Kenny Golladay, Kadarius Toney and Darius Slayton all dropped passes because the Giants’ offense sputtered on day two of coaching camp.
Daniel Jones hit Golladay with two throws downfield on a rope, his finest passes on the day. But security Julian Love punched the ball out from the blind facet to negate the primary completion.
Defensive linemen Dexter Lawrence and Jihad Ward blew up two different performs with sacks on the cross rush.
Speedy receiver Richie James impressed in some first-team work whereas rotating with dynamic rookie Wan’Dale Robinson. And James and Slayton each caught late, brief TDs from Jones.
But backup QB Tyrod Taylor accomplished the throw of the day: a deep bomb down the left sideline to Collin Johnson.
Brian Daboll was vocal about disliking the timing of a late offensive play from his first-string unit and nonetheless must see extra from Jones and that group.
At least the pinnacle coach mentioned Wednesday that he acknowledges how far his workforce has to go.
“I think we understand where we are at,” Daboll mentioned at his opening press convention. “We are starting to crawl here, we are making progress, but we’ve got a long way to go.”
Daboll, who speaks to the media earlier than apply, did supply some reward for Jones’ operation of the offense on day one.
“I thought it was good. I thought he was crisp in the huddle,” Daboll mentioned Thursday morning. “He made some really tight throws, good throws. That’s why we worked redzone. Really wanted to get their legs back a little bit, and that’s an area that we’ve got to improve on.”
Daboll mentioned the set up of the offense will take time, as effectively. Early on, although, he’s not seeing sufficient constant outcomes from the offense.
Corner Aaron Robinson additionally made two good cross breakups on Robinson and Golladay. Toney short-armed a cross from Jones with Blake Martinez bearing down in protection. And Slayton dropped a wide-open cross from Taylor down the left sideline.
The cross was late, however he ought to have caught it and must catch these whereas combating for a roster spot. David Sills, one other man on the bubble, made a formidable leaping TD seize with the third-string offense on a fade to finish apply.
SAQUON: HARD WORK WILL PAY OFF
Giants GM Joe Schoen spent a while after apply chatting on the sphere with Saquon Barkley’s agent, Kim Miale of Roc Nation. Schoen helped draft one other Miale consumer, large receiver Gabe Davis, to the Buffalo Bills within the 2020 fourth spherical.
Barkley, 25, is enjoying on the fifth and ultimate 12 months of his rookie contract. By all accounts, he’s put within the work this offseason to have an enormous season. Even Daboll famous that the Barkley “came in in shape.”
But the Giants’ working again mentioned he has no particular expectations for in-season contract speak. He’s centered on doing his half.
“You can’t really focus (on) that stuff,” Barkley mentioned. “Obviously that stuff’s in the air. My thing is if I take care of the little things and God blesses me and nothing crazy happens, the rest is gonna take care of itself. I know where I’m at mentally. I know where I’m at physically. I know what I’m capable of doing. And I just gotta focus on taking care of my mind, my mental and try to be the best teammate I can be. That’s every single day, and when the time comes, it’s going to pay off.”
SEALS-JONES: WE’RE ALL COMPETING
Ricky Seals-Jones’ free agent signing in March added a gifted veteran to the Giants’ tight finish room. But thus far, Seals-Jones’ first-team work has been noticeably restricted.
He spent a lot of the spring with the reserves. And the previous two days, rookie Daniel Bellinger has remained the clear No. 1 TE, with Seals-Jones, Chris Myarick and Jordan Akins rotating in.
Seals-Jones, 27, mentioned he’s not involved with the depth chart, although.
“My goal was to just come in and compete, no matter if I was coming in as third, second or first,” Seals-Jones mentioned Thursday. “It doesn’t really bother me. I just do what I’m told, and at the end of the day it’ll work out if the best man plays. So we’re all competing and trying to make the team right now.”
Giants followers know Seals-Jones finest from his acrobatic landing catch towards Adoree Jackson in Washington’s Week 2 win over the visiting Giants final season.
He nonetheless has that expertise. And he selected the Giants – on a veteran wage profit cut up wage contract – as a result of he was interested in the offense and training employees.
“Especially Daboll coming from Buffalo, just how they spread the ball around,” Seals-Jones mentioned. “[Dawson] Knox was big there. My tight end coach Andy [Bischoff] was in Buffalo and Houston, they had some of those guys go off. So it felt like a great fit [to] learn from those guys and go from there.”
Seals-Jones made 30 catches for 271 yards and two TDs final season. Washington needed to get youthful behind Logan Thomas at tight finish, retaining 2021 draft choose John Bates and drafting rookie Cole Turner out of Nevada.
So Seals-Jones, a rustic man from Sealy, Texas, left for a metropolis and an expertise he by no means envisioned having within the Big Apple. He’s grateful for the chance.
“Being from Texas coming to New York, I would never move to New York,” he mentioned with a smile. “It’s too fast-paced for me, the city. So being here is great to see the city, be around up east and have fun with it … My job is to compete, do well in preseason and let the chips fall into place.”
PRACTICE NOTES: DAY TWO
Starting slot nook Darnay Holmes collided with a trash can throughout an early defensive again ball drill, was badly shaken up, and wanted a coach’s assist off the sphere. Thankfully, he solely missed one interval of apply earlier than returning to compete in 11-on-11 full workforce work … An unknown participant required medical consideration on a far facet of the sphere after apply. The Giants had on replace and would disclose who the participant was … After in the future of full entry, Daboll and the Giants restricted media on Thursday from filming or photographing any portion of a reside workforce drill throughout coaching camp. Fans in attendance had been nonetheless capable of movie and publish movies from just some toes behind reporters, nonetheless … The workforce minimize linebacker Justin Hilliard, who was lately suspended two video games for violating the membership’s coverage on performance-enhancing substances. They signed linebacker Austin Calitro to take his place, and he practiced Thursday.
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