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First things first: Daniel Jones is on it, when it comes to embracing a different role in year No. 2 with the Giants. “Yeah, I definitely feel that responsibility,’’ Jones said Wednesday on a Zoom call. “We have a lot of guys on our team who are leaders, who can step up and organize guys …
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Big Brother is not watching. But Joe Judge is. His connection to his players nowadays is limited to seeing their faces on a computer screen and hearing their voices through a tiny laptop or tablet speaker. This does not mean the first-year head coach cannot use his power of observation to learn all he can …
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A plan does not have to be inventive to be effective. Some teams — few, but some — are able to line up and win on defense simply by relying on players’ talents and skills — their guys beating the other guys more often than not. The 2020 Giants are not going to be one …
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No one really asks if you are ready to lead. It took Eli Manning three years to get voted in as a Giants team captain. He was named the starting quarterback nine games into his rookie year and started all 16 games in 2005 and again in 2006. It was not until the summer of …
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We already knew the Giants, based on 2019 records, have the seventh-easiest 2020 schedule in the NFL, facing opponents with a winning percentage of .482. For what that’s worth. Now we know the order of the opponents, and it certainly doesn’t look very easy. Week 1 Steelers Sept. 14, 7:15 p.m., ESPN Well now, isn’t …
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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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Joe Judge has a plea to the Giants players he is trying to get to know as he attempts, remotely, to turn a collection of individuals into a team: Play more video games together! This unusual suggestion, from a 38-year old novice head coach who gives off a no-nonsense persona, is a sign of the …
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By Joe Judge’s early standards, this was a mountain of praise. It became a running joke during his first four months as coach of the Giants that Judge had not mentioned any player by name in his first dozen or so interviews. He broke the seal on his lips after the first round of the …
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It sure sounds as if new head coach Joe Judge is extremely interested in having Markus Golden as a member of his first Giants roster. The Giants on Monday put the rare unrestricted free agent tender on Golden, meaning if he is not signed by another team by July 22, he’ll play for the Giants …
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Speed and production always open eyes and, sometimes, open doors. That is what Javon Leake is hoping to do with the Giants. The former Maryland running back did not get taken in the NFL draft and he was one of 15 players the Giants agreed to terms with during the hectic undrafted free agent frenzy. …
First things first: Daniel Jones is on it, when it comes to embracing a different role in year No. 2 with the Giants. “Yeah, I definitely feel that responsibility,’’ Jones said Wednesday on a Zoom call. “We have a lot of guys on our team who are leaders, who can step up and organize guys …
