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It does not take long after meeting Joe Judge to get the sense he knows what he wants, does not mince words about what he wants and prefers to take the direct route to get what he wants. In his first NFL draft with the Giants — his first anywhere as a head coach — …
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Easy targets beware: Chris Williamson is coming. Williamson already proved he can deliver a cutting punch line at the expense of childhood-rival-turned-Giants teammate Darius Slayton. Whenever NFL practices resume, the rookie seventh-round draft pick will show he can lower the boom on ball-carriers, too. “He is the one in the meeting room that keeps the …
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Perhaps Markus Golden will return to the Giants, after all. In an unusual move, the Giants are using the seldom-seen unrestricted free agent tender — or “May 5 tender’’ — on Golden, the outside linebacker who led them in sacks last season. Golden remains on the open market but if he is still unsigned past …
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John Mara is pleased with how Dave Gettleman and Joe Judge conducted the 2020 Virtual NFL Draft together and addressed the offensive line, and can now see Blue skies up above. “I do believe that we’re on the right path,” the Giants co-owner told The Post on Sunday night. “But I’m sure our fans are …
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He has been lambasted, harpooned and nearly fired along with Pat Shurmur. He was no longer Dave Gettleman, he was Embattled Dave Gettleman, a 69-year-old cancer survivor in the midst of a pandemic facing a make-or-break NFL draft that would define his future and the franchise’s as well. Go ahead and call him The Comeback …
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The phrase has an edge to it and often sounds foreboding, or a warning: “Once and for all.’’ For Dave Gettleman, it is a vow. That is what the Giants’ general manager said after the second day of the 2020 NFL Draft, promising to “fix the offensive line, once and for all.’’ This was after …
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If you look hard enough, you will see some light at the end of the Gettleman Midtown Tunnel, after all the darkness that has enveloped and engulfed the franchise since Super Bowl XLVI, and never mind that it is still more of a flicker than a blinding heat lamp, or an aurora borealis in the …
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This wasn’t only a dream come true for tackle Andrew Thomas, drafted by the New York Football Giants in Thursday night’s 2020 NFL Draft. It is a dream come true for Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley, in some small way a merciful interruption from our coronavirus pandemic nightmare. Better late than never for Giants GM …
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Dave Gettleman gets this chance, this chance he nearly didn’t get when Pat Shurmur was fired, possibly his last chance if he fails to find Joe Judge the right players, starting with the fourth pick in Thursday night’s NFL Draft, so they can steer their titanic franchise safely around the iceberg that has been haunting …
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A lack of homegrown talent is one of the first problems general manager Dave Gettleman identifies when he looks at how far the Giants defense has fallen since the last Super Bowl win. Spending $80 million in free agency over the life of four contracts, as the Giants did last month, will plug some holes, …
It does not take long after meeting Joe Judge to get the sense he knows what he wants, does not mince words about what he wants and prefers to take the direct route to get what he wants. In his first NFL draft with the Giants — his first anywhere as a head coach — …
