Giants operating again Saquon Barkley, heart Jon Feliciano, linebackers Tae Crowder and Cam Brown, and offensive line coach Bobby Johnson set off and escalated a melee at Monday’s sweltering scorching observe in East Rutherford.
The battle’s highlights featured Feliciano going full WWE, seemingly making an attempt to knee Crowder within the head or intestine after which sucker-punching Brown. Johnson, a coach, shoved and challenged Brown, too.
Rookie tight finish Daniel Bellinger stated when the mud had cleared, head coach Brian Daboll advised the gamers and coaches that “losing teams do that.”
Feliciano, for instance, would have been ejected from an NFL common season recreation, if not suspended for an additional.
There was a serious lack of self-discipline on the sector Monday with co-owner John Mara trying on within the 95 diploma warmth.
“We’ve got to come out there and be physical, but we’ve got to be smart, as well,” Bellinger stated.
The first-string protection had been dominating the offense all day. None of the battle’s most important perpetrators had been made out there to the media. The leaders who did speak – defenders Jihad Ward and Julian Love – did their finest to airbrush the scenario.
But the battle was ugly at factors. This was not your typical coaching camp brawl, however the gamers performed it down afterward.
“I don’t think any of us has crossed the line,” Love stated, when requested about Feliciano. “We know Jon and he’s not crossing the road in any respect. It will get intense. Things occur and we’re gonna reply. And to allow them to anticipate that. We can anticipate that from them.
“We don’t take it personally or at heart,” Love added. “Everybody’s in the locker room right now going on as normal. But yeah, you defend your guys. That’s what it comes down to.”
It appeared Barkley was the one who began it.
Barkley lowered his shoulder on a run and knocked down nook Aaron Robinson on the second stage. Safety Xavier McKinney had phrases for Barkley.
The protection appeared to consider the operating again had violated that interval’s diminished thud tempo. And whereas Barkley instantly subbed out, that lit the fuse for the battle three performs later.
“I’m excited to see him run that hard,” Love stated. “That’s something we want. … It got a little hot out there obviously. But when you cool off in the locker room, that’s the energy we want to see from him. I know we won’t be caught sleeping again when that comes.”
Crowder took it upon himself to retaliate for the protection, tackling backup operating backs Antonio Williams and Gary Brightwell onerous to the bottom and giving them additional shoves.
So Feliciano took exception to Crowder’s roughness. And that arrange a Crowder vs. Feliciano shoving match escalated their frustrations right into a full-fledged battle.
Feliciano grabbed Crowder’s head and pulled, as they fought for leverage, then seemingly tried to knee Crowder in both the top or intestine. Players charged from the sidelines because the battle boiled over.
Brown ultimately dragged Feliciano out of the pile. And Johnson, the offensive line coach, didn’t like that, shoving Brown and getting within the linebacker’s face.
Feliciano ultimately rose to his ft and sucker-punched Brown from the aspect as Johnson was jawing with him. And that infuriated inside linebackers coach John Egorugwu, who needed to be restrained from retaliating in opposition to Johnson.
“This ain’t nothing. This jawn’s small, man,” Ward stated. “People gonna look at it like ohhhh, it’s crazy. But ain’t nothing going on. We’re gonna laugh at it in the locker room. That’s all I got to say on that one.”
Then Ward smirked: “But I didn’t see nothing.”
Asked a few participant like Barkley not sticking to a observe’s tempo, Ward stated: “You’re gonna get some bangs and little thuds but gotta get ready for the season. We can’t really do much tackling wise, so we just gotta get ready. Gotta have awareness.”
He did like seeing Crowder take cost within the center.
“Tae is doing a hell of a job,” Ward stated. “That’s my guy. I love him. He gets it. He’s ready to turn it up. I can’t wait for him to get loose out there. He’s running the show.”
And Love stated that is what coordinator Wink Martindale desires to see: a protection that doesn’t again down.
“Things got intense for a minute out there today, but we responded well,” Love stated. “And that’s all he desires to see. We need to do the proper issues and hold our guys secure. Not do something dumb or get anyone damage.
“But we aren’t gonna go out sorry,” Love added. “That’s one thing.”
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