Giants offensive line coach Bobby Johnson apologized publicly on Tuesday for shoving linebacker Cam Brown throughout Monday’s combat.
“The incident yesterday, I take full duty. I’m remorseful,” Johnson mentioned. “It may well’t occur. It received’t occur once more. I’ve apologized to the suitable individuals, specifically Cam. I've to be higher than that. It’s not what we’re searching for. It’s a regrettable incident that may’t and received’t occur once more.”
Brian Daboll mentioned he didn't impose any self-discipline or punishments on the gamers and coaches concerned. However the head coach mentioned “under no circumstances will we condone” the preventing.
And Johnson implied he had obtained a stiff warning, if not an ultimatum, from the pinnacle coach.
“It received’t occur once more. It may well’t occur once more,” Johnson mentioned. “[Daboll] addressed it, and he made it crystal clear. So it’s been addressed, and we’re transferring on from it.”
Not one of the gamers concerned within the combat have been made obtainable to the media concerning the melee. Daboll spoke on it as a substitute and made clear “we’re not gonna lose our composure like that.”
“Tempers have been up,” Daboll mentioned. “I talked to the crew, all people concerned with the crew. That’s not what we’re seeking to do. We satisfaction ourselves on being sensible, robust and reliable. I’ve been round lengthy sufficient to see sure issues like that after the third or fourth day of pads occur. It’s addressed. We’re not gonna do this. We’re transferring on.”
Whereas Daboll chastised the offenders for crossing the road, nonetheless, he exonerated Saquon Barkley for reducing his shoulder into nook Aaron Robinson.
The Giants’ head coach implied that Barkley had performed nothing fallacious, even when that collision had angered the protection and lit the fuse for the combat.
“What I don’t need is, I don’t need them to deal with,” Daboll mentioned. “The tempo and aggressiveness, we’re making an attempt to construct that. Thud is thud, so the defensive participant is gonna go in and thud the offensive participant. So Saquon ran along with his pads down and it wasn’t a deal with or something like that. He’s simply getting ready to take a thud deal with, and tempers fly just a little bit when guys go to the bottom.”
“We’re not making an attempt to convey anyone to the bottom in these practices,” Daboll added. “We need to attempt to maintain each other. However we additionally need to observe onerous and play with good pad degree.”
Tuesday’s observe was dialed manner again from the heavy contact of Sunday and Monday because the crew ready for Thursday’s preseason opener on the New England Patriots.
Daboll took the pads off and ran a jog-through with each the offense and protection alternating in scout crew roles. And the decreased workload was welcome.
Tuesday’s warmth was oppressive, reaching 100 levels on the warmth index.
Daboll wants his crew to heed his message, although, with out punishment, after Monday spiraled uncontrolled.
“I spoke to the crew. I spoke to the coaches,” he mentioned. “They know what the expectation is.”
TONEY DIALED BACK AGAIN, WILLIAMS SITS
Kadarius Toney’s 11-on-11 workload was dialed again for a fourth time in 11 practices. It didn’t seem this decreased workload was deliberate. He ran some routes within the jog-through however then got here out for good and obtained some consideration on the facet.
Defensive deal with Leonard Williams, working again Matt Breida and defensive deal with Nick Williams have been new additions to the didn't observe listing on Tuesday, as nicely. Breida labored on the sector with trainers, whereas the Williams’ have been within the trainers’ room, per the Giants.
Receivers Austin Proehl and Robert Foster every got here up lame at factors whereas working routes. Each gamers had been banged up in earlier practices.
Offensive lineman Josh Ezeudu didn't run in crew drills, his second straight day being dialed again.
THURSDAY’S PLAN
Count on Daniel Jones and the first-string offense to play a couple of quarter of Thursday evening’s preseason opener in New England, relying on the move of the sport. Particular person gamers might have their very own plans, too. Tyrod Taylor then in all probability will clear up the remainder of the primary half earlier than third-stringer Davis Webb performs the second half.
It’s unclear how any Tuesday observe accidents will change this listing, however listed below are the gamers who we all know are out for Thursday’s recreation as a consequence of undisclosed accidents: LB Carter Coughlin, TE Ricky Seals-Jones, CB Rodarius Williams, and possibly Breida and WR David Sills.
That’s along with the apparent listing of any participant on injured reserve, non-football damage, or the bodily unable to carry out lists.
NEAL’S NEW NUMBER
Rookie deal with Evan Neal has switched from jersey No. 70 to No. 73. That’s the quantity he’s worn since his freshman 12 months of highschool, when it was assigned to him. Veteran Matt Gono left the crew just lately, which freed up 73.
“Form of like when Michael Jordan wore quantity 45 however needed to swap again to 23,” the gregarious Neal mentioned. “It doesn’t actually have an effect on the best way that you simply play by any means. A quantity can’t play for you. Simply feeling extra snug together with your quantity.”
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