Giants
GIANTS ENGRAM BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THE BIG BLUE SYSTEM
Michael Eisen
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Evan Engram, the Giants’ first-round draft choice, has a friendly and expressive face – except when he’s unsure of his assignment on the field. Then the rookie tight end wears a different mask. “Sometimes I got a blank stare on my face if I don’t know what’s going on,” Engram said […]
GIANTS OTA TALK – BECKHAM MISSES WORKOUTS
Michael Eisen
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Giants’ position coaches spoke publicly today for the first time since the beginning of the team’s offseason conditioning program and organized team activities. Here is a sampling of what the offensive coaches had to say: Quarterbacks coach Frank Cignetti: Q: On his impressions of rookie third-round draft choice Davis Webb: […]
LACOSSE MAKING PLAY AT GIANTS OTAs
Michael Eisen
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Matt LaCosse was one of the standouts today in the Giants’ organized team activity. But no one knows better than he that eye-opening plays in June can carry you only so far when you’re trying to earn a roster spot in September. LaCosse twice leaped high in the back left corner […]
GIANTS MAKE ROSTER MOVES
Michael Eisen
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Giants today switched rookie wide receivers on their roster, signing Jerome Lane from the University of Akron and waiving Jalen Williams of Massachusetts. Lane, 6-3 and 220 pounds, was with the Indianapolis Colts from May 4-15. He played three seasons for the Zips, the first as a linebacker and the […]
GENO SMITH HITS RESET BUTTON ON CAREER WITH GIANTS
Michael Eisen
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Geno Smith was the Giants’ most intriguing acquisition this offseason. In the previous two years with the Jets, Smith played in a grand total of three games, starting one, and threw 56 passes. But in his first two seasons, he started 29 of the 30 games in which he played, and […]
NEW BIG BLUE RECEIVER BRANDON MARSHALL IS NEVER AT A LOSS OF WORDS
Michael Eisen
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – “No comment” apparently is not part of Brandon Marshall’s lexicon. The 12-year veteran and first-season Giants wide receiver spoke to the media after the today’s organized team activity (OTA), and no question was off-limits. Not the criticism hurled at him last week by Sheldon Richardson, the Jets’ defensive lineman and his […]
GIANTS ADD TWO VETERAN DEFENDERS
Michael Eisen
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Giants today added two veteran defenders who have played in 102 NFL games and registered a combined 306 tackles (including playoffs). The newcomers are defensive end Devin Taylor, formerly of the Detroit Lions, and safety Duke Ihenacho, who began his career with the Denver Broncos and played the previous three […]