neutralize Carter when he tried to beat him to the outside.

Both Brian Burns and Kayvon Thibodeaux appeared to get the better of right tackle Armand Membou, with Burns beating Membou badly to the inside.

Roy Robertson-Harris bulled his way into drawing an egregious holding penalty, though I could not see who the offensive lineman was.

11-on-11​

There has been concern about the Giants’ run defense. Last season they were 24th in the league, giving up 4.6 yards per rushing attempt.

Tuesday, the run defense looked excellent.

There was one significant run by Braelon Allen of the Jets on a stretch play toward Kayvon Thibodeaux, but otherwise the run defense seemed stingy.

On the first play of 11-on-11, Thibodeaux and corrnerback Tae Banks set the tone, crashing into the backfield to stop Breece Hall for a loss of yardage.

Linebacker Micah McFadden was in the backfield for a couple of tackles for loss.

Working with the second- and third teams, rookie defensive tackle Darius Alexander had what would have been a tackle for loss and a run stop at the line of scrimmage.

Lawrence likes what he is seeing from the third-round pick.

“He’s growing a lot, honestly. And he’s a willing learner. He’s humble,” Lawrence said. “I like his attitude. He comes out here, whatever Coach Dre or I say to him, he corrects it the next day. So I love the way he responds to adversity.

“B Cox [assistant defensive line coach Bryan Cox] is on him hard. But, he’s got a good head on his shoulders, and, you can see him keep growing every day.”

Defensive tackle Elijah Chatman also blasted several yards into the backfield for a run stop on Kene Nwangwu.

“I think we played well in the run,” Lawrence said. “We were physical. We got knock back, and that’s the best thing you can ask. Yeah, so I think so.”

Pass defense​

With slot cornerback Dru Phillips sidelined with an undisclosed injury apparently suffered during Saturday’s game, it looked like the Giants used a good bit of a three-safety package with Dane Belton joining Holland and Tyler Nubin. When they played a true slot cornerback, former Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Nic Jones got some first-team opportunities.

When Jets quarterbacks Justin Fields, Brady Cook and Adrian Martinez tried to pass, they spent a good bit of time running for their lives.

Carter was a menace. He had a sack of Fields that came before Fields launched a deep pass for a completion to a receiver defended by Holland who’s number I could not see.

Carter had another sack, this one of Cook, while working with the second team.

It wasn’t just Carter. Burns, Thibodeaux and Lawrence regularly collapsed the pocket. Lawrence had a pass defensed and chased Justin Fields out of the pocket. Burns had at least one sack, and was regularly forcing Fields to move in the pocket. Micah McFadden had a sack, benefitting from other rushers forcing Fields to step up in the pocket — right to him.

Lawrence thinks Burns, who had 8.5 sacks in his first season with the Giants in 2024, could be headed for a big season.

“I think his game is unlimited, honestly. He can speed rush you, he can power you, he can finesse you,” Lawrence said. “He’s got a lot, because he’s not a little guy either, so he’s got a lot to his game, and, he’s tapped in it more this training camp, and that’s good to see.”

On the negative side, undrafted free agent cornerback O’Donnell Fortune did give up a long completion on a pass from Cook. Again, I could not see the receiver as the play was on the opposite side of the field.

There were also a couple of other completions of note, especially a highlight-reel grab by rookie right end Mason Taylor of the Jets over safety Raheem Layne.

11-on-11: Red zone​

The Giants’ defense was not as good in the red zone during the final period of practice as it had been throughout the rest of the day.

• Hall victimized Bobby Okereke for a 13-yard catch-and-run from the 18-yard line.
• Fields, under pressure from Carter while rolling left on a third-and-goal at the 4-yard line, beat safety Tyler Nubin by slinging a sidearm touchdown pass to Jeremy Ruckert.
• Layne committed defensive pass interference at the goal line on a crossing route intended for wide receiver Brandon Smith. That throw, from Cook, came on a play that started at the 18-yard line.
• Belton had the best play of the period for the Giants, jumping a wide receiver screen and turning it into a loss for the Jets.
• The Giants gave up touchdowns on the final two plays of practice. Art Green was beaten for a 4-yard score by Nwangu and K’von Wallace gave up a 3-yard touchdown to Arian Smith.

Source: https://www.bigblueview.com/new-yor...-has-good-day-in-first-joint-practice-vs-jets