Giants coach Brian Daboll couldn’t assure on Thursday that injured No. 5 total decide Kayvon Thibodeaux might be prepared for the beginning of coaching camp in late July.
“I’m not going to vow something,” Daboll mentioned. “He might or might not.”
Daboll mentioned “hopefully he’ll be good to go.” Sources have beforehand indicated that Thibodeaux’s undisclosed damage isn’t thought-about severe. And the rookie edge rusher did some gentle operating on the facet of Thursday’s ninth OTA follow.
However Thibodeaux has been in a crimson jersey now for 2 weeks since tweaking one thing in his decrease physique throughout a Could 19 OTA follow. It appears there are a bunch of gamers who might stay sidelined for subsequent week’s obligatory minicamp earlier than an prolonged summer time break.
Projected beginning left guard Shane Lemieux, Thibodeaux’s former Oregon teammate, was the newest to rave concerning the rookie cross rusher’s intangibles.
“He was phenomenal [at Oregon], and I do know in follow he was going all-out each single play. He was a very good dude, a very good locker room man. We had a whole lot of battles his [freshman] 12 months,” Lemieux mentioned. “Clearly, the [Giants] requested me as a result of I’m from Oregon what I considered him, and I instructed them straight up he's the man, he's an actual dude, an actual good participant. Effort is nothing I'd ever query for him.”
If there are any main takeaways from the Giants’ spring program so far, one is that Saquon Barkley might be used closely as a cross catcher in Daboll’s offense. The opposite, nevertheless, is that this staff has a ton of accidents to watch.
Projected beginning nook Aaron Robinson was the most recent addition to the Purple Jersey Crew on Thursday. Left deal with Andrew Thomas (ankle surgical procedure) is meant to be prepared for the beginning of the season, however he was idle once more after laboring final week.
Broad receivers Kadarius Toney (arthroscopic knee process), Kenny Golladay (unknown), Sterling Shepard (Achilles) and Collin Johnson (unknown) all are rehabbing. Golladay wasn’t seen at Thursday’s elective follow in any respect.
Linebackers Blake Martinez (ACL), Cam Brown (unknown) and T.J. Brunson (unknown) are also nursing one thing, as are corners Darren Evans (unknown) and CB Rodarius Williams (unknown). Michael Jacquet III was sporting crimson however nonetheless practiced.
Becoming a member of Golladay on Thursday’s absentee record had been corners Darnay Holmes and Jarren Williams, and kicker Graham Gano. The Giants wouldn't disclose any info on these gamers.
The staff’s tenth and last OTA follow is on Friday on the facility. Then subsequent week’s obligatory minicamp runs Tuesday by means of Thursday.
PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS
Edge Niko Lalos made the play of the day, leaping to intercept Davis Webb for a pick-six with the third-string offense backed up towards the objective line. …
Darius Slayton dropped a wonderfully thrown deep cross by Tyrod Taylor simply outdoors the left hash marks late in follow. …
Rookie guard Josh Ezeudu continued to line up in Thomas’ place because the first-string left deal with. Ezeudu had a false begin and allowed a jailbreak strain on one other play. That is the time of 12 months when it’s useful for NFL coaches to try rookies in several spots earlier than perhaps zeroing in on outlined roles for camp. …
Rookie security Dane Belton continuously lined up at robust security as an alternative of Julian Love, although there have been additionally performs when coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale additionally had all three of his safeties on the sector, together with free security Xavier McKinney. …
Jacquet changed the injured Robinson at outdoors nook, and rookie Cor’Dale Flott manned the slot in Holmes’ absence. …
Slayton lined up because the operating again on one play, with Barkley flanked outdoors at huge receiver. Simply an instance of how Daboll performs with personnel. …
Tight finish Jordan Akins had a tough drop on a pleasant Taylor cross downfield. …
The second string corners had been Maurice Canady and Zyon Gilbert on the skin and Khalil Dorsey within the slot. Gilbert had a pleasant cross breakup on a Taylor cross supposed for Travis Toivonen. …
Daniel Jones threw a landing cross late in follow to Richie James that acquired the offense fired up. …
Granted, nearly none of Jones’ main weapons are wholesome and training. However persistently, each follow, Barkley traces up as a receiver and catches a number of passes in house. …
Ricky Seals-Jones was operating because the second staff tight finish behind rookie Daniel Bellinger on the primary staff. …
With Thomas sidelined, the first-team O line stays Ezeudu – Lemieux – Jon Feliciano – Mark Glowinski – Evan Neal. The second-string O line on Thursday was Korey Cunningham – Jamil Douglas – Ben Bredeson – Marcus McKethan – Matt Gono. Lemieux, who missed most of final season after surgical procedure to restore a partially torn patellar tendon, admitted that the Giants wished him to put on a crimson jersey this spring however he declined. “I used to be itching to get it off,” he mentioned. “I used to be itching to get it off as a result of I didn’t even need the persona, I assume. I didn’t wish to be in that jersey, and I did every part I might to get out of it.”
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