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The Giants knew it would be a challenging grind to get to their Week 11 bye and that they headed into it on a two-game winning streak, and in contention in the dreadful NFC East, is a credit to their
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When you venture away from the building and into the rank and file of the NFL, the expectations about the Giants are low. Really low. Like, really, really low. There are widespread guesstimates that the Giants are a bad team. Young, yes. Improving, perhaps. On the right path, maybe. But at the moment, bad. Looking …
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The ears of Giants players must have been ringing throughout their day off. As players enjoyed their mandatory weekly time away from the facility Saturday, Giants coaches and personnel evaluators gathered for a six-hour discussion of the roster — an extended version of a weekly conversation. There is one more scrimmage scheduled for Thursday before …
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Highlights from Monday’s Giants practice: Good Blake Martinez continually draws the unenviable task of covering Saquon Barkley in 1-on-1s, offering the ultimate chance to improve his criticized coverage skills. He chased Barkley downfield and broke up an underthrown pass. “He is more than a downhill linebacker,” inside linebackers coach Kevin Sherrer said. Bad Graham Gano …
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Before free agency, it looked as if the Giants had a cavernous hole on their roster at linebacker. Signing Blake Martinez to patrol the inside and Kyler Fackrell to line up on the outside addressed two big needs. Does this mean the Giants are in good enough shape at linebacker that they will eschew taking …
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Nearly one year ago, Eli Manning returned to the Giants facility for the start of the offseason workout program. “You come in, had a good offseason, worked hard, excited to be back with the team and the coaches,’’ Manning said at the time. “Going into that second year you always have an advantage, you know …
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The next time will be the first time for Blake Martinez, making this the most challenging time to be an NFL free agent heading to a new team. The new Giants inside linebacker has never set foot inside the team facility and there is a good chance he will not see his new headquarters until …
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With the bulk of free agency in the books around the NFL, and certainly for the Giants, it is a good time to sit back and assess what general manager Dave Gettleman did and why, and where the players he added eventually will fit in. Following Saturday’s signing of former Jets tight end Eric Tomlinson, …
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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Giants. With the bulk of free agency behind us, what are the biggest strengths and weaknesses of the …
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You can be sure whenever the Giants line up and play defense, Blake Martinez will don the helmet with the green dot affixed to the back of it. When it comes time for the Giants to stop someone, it will be Martinez relaying to his teammates what defensive coordinator Patrick Graham wants run each and …
The Giants knew it would be a challenging grind to get to their Week 11 bye and that they headed into it on a two-game winning streak, and in contention in the dreadful NFC East, is a credit to their
