Team Giants

Jul 27 From first 3 days of Giants training camp, let's take a very early look at who's stock might be rising and who's stock might be falling. Daniel Jones -- The quarterback has been inconsistent over three practices, missing some throws he should be able to make. The fact is, though, he is practicing. In full. Running around with no limitations. All of that just eight months after surgery for a torn ACL. That's a win, even if the results have not been perfect.

Jul 26 The Giants were back on the field Thursday for their second practice of training camp. Team drills primarily took place in the red zone Thursday, which resulted in plenty of action on both sides of the ball. Heading into training camp, one of the matchups many of us have been most excited to see was cornerback Deonte Banks against wide receiver Malik Nabers. We're only two days into training camp, and we've already seen some great plays by both young players while going up against each other.

Jul 25 The Giants' offense reportedly "couldn't push the ball down the field" during first training camp practice. Things did not get off to the best start during the first practice of training camp, however. The Giants' offense reportedly struggled to push the ball downfield and settled for check-downs throughout the day as they powered through a rainy Wednesday morning practice.

Jul 18 Special Report - Acting with the speed and confidence of a seasoned veteran, Giants' general manager Joe Schoen drew contract negotiations to a halt when he told running back Saquon Barkley that the team would not - or could not - accept the financial and contractual terms he and his agent demanded. So on March 13, 2024, Barkley signed a three-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.
So now Saquon is with the Eagles, speaking about the Giants and their fans in a thoroughly unfriendly fashion, and he is primed for one of those magical seasons that make a team's offense sparkle and makes things infinitely easier for the quarterback the wide receivers and even the offensive line. And the Giants? Well, they're coping.

Jul 17 The moment the New York Giants selected LSU standout receiver Malik Nabers with the 6th overall pick, their offense took a promising turn. Despite losing Saquon Barkley to the Philadelphia Eagles in free agency, the Giants were in dire need of boosting their passing game, and Nabers is expected to make a significant impact.

Jul 15 The New York Giants' wide receiver unit underwent a small but effective change over the offseason. Last season, the group was solid, ranking 25th according to Pro Football Focus, but it lacked a true number one option. That all changed when the Giants drafted Malik Nabers with the No.6 overall pick in April's draft. Nabers is expected to immediately become the focal point of the offense.

Jul 12 In the second episode of Hard Knocks, members of the front office and coaching staff didn't believe Daboll could beat wide receiver Xavier Worthy in the 40-yard dash if the head coach started at the 20-yard line. After Worthy set a combine record in 4.21 seconds, this is not surprising. Brian Daboll swears he can run a 7.0 40-yard dash.

Jul 9 Jon Runyan Jr. should help solidify Giants' offensive line. Runyan was team's biggest offseason addition to beleaguered line. Entering the 2022 offseason, New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen understood fully that improving a porous offensive line was a priority. Schoen's biggest personnel play in trying to do so was to sign former Green Bay Packers guard Jon Runyan Jr. to a three-year, $30 million contract in free agency.

Jul 8 Can Devin Singletary carry the Giants' running game as they begin life after Saquon Barkley? The Giants brought in Devin Singletary, who began his NFL career in Buffalo while Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll were employed there, to lead the committee. Singletary has done well in his career, having logged a solid success rate (48.8 percent) of picking up at least 40 percent of the yardage required on first down, 60 percent on second down, and 100 percent on third and fourth downs.

Jul 4 Hard Knocks revealed why Giants let Saquon Barkley go in NFL free agency. The Giants chose to provide support for Daniel Jones instead of paying Saquon Barkley. New York selected Barkley with the second overall pick in 2018 and went through quite the song and dance with him once they finally got down to contractual negotiations. Barkley played on the franchise tag in 2023 so the time for a serious decision arrived this offseason and the Giants watched him walk in free agency to a division rival in the Philadelphia Eagles.

Jul 3 The inaugural episode "Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants" has arrived! Big Blue, entering its 100th season, is featured in the first-ever edition of this new version of the hit HBO show that for a long stretch would only cover a team during training camp leading up to the regular season. Now, we get a behind-the-scenes look following the Giants directly after the conclusion of a 6-11 season as they prepare for a make-or-break 2024 campaign with QB Daniel Jones, who played in only six games last season.

Jul 2 Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO through July 30 and is available to stream on Max. .Hard Knocks offers behind-the-scenes look at Giants' trade for Brian Burns from Panthers.

Jul 1 How well has Joe Schoen handled the Giants' finances? General manager Joe Schoen has now had most of three off-seasons to develop the Giants' roster. In a little more than two months, we will begin to see how good or poor a job he has done. At this time in 2022, the Giants' roster looked barely better than the one that had finished the 2021 season, because Schoen had inherited a $40M hole to dig out of. That team reached the Divisional Round of the playoffs. A year later, the Giants had added major pieces in free agency, trade, and the draft, to build on the 2022 progress, yet that team laid an egg. Is this year's team better than last year's?

Jun 30 This summer, all eyes will be on Giants' third-year right tackle Evan Neal, the seventh overall draft pick who was supposed to give the Giants the other bookend to Andrew Thomas at offensive tackle for the next decade. So far, it hasn't quite worked out that way. Neal has been victimized in part by injuries, and there have been questions about his inconsistency when he has played. The truth is that a lineman can block well on 40 snaps, but if he gives up a sack and a couple of pressures, his performance is considered a failure.

Jun 28 Kayvon Thibodeaux hopes Giants make statement of 'resiliency' to kick off season against Vikings. As New York gears up for its 100th year following a 6-11 showing in 2023, many Giants, including Daniel Jones and head coach Brian Daboll, will feel the walls against their backs as they look to prove the postseason trip two years prior more closely resembles what Big Blue is capable of accomplishing. Thibodeaux, who's coming off a campaign in which he led the team with 11.5 sacks, knows such a success would be made easier by coming out of the gates with gusto.

Jun 27 We thought all of the offseason drama between NY Giants head coach Brian Daboll and his former staff members were dead and buried. Reports came in regarding major issues between Daboll and his assistants, most notably former defensive coordinator Wink Martindale. However, the beef wasn't limited there, with other coaches who were either fired or took jobs elsewhere didn't like working for the Giants head man.

Jun 22 Giants celebrate 100th anniversary by naming greatest play in franchise history. Big Blue's best play is also one of the greatest in NFL history. There were a lot of memorable plays in the first 99 years of New York Giants football. But one play stands out from the rest. In celebration of their 100th anniversary, the Giants have named David Tyree's "helmet catch" in Super Bowl XLII as the greatest play in team history.

Jun 21 Can Giants quarterback Daniel Jones finally silence his critics by having a performance on par, if not better than the one he delivered in 2022? That's one of the biggest questions the team and its fan base are hoping for, especially after the Giants passed on the opportunity to add a quarterback in this year's draft.

Jun 19 The Giants have signed former United Football League running back Jacob Saylors. Saylors spent the 2024 UFL season with the St. Louis Battlehawks. The 5-foot-10, 199-pound back recorded 94 rush attempts for 461 yards (4.9 avg.) and five touchdowns along with 23 receptions for an additional 152 yards and three scores. The 24-year-old earned All-UFL honors as he led all running backs in rushing yards and was tied for the second-most rushing touchdowns.

Jun 17 Malik Nabers contorted his body in the air in the corner of the end zone to make a leaping touchdown grab over Cor'Dale Flott during a minicamp practice. It was the finishing touch on an afternoon that was dominated by the rookie receiver. There is little doubt that Nabers made his presence felt in his first few months with the Giants this spring. He immediately became a fixture on the first-team offense in practices while being featured in multiple spots all over the field. It's as if the team has already decided Nabers is its No. 1 receiver with tight end Darren Waller officially retired.

Jun 16 John Michael Schmitz aims to take a big jump in year 2. Schmitz is coming off an inconsistent rookie season that included four missed games due to injury. Schmitz is the first to acknowledge that his rookie season wasn't nearly as good as it could have been and that he's been doing something about that this off-season to ensure that his second NFL season is significantly better.

Jun 15 The Giants biggest lingering issues entering training camp, including Daniel Jones, Evan Neal, more. The Giants just finished spring practices. So they're now off for about six weeks, until training camp begins in late July. Let's take a look at their biggest lingering issues entering camp.

Former Giants
Ben Bredeson - The fifth-year guard spent the past three years with the G-Men, appearing in 45 games, with 25 starts, and is now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bredeson started 16 games last year for the Giants. Now, though, Bredeson is making the most of his reps with the Bucs and he turned heads at minicamp. With Bredeson, could this be yet another case of former Giants offensive line coach Bobby Johnson holding someone back?

Jun 14 The New York Giants began the offseason workout program on April 15, ramping up from strength and conditioning to 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 drills. Now the team will break until reporting for training camp in late July. Michael Ghobrial and 31 other special teams coordinators around the NFL have now had two months to tinker with the new kickoff rules in an on-field setting. So, how will it change the game?

Jun 13 New York Giants minicamp takeaways: Abbreviated workout precedes summer break. Brian Daboll has been doing the offensive play-calling this spring, though he has yet to admit he will do so during the season. So, what is offensive coordinator Mike Kafka, who called plays the past two seasons, doing? Kafka said he taking not calling plays "as an opportunity just to continue to grow as a coach and be, again, an asset to those coaches and players." Kafka saw how things function with the head coach calling plays when he was in Kansas City with Chiefs coach Andy Reid.

Jun 12 Minicamp is underway at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. The head coach decided to forego 7-on-7 drills on Tuesday and instead ran full 11-on-11 in team periods. Naturally, his competitive quarterback was none too pleased to hear that news. As part of his rehab progression, Daniel Jones had been participating in 7-on-7s all spring and then turning the keys over to the backup quarterbacks for 11-on-11. Daboll said it's part of the plan to have Jones and everyone else ready for the first day of training camp. "I expect to be ready to go the first day of training camp," said Jones, who added that his cuts have felt "sharper" and "cleaner" as his explosiveness returns.

Jun 11 Seven NY Giants mandatory minicamp storylines to follow. A look at some of what we'll be watching as the Giants hit the field for their 2024 mandatory minicamp. The non-contact, padless practices, much like the 10 OTAs before them, are a chance for the coaching staff to gauge how far the players have come both individually and as a unit.

Jun 10 NY Giants tight end Darren Waller is calling it a career. Waller discussed his decision to retire in a video posted to YouTube on Sunday, saying that a health scare he experienced in November gave him clarity about his life. Waller detailed a "very scary situation" during which he struggled to breathe and ultimately spent over 3 days in the hospital unable to stand up, use the restroom or feed himself. Waller had stayed away from the team this offseason as he contemplated his future, bypassing a potential $200,000 workout bonus and now a base salary of $10.525 million for this upcoming season..

Jun 9 The New York Giants concluded the voluntary portion of the offseason workout program by wrapping up OTAs this week. There still remains a two-day minicamp next week, which will be mandatory and will officially wrap up the offseason workouts. But before we get there, the Giants gave plenty of nuggets from their 10 sessions at OTAs during the months of May and June.

Jun 8 How would the Giants need to adjust if Darren Waller retires, as is expected? If Waller announced his retirement, where would he leave the Giants offense? The immediate thought goes to the tight end room, which would now be left with Daniel Bellinger, Chris Manhertz, Jack Stoll, Tyree Jackson (injured), Lawrence Cager, and rookie Theo Johnson. Bellinger has had an inconsistent first two years of his career as far as production goes, but the film has been good, and his blocking ability is the best on the team.