• Saquon Barkley tries special teams in Giants training camp twist

    Saquon Barkley tries special teams in Giants training camp twist

    Highlights from Wednesday’s Giants practice: Good Two practices without a kicker was enough. Newly signed ex-Panther Graham Gano, 33, was on the field after missing last season due to injury. “He’s a big-leg guy,” coach Joe Judge said. “With any specialist, you really see their best ball as they get to their 30s.” Bad No …
  • Joe Judge taking no prisoners in Giants culture shock

    Joe Judge taking no prisoners in Giants culture shock

    He resembled a masked Big Blue bear wearing long white sleeves, prowling from this drill to that drill, growling when he saw something he didn’t like. He interrupted one drill to drop more than a few F-bombs on laggards in the secondary, he ordered laps for players and coaches who failed to do things in …
  • Darius Slayton poised to become even greater Giants threat

    Darius Slayton poised to become even greater Giants threat

    There was no one anywhere near Darius Slayton when he sat down for his Zoom call on Wednesday … and he kept his mask on anyway. “Honestly at this point, we wear it every day — it’s habit,” Slayton said. “I just wear it all the way around ’cause we have to wear it in …
  • Giants already getting behind Daniel Jones’ leadership style

    Giants already getting behind Daniel Jones’ leadership style

    For all the respect and admiration heaped on Eli Manning, many of the younger players on offense, especially the wide receivers and running backs, gravitated last season to the newcomer, Daniel Jones, who was quickly accepted as one of their own. This made sense. Manning, more than 15 years older than several teammates, in many …
  • Saquon Barkley deservedly becoming face of the Giants

    Saquon Barkley deservedly becoming face of the Giants

    DeAndre Baker’s Giants and NFL career was intercepted by the justice system on Friday, finally, charged with four counts of robbery with a firearm, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law and facing a mandatory minimum 10 years in prison … on the Commissioner’s Exempt list, heading ominously toward the Exiled list. For …
  • Giants’ huge Saquon Barkley contract dilemma will be here soon

    Giants’ huge Saquon Barkley contract dilemma will be here soon

    Time flies faster than Saquon Barkley running through a defense. This is the final season before the 2018 NFL Draft class is eligible to negotiate contract extensions, and thus before the Giants face one of the fiercest debates in today’s NFL: Should we pay top dollar to a running back? Finding anyone around the league …
  • Giants mailbag: Joe Judge won’t micromanage Jason Garrett

    Giants mailbag: Joe Judge won’t micromanage Jason Garrett

    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. How much input will Joe Judge have in Jason Garrett’s offensive game plan? — Ian Brecher Good …
  • Joe Judge is the Giants’ man with multiple plans

    Joe Judge is the Giants’ man with multiple plans

    Joe Judge is A Man With A Plan. A Plandemic, as it were. He brings to his first NFL head coaching job a precocious Belichickian unflappability, thoroughness and leadership that requires a plan for the possibility of him testing positive, for Daniel Jones testing positive, for Saquon Barkley testing positive, for Next Man Up anywhere …
  • Giants mailbag: Avoiding Saquon Barkley burnout is no easy task

    Giants mailbag: Avoiding Saquon Barkley burnout is no easy task

    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. How are the Giants going to ensure that Saquon Barkley does not meet the same fate as …
  • Giants mailbag: Examining Saquon Barkley’s long-term future

    Giants mailbag: Examining Saquon Barkley’s long-term future

    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. Is Saquon a Giant for the 2022-23 season and beyond? — Cardinal Ximinez Saquon Barkley is signed …